Prophetic Revelation 17th August, 2025
Homeward Bound
I was planning a trip home to visit my family for my Mum's birthday, when the reality of my challenging family once again hit me square between the eyes.
It's easy to forget being thousands of miles away, but whenever I ask for something, the painful truth comes rushing in smashing through any goodwill that was generated.
A simple request, to stay at my father's house for 3 of the days I was going to be visiting, was first met with being ignored by his wife, then seconded by being told to stay in a hotel.
As the eldest child and only girl of 5 children, where everyone else always seems to come first, I find this response a bitter pill to swallow and a stark reminder of how little I seem to matter.
As I thanked God for the day and for working things out with regard to my visit, I realised some powerful truths which we all need to come to terms with and work on.
Hard Truths
At 75, my brother told me that Dad has done his parenting and just wants to tend to himself, a truth I can't deny and having worked so hard to provide for us all, no-one can blame him.
I don't think I ask for much, and for a long time I was very independent and didn't ask for anything, but lately, I've had to live on grace and mercy and asking for help is part of that.
I am strangely accused of being needy when actually I'm super independent and let go of a lot, accepting our family challenges and finding forgiveness for all the parts that hurt.
My brother tells me not to expect anything, and I don't, and that I must come, conform and leave, which I do, even though it hurts my soul.
He goes on to say that no-one wants to be there, no-one likes each other and asks me why I want to subject myself to it, and he's right, at least now we are speaking truth.
Quiet Prayers
As I lay in bed, I whispered a quiet prayer, feeling into the disappointment and disdain my father feels towards me, tears streaming down my face.
And then I was hit by the revelation about how our Heavenly Father must feel about His children, who can't stop sinning and make all sorts of excuses to justify their heinous behaviour.
I realised how God, in His infinite wisdom, created grace and mercy, perhaps to stop Him destroying us as a result of our choices and refusal / inability to stop sinning.
Both mercy and grace are manifestations of God's kindness - mercy is when we do not get what we deserve as a result of our sin, whilst grace is protection despite our mistakes.
This is how God, in His infinite goodness, supports us, despite our behaviour, and in the same way that He is invisible, so too are His deeds concerning us.
A Father's Love
A father's love, often wrapped in a construct of the society and culture we are born into or aspire towards, can be tainted by a projected fantasy or errors in thinking.
When a parent wants their child to be what they want them to be as opposed to what God created them to be, friction and a clashing of wills ensues, creating blindness and division.
A locking of horns follows and neither party gets to know or enjoy the other, each side losing what could have been, had the truth been faced and embraced.
It's only natural that a child wants to please their parent, although in this situation it's only possible if the child is willing to become something they are not, or at the very least, pretend to be.
As a truth teller, this was never something I could do, so I try to explain myself yet again to my brother, who doesn't respond, and pacify myself that if I die tomorrow, God knows I've done my best.
Back To God
Only God can change a heart so I shift my focus back to Him, back to my purpose, wondering how I can honour my earthly father and mother by being true to both myself and to God.
I am reminded about the angel of the Lord who told Zechariah that his prayer had been heard and that his wife Elizabeth would bear him a son, who he was to call John.
The angel told Zechariah that John would be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he was born and that he would bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.
And he would go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous - to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. (Luke 1:11-17)
God also tells us through Malachi that He will send the prophet Elijah to us before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else He will come and strike the land with total destruction. (Malachi 4:4-6)
Parents & Children
Despite my father's disappointment in the way I choose to live my life, he simply doesn't understand that my purpose is to bring people back to God.
As part of my service to the LORD, it is my duty to honour my father and mother and it is the duty of fathers not to exasperate their children, but instead, to bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4)
Now this is very interesting as whilst my Dad tried, he didn't have the level of knowledge, understanding and wisdom to satiate my inquisitive and bright mind and I went astray for awhile.
But as a seeker of truth, I was lead back and I now know more than my entire family put together, many of whom it seems follow tradition as opposed to understanding the true depths.
We are all responsible for our own journey, made all the better by a deep understanding of the Word, lifelong study and a personal relationship with God.
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