Do you hear voices in your head?
Of course you do!
And whose voice is it? Yours!
We all talk to ourselves, mostly about ourselves. Not only do we hear things, we "see" things also. We can see "video clips" of our experiences.
What do you say and see? Is it mostly negative or positive? When you think back over your life, do you see/hear "clips" of your failures or successes?
I think a lot of people see and hear a lot of negative things. There are lots of reasons, and we won’t explore them in this brief space.
Henri Nouwen’s "Life of the Beloved" is an excellent book that helps us understand who we are and warns us about self-rejection (often disguised as humility).
"Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the ‘Beloved.’ Being the Beloved expresses the core truth of our existence."
The Good News, life-changing news, is that God, when we embrace Jesus, calls us his beloved.
Beloved daughter.
Beloved son.
Beloved. By God.
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