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What does the voice of God or the Divine Creator sound like to you? We all have our own interpretations of what hearing God’s voice sounds or feels like. And I have particularly enjoyed my Soul’s evolution on this matter. In my journey, I began to notice a romantic quality in how God communicates with me. I had initially experienced God as a Father, a masculine presence since childhood.

However, due to some people’s (mis)interpretations of the Bible and their often-projected personal experiences, this image mostly resembled an authoritarian figure. As I continued to evolve and question the God I had been taught to worship, God’s presence transformed from a ‘Him’ to a ‘Her,’ then to a ‘They,’ and finally to an ‘It.’ The ‘It” I still called God or Creator because the name was still apt, it still conjured up feelings of reverence and love. I encountered God in various ways as well, through attending church, by listening to spiritual teachers discuss Universal Laws, or standing in awe of nature’s beauty, like the ocean.

So, the ‘It’ was referencing the different aspects of God I was witnessing, me included. The voice of God could be a child saying something unexpectedly profound, an elder sharing wisdom, or me forgiving my parents as I acknowledged their humanity and my own. God’s voice began to resemble the sounds of birds chirping in the morning, flowing water in the lake, or the wind rustling through trees during my early morning walks.

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The multidimensionality of God’s voice became clear as I aligned with a truth I had always known: God is everywhere and in everything—God is everything, including me. You must listen though, just listen. As an adult woman now, God’s voice resembles a romantic soul whisper. I use ‘romantic’ for several reasons:

a) For the longest time, I was taught to see God as an inflexible presence, which didn’t leave room for a romantic connection. I couldn’t feel starry-eyed or amorous toward a presence that mainly evoked fear, although that’s not how God seemed or sounded to me when I was a child. God’s voice always evoked intimacy.

b) God, the Father, couldn’t be romantic with His children; it would be odd right? This one-dimensional view of God created dissonance because I believed God urged us to delight in God, honor Beauty where we meet it, and envision a world filled with Love. This is whimsical and as lovey-dovey as it gets.

c) God is in everything and is everything. God can’t help but be romantic, especially when I listen to great music, when I look into my nieces’ and nephews’ eyes, or when I gaze at the stars as well as the ocean. God is the ultimate romantic, who takes every opportunity to charm you if you pay attention.