“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.”
Unanswered prayer has a loneliness all its own. You say the words in the dark, or on the walk home, and the only reply is the hum of the fridge or the traffic outside. After enough nights like that, a conclusion forms without you deciding on it: he isn't listening, and perhaps he never was.