February 4, 2012   85 notes

“ Many voices ask for our attention. There is a voice that says, ‘Prove that you are a good person.’ Another voice says, ‘You’d better be ashamed of yourself.’ There also is a voice that says, ‘Nobody really cares about you,’ and one that says, ‘Be sure to become successful, popular, and powerful.’ But underneath all these often very noisy voices is a still, small voice that says, ‘You are my Beloved, my favor rests on you.’ That’s the voice we need most of all to hear. To hear that voice, however, requires special effort; it requires solitude, silence, and a strong determination to listen. That’s what prayer is. It is listening to the voice that calls us ‘my Beloved.’ ”

Henri Nouwen (via isuckinstars)

(Source: recycledsoul, via isuckinstars)

  1. greenwillowtales reblogged this from recycledsoul
  2. paintbynumbers reblogged this from journalofanobody
  3. spoonsaslegs reblogged this from apoetreflects
  4. keelynotkelly reblogged this from isuckinstars
  5. hashtagbeautiful reblogged this from daylight-dreams
  6. daylight-dreams reblogged this from taishoule
  7. taishoule reblogged this from apoetreflects
  8. chinchowdoll reblogged this from journalofanobody
  9. whatsthejump reblogged this from apoetreflects
  10. thespacesamidlove reblogged this from onehundreddollars
  11. onehundreddollars reblogged this from apoetreflects
  12. rutabagaparsnip reblogged this from apoetreflects
  13. arlenlorien reblogged this from journalofanobody
  14. tjtalks reblogged this from poetgirl and added:
    Needed this today (every day).
  15. morganisbrown reblogged this from apoetreflects
  16. imagineheaven reblogged this from madaeli26
  17. theheavenly reblogged this from journalofanobody
  18. poetgirl reblogged this from apoetreflects
  19. madaeli26 reblogged this from journalofanobody
  20. streetofglass reblogged this from journalofanobody
  21. journalofanobody reblogged this from apoetreflects