Michael Kanehen

simple man, hopeful entrepreneur, general contractor, wildland fire fighter, conservative independent. husband, father

[Michael Kanehen @MichaelKanehen]

Friends, brothers, sisters, let us turn our hearts and minds to a song that lays bare the deepest human struggle with faith: "I Know You Exist (That’s What Hurts Most)." This isn't a song of easy answers or comfortable platitudes; it's a raw, emotional plea to God, a cry from the depths of a soul grappling with divine silence amidst fervent prayer and profound suffering.
The artist's voice echoes a universal human experience – the desire for connection and guidance. We hear the repeated question, "Why are my screams met with silence?". It's a question many of us have whispered in our darkest hours. The singer isn't asking for miracles or riches, but for a sign, a map, a purpose in their pain, and to be used by God. This resonates with our own longing to understand our path and to feel that our lives have meaning in the grand tapestry of creation.
Consider the psalmist, who often cried out in similar anguish. In Psalm 13, David laments, "How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?" (Psalm 13:1). This ancient cry mirrors the artist's frustration with silence, a feeling that God is distant or unresponsive.
The song powerfully articulates the frustration with silence. In a world where we read of God's direct interventions in ancient texts, the perceived silence in our own lives can feel like a heavy burden, even a curse. The artist describes this silence as "louder than bells and more frightening than judgment or hell". This vivid imagery speaks to the profound ache of feeling unheard, unseen, and unacknowledged by the very source of our being. Even Jesus on the cross cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46). This shows us that even the Son of God experienced profound feelings of abandonment and silence.
Yet, amidst this struggle, there is a profound testament to faith. The artist emphasizes that their prayers come from a place of belief, not disbelief. This is the essence of true faith – not the absence of doubt, but the persistence of seeking despite it. They are fighting thoughts of giving up, but they continue to seek God. This is a powerful reminder that faith is often a journey through the wilderness, a wrestling match with our deepest fears and questions. As James 1:2-3 reminds us, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance."
The Silence as a Call to Action
Now, let us consider another profound truth that this "silence" might reveal. Often, the very quiet we perceive from God is not an absence, but an invitation. It is an invitation for us, His children, to become His mouthpieces in a world desperate for His voice. When we cry out for a sign, a map, a solution, perhaps God is inviting us to be that sign, to chart that map, to be part of the solution.
The song asks about the purpose in pain, and whether there's a reason for being left in "spiritual treason." What if part of that purpose is to equip us, through our own experiences, to minister to others? What if the answers we seek are meant to flow through us, rather than directly to us in an audible voice? We are called to be light (Matthew 5:14), salt (Matthew 5:13), and witnesses (Acts 1:8). These are active roles, requiring us to speak, to serve, to share the hope that is within us. As it is written in 1 Peter 4:10, "Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms." Sometimes, the very silence we lament is the space God creates for our voices to rise, for our hands to move, for our love to be demonstrated. He calls us to speak comfort to the hurting, to offer guidance to the lost, and to share the truth we have found, even in our own wrestling.
Ultimately, "I Know You Exist (That’s What Hurts Most)" is a desperate plea for action. "Break me or build me," the artist cries, "but do not ignore my suffering."

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American soldiers who died in Kuwait on March 1, 2026. They are heroes! RIP 🇺🇸

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Peter Dinklage delivers one of the most simple yet powerful messages of all time

[Michael Kanehen @MichaelKanehen]

@Alcesarlosuyo So short sighted... May cost that now but when all these other countries start lining up side by side comparisons of equipment in use... Money in the books right back into the system

[Katie Pavlich @KatiePavlich]

I just got off the phone with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman @RepBrianMast, who was in the Gang of 8 briefing on Operation Epic Fury on Capitol Hill this evening. What he told me:

-"The mission set for this operation is literally seek and destroy. Any piece of military hardware that can reach out and touch Americans or our interests in our region. That is a perfect mission set to respond to the imminent threat that Iran has been."

-"I could not be more happy with the mission set. It is a very pinpointed mission set that goes very directly to addressing what is this threat that has been allowed to metastasis from administrations going back to when I was born - which is allowing Iran to pursue ballistic missiles, missiles, nukes and terrorists."

-On forever war claims: "This is a very specific operation to end the imminent threat that Iran has been against the United States for my lifetime."

-The clandestine activities of China, Russia and North Korea in the region are a question and concern. What is it that they are working on and preparing to prevent regime change?

-Ultimately, regime change is up to the Iranian people

-Re: oil - "Two things can be true at once. This [the operation] was never about China, this absolutely affects China."

-U.S. forces are in the region because of the danger and instability of Iran: "There is an imminent threat against the United States of America every single day that the most radical regime for the last 47 years has existed. They existed to destroy Israel, 100%, but existed to destroy the United States of American just as much and worked every single day to accomplish that...this is an operation to protect all of the forces of the United States of America in the region...The danger, the largest source of instability, why our forces are there is for Iran. It's why our forces exist there."

