Betsy GuerraBilingual Keynote Speaker, Psychotherapist/Coach, Author, Leadership Training and Life Coach Certification

When Silence Speaks with God’s Voice

22 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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Betsy Guerra opens with a citation from Isaiah (contrasting human and divine thoughts) and argues that practicing silence, solitude, and stillness allows a person to filter their own thoughts and receive God’s thoughts, gaining clarity and the ability to act with intention and obedience. The segment frames stillness as both contemplative practice and pathway to alignment with God.

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There's a scripture I love, and it's in Isaiah, and it says, for my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways, declares the Lord, as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my thoughts and my ways above yours. And I love that scripture, not only because, okay, God's plan is different than ours, but rather because I believe wholeheartedly that when you be still, when you spend time inside silence, solitude, and stillness, your thoughts become like one with God. God's thoughts become yours because you're no longer trying to control you're able to filter out your thoughts and let his come in. The idea of stillness is almost like to gain clarity and be centered so that you may act in a guided way, so that you may act with intention and obey.