God, I’m Not Okay, But I’m Still Talking to You: A Guide to Returning to Prayer in Seasons of Exhaustion, Doubt, and Spiritual Silence by Sibin Chacko

YOU STILL BELIEVE IN GOD. YOU'VE JUST STOPPED BEING ABLE TO REACH HIM — AND YOU'RE TERRIFIED OF WHAT THAT MEANS. The Bible's been closed for weeks. You sit down to pray and the words die in your throat. You whisper "God…" into the dark, you wait, and nothing comes back. So the quiet, gnawing fear sets in: Maybe something's wrong with me. Maybe I'm slipping away from Him. Maybe He's already pulled away from me. You've smiled through church on Sunday and cried in the car on Monday. You've told everyone "I'm fine." You are not fine — and you are so tired of carrying that alone. Hear this, because no one has said it to you plainly: you have not lost your faith. You've lost the strength to carry it — and those are two completely different things. One would need repentance. The other just needs rest, and a hand to help you up off the floor. This book is that hand. No guilt trip. No 5 a.m. quiet-time challenge. No pretending. Just short, devastatingly honest chapters you can read in one sitting — written by someone who has knelt on the same floor you're on right now and found the way back. Read more