Hearing the gentle voice of God: Becky’s story

What does the voice of God sound like?

For Becky, the voice of God had become a voice that said she was just tolerated and pitied instead of deeply loved and fundamentally worthy. That voice eventually became her own as she spoke messages of unworthiness to herself.

The voice of God had started to sound a lot like the voices of shame she’d heard while working in a church.

As Becky admitted, it happened so slowly and naturally that, “I don't think I'd realized how those things were influencing the way I spoke to myself, the way I prayed, the way I interpreted and sometimes avoided my faith.”

Since participating in the Beloved Cohort with Dr. Esther, though, she says, “I can see myself now as beloved by God… I am more easily able to identify and untangle old narratives, and more confidently stand in my belovedness and worth.”

The Beloved Cohort gave Becky the time, space, and tools to begin to unravel the voice of God from those old narratives of shame and unworthiness. It gave her space to hear God say, ‘You are my Beloved. With you I am well pleased.’

The cohort was a first step on Becky’s journey toward living in the truth of her Belovedness. She described it as a framework to be able to “more thoughtfully inspect and bring into the Light the messages I've received or spoken over myself.”

In other words, she is beginning to recognize what the voice of God sounds like to her.

More than anything, she described the cohort experience as, “Healing,” and said in the cohort, “I was reminded of and made confident in the kind and gentle Voice of God.”

Being able to hear that kind and gentle voice has changed the way she moves through the world: “It's changed how I approach my work, my marriage, my relationships, the church, and my place in the world… I feel like I am able to stand in my full self… and experience love and gratitude even in uncertainty.”

With gratitude,

Esther + Beth