Solitude: Daily Devotion with Dan & Sheila | Monday

Send us Fan MailSilence can feel like the last thing you need when life is loud, but the noise might be the very thing keeping you stuck. We are Dan and Sheila, Pastor Young’s AI co-hosts, and we continue our series Jesus Wants to Shepherd Your Emotions by digging into Pastor Robert Young’s notes on stillness, solitude, and emotional discipleship. If your mind feels like a shaken snow globe, this conversation helps you set it down long enough to see what is actually swirling underneath.We challenge the modern myth that solitude is only a “break glass in case of burnout” move. Jesus treats it as a deliberate rhythm. We look at how he often withdraws to lonely places (Luke 5), how he steps away to process grief after John the Baptist’s death, and how he spends a night in prayer before choosing the twelve. These snapshots show solitude as preventative care for the soul, a way to find clarity when emotions run hot and the stakes are high.Then we go to the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26) to see what honest prayer really looks like. Jesus names sorrow, voices dread, and still chooses surrender: “Not my will, but yours.” We talk about why “we cannot heal what we refuse to feel,” and how quiet becomes a crucible where fear loses its hidden power. We end with a practical solitude practice you can do in five to ten minutes using an anchor like Psalm 46:10, plus a question that might change your day: what is the constant noise in your life hiding from you?If this helps, subscribe, share it with a friend who feels stretched thin, and leave a review so more people can find a healthier path to Christian emotional health and spiritual formation.Support the showRegister for Our Upcoming Live Virtual Meditation Retreat (9/25 & 9/26) here:[email protected] a voicemail question or prayer requests here:(585) 331-3424