Feeling forgotten by God?

The silence came like a thick fog. Lindsey Bell had prayed. She had wept. She had believed. And then the loss came again. Her fourth miscarriage left her devastated and empty. She had trusted God to show up, to intervene, to answer. But instead? Silence.

“I felt completely abandoned by God,” the author of Unbeaten admitted. “I begged Him to fix it. I knew He could. But He didn’t. And I didn’t understand why. It made me question everything.”

If you’ve ever walked through a season where heaven seems quiet—where prayers feel like they’re bouncing off the ceiling and every promise feels out of reach—you know the ache. It’s more than disappointment. It’s that raw, soul-deep feeling forgotten by God.

The Ache of Unanswered Prayers

There’s no easy way around it: unanswered prayers hurt. Especially when you know God can act. You’ve seen Him work in other people’s lives. You’ve read about miracles. You’ve even experienced His faithfulness before. But now? Nothing.

“I felt like I had done everything right,” Lindsey said. “I prayed, I believed, I waited. And yet the outcome was still heartbreak. That kind of silence messes with your heart.”

It messes with your theology, too. Because if God is good—and we believe He is—then why would He stay silent when we’re falling apart? Why would He allow us to keep feeling forgotten by God when what we need most is reassurance of His love?

Choosing Truth in the Silence

The silence doesn’t mean God is absent. That’s where faith becomes more than a feeling—it becomes a fight.

Lindsey clung to the truth of Scripture, even when her emotions told her otherwise. “I had to go back to what I knew was true,” she said. “Even if I couldn’t feel Him, I had to believe He was still with me.”

She opened her Bible and found herself in the stories of biblical heroes who had also felt forgotten—Job, David, Elijah. These weren’t people with easy lives. They cried out, questioned, doubted—and still chose to trust. “Their pain wasn’t pretty,” she said. “But it was real. And God didn’t leave them in it. That gave me hope.”

And that’s the heart behind her devotional Unbeaten. It’s an honest, vulnerable journey through the dark places of faith—the places where God seems silent and the pain won’t let up. Through each devotion, Lindsey reminds us: just because you’re feeling forgotten by God doesn’t mean you actually are.

God Is Still Writing Your Story

Silence isn’t the end of the story. Sometimes, it’s where the deepest work begins.

“God didn’t answer the way I wanted,” Lindsey said. “But He never stopped being present. And over time, He used that silence to grow something stronger in me—something that could withstand storms.”

When you’re feeling forgotten by God, it’s easy to believe the lie that you’re alone. But friend, He sees you. He knows the tears you cry in the dark and the prayers you whisper when no one else is listening. He hasn’t abandoned you—He’s holding you, even if you can’t feel it yet.

So today, take the next small step. Pick up your Bible. Speak that shaky prayer. Write out the hurt. Let your heart lean into the God who hasn’t left. The silence may still linger, but His presence is closer than you think.