[Michael Kanehen @MichaelKanehen]

@realMaalouf Get bent

[Michael Kanehen @MichaelKanehen]

@middle_class_us #1 stop paying for a brand a new house... Get a tax foreclosure for the same or maybe a bit more than your down payment. Build your equity and upgrade. Stop keeping up with the Jones

[Michael Kanehen @MichaelKanehen]

@grey4626 @GretchenGorup Well fucking said!

[Michael Kanehen @MichaelKanehen]

Not the time to act up Russia lot of pissed off Americans right now looking for an outlet

[Michael Kanehen @MichaelKanehen]

Another song I wrote with some ai help for the instrumentals
Not always 50/50

[Michael Kanehen @MichaelKanehen]

I wrote this song last night with the help of AI as I can't sing but today's tragic events couldn't be more fitting.

The reapers lament
Rest easy

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

It’s all about Jesus.

[Michael Kanehen @MichaelKanehen]

My new bike

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❤️

[Michael Kanehen @MichaelKanehen]

It's a "war I remember," not a worship song, reflecting the intense, personal battle being fought. But we are assured in scripture that God is not deaf to our cries. Psalm 34:17 says, "The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles." And Hebrews 13:5 assures us, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
This song reminds us that doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is often an integral part of it. It is in the wrestling, in the questioning, in the raw honesty of our pleas, that we can truly encounter the divine. Like Fallon and Vargrath, captains in the heavenly host, who stand ready to engage, so too does God await our honest cries. May we, like the artist, continue to seek, to question, and to trust that even in the silence, there is a presence that knows our deepest hurts and hears our most fervent prayers. And may we also recognize that sometimes, the most profound answer to our prayers is the call to become the very voice of God to a world in need. Amen.
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[Michael Kanehen @MichaelKanehen]

Friends, brothers, sisters, let us turn our hearts and minds to a song that lays bare the deepest human struggle with faith: "I Know You Exist (That’s What Hurts Most)." This isn't a song of easy answers or comfortable platitudes; it's a raw, emotional plea to God, a cry from the depths of a soul grappling with divine silence amidst fervent prayer and profound suffering.
The artist's voice echoes a universal human experience – the desire for connection and guidance. We hear the repeated question, "Why are my screams met with silence?". It's a question many of us have whispered in our darkest hours. The singer isn't asking for miracles or riches, but for a sign, a map, a purpose in their pain, and to be used by God. This resonates with our own longing to understand our path and to feel that our lives have meaning in the grand tapestry of creation.
Consider the psalmist, who often cried out in similar anguish. In Psalm 13, David laments, "How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?" (Psalm 13:1). This ancient cry mirrors the artist's frustration with silence, a feeling that God is distant or unresponsive.
The song powerfully articulates the frustration with silence. In a world where we read of God's direct interventions in ancient texts, the perceived silence in our own lives can feel like a heavy burden, even a curse. The artist describes this silence as "louder than bells and more frightening than judgment or hell". This vivid imagery speaks to the profound ache of feeling unheard, unseen, and unacknowledged by the very source of our being. Even Jesus on the cross cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46). This shows us that even the Son of God experienced profound feelings of abandonment and silence.
Yet, amidst this struggle, there is a profound testament to faith. The artist emphasizes that their prayers come from a place of belief, not disbelief. This is the essence of true faith – not the absence of doubt, but the persistence of seeking despite it. They are fighting thoughts of giving up, but they continue to seek God. This is a powerful reminder that faith is often a journey through the wilderness, a wrestling match with our deepest fears and questions. As James 1:2-3 reminds us, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance."
The Silence as a Call to Action
Now, let us consider another profound truth that this "silence" might reveal. Often, the very quiet we perceive from God is not an absence, but an invitation. It is an invitation for us, His children, to become His mouthpieces in a world desperate for His voice. When we cry out for a sign, a map, a solution, perhaps God is inviting us to be that sign, to chart that map, to be part of the solution.
The song asks about the purpose in pain, and whether there's a reason for being left in "spiritual treason." What if part of that purpose is to equip us, through our own experiences, to minister to others? What if the answers we seek are meant to flow through us, rather than directly to us in an audible voice? We are called to be light (Matthew 5:14), salt (Matthew 5:13), and witnesses (Acts 1:8). These are active roles, requiring us to speak, to serve, to share the hope that is within us. As it is written in 1 Peter 4:10, "Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms." Sometimes, the very silence we lament is the space God creates for our voices to rise, for our hands to move, for our love to be demonstrated. He calls us to speak comfort to the hurting, to offer guidance to the lost, and to share the truth we have found, even in our own wrestling.
Ultimately, "I Know You Exist (That’s What Hurts Most)" is a desperate plea for action. "Break me or build me," the artist cries, "but do not ignore my suffering."

[Michael Kanehen @MichaelKanehen]

Different hood same hate

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@trumplicans2024 Different hood same hate

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Till death do us part was our wedding theme what was yours?

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@tommyzerofigure Grave getting a little tight with all that rollin over the last few years?

[Michael Kanehen @MichaelKanehen]

Romans 8:26 (NIV): "In the same way the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans."