A Word to the fatherless

To you, whose heart has been weary, the Lord spoke to me regarding you. You’ve felt chained and bound to memories you’ve never experienced: The “what-ifs” connected to having a father figure in your life. You asked, “what if I had my father around? What would be different? What if I could have relied on my father? Would I be better?” 

Today, the Lord wants to heal you of the pain of unmet needs and unmet expectations. He