The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey
Through Anguish to Freedom by
Henri J. M. Nouwen
Through The Pain
The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom is a
collection of passages from Henri Nouwens journals, written during a
period when his self-esteem evaporated, his energy to work disappeared,
and God seemed entirely unreal. This is not a book to be read straight
through: each short chapter takes time to digest, because, like the
following passage, each of Nouwens thoughts has the raw complexity of
real honesty: Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and
to touch. None of these needs is to be despised, denied, or repressed. But
you have to keep searching for your bodys deeper need, the need for
genuine love. Every time you are able to go beyond the bodys superficial
desires for love, you are bringing your body home and moving toward
integration and unity. --Michael Joseph Gross

Personal Review: The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through
Anguish to Freedom by Henri J. M. Nouwen
As a product of a profoundly legalistic upbringing (20 years at a very
condemnational fundamentalist Christian university in SC), with
tremendous wounds that remained hidden and denied for 45 years, I was
given this book by my godly and wise counselors during the most
significant crisis of my life. To the legalists who read this review, I just
want to offer that there is no other way to freedom in Christ than Truth. It
is the Truth that will set you free. And if you find this book offensive, I can
assure you, you are not free. Please set aside your preconceived notions
about the "acceptable" ways God chooses to heal His children and RUN to
get this life-changing, prayer-bathed, wisdom-filled and HEALING book.
Although I ADORE The Bible and have experienced firsthand its power to
heal, strengthen and bless throughout my lifetime, God personally used
THIS book to speak to me at a time when nothing else could speak to my
specific pain. (Yes, He does use unexpected people, events and means to
get through to His hurting kids ... just read the book of Judges if you don't
believe me.)
The five-star rating that I give this book would go on into infinity if it were
an option. For all you sufferers out there, if you choose one "secular" book
to get you through the valleys and dungeons of life, let it be this one!
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