I feel like no one ever listens to me...

I always feel like no one ever listens to me, and maybe that they have something more important to do than listen to what I have to say. I don't know exactly why I feel that way, and I don't really know what to do about it? Sometimes, I try to make the things that I'm saying more interesting in some way (without the extreme of lying). I was just wondering what your opinion is to do with that, and if you have ever felt that way.

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I appreciate your honesty and will have to admit that I have felt that way before as well.

I think deep down everyone wants to be heard and feel valued and important. Wouldn't you agree? Sometimes, though, I think our friends are also wanting to be heard and feel important so they end up talking more than listening to us.

My husband always says that the best way to get friends is to be a good listener. People want someone who will listen to them. It sounds like this is something that is important to you. I heard one girl say she felt "invisible". Do you sometimes feel that way?

I want to encourage you that even if you feel like no one ever listens to you that there is one person who always hears you. And that is God. Here are a few verses to encourage you:

Psalm 40:1
I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.

Psalm 66:19-20
19 but God has surely listened
and heard my voice in prayer.

20 Praise be to God,
who has not rejected my prayer
or withheld his love from me!

Psalm 116:1
1 I love the LORD, for he heard my voice;
he heard my cry for mercy.

2 Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.

If you go to www.biblegateway.com and type in the word heard or hear or listen you can also find many other verses about this.

Praying for you,
Shelley