OneWordStudy+FollowBeing Overlooked in Church Hurts More Than You Admit At some point, you noticed it. The church started listening more to younger voices. You didn’t leave. But you felt… less necessary. In Scripture, the word zaken means elder—not retired, not irrelevant. It means weight, gravity, presence earned over time. The problem is not that elders lost value. It’s that modern churches forgot how to recognize it. If you feel invisible while still being faithful, that pain deserves language—not guilt. God never called elders “background characters.” #ChurchLife #ElderFaith #HebrewMeaning #ChristianCommunity #FaithAfter50299Share
OneWordStudy+Follow“God Is With You” Meant Something Much More Physical We often hear “God is with you” as emotional reassurance. A comforting idea. A spiritual thought. But in Hebrew, ‘immak implies presence with weight. Not distant attention, but nearness that stays. In the ancient world, presence meant shared risk. If God is “with” you, He does not observe from safety. So when life narrows—health, roles, independence— this promise does not thin out. It thickens. God is not cheering you on from afar. He is standing in the room. #GodWithUs #HebrewMeaning #BibleDepth #FaithInAging #ChristianReflection15523Share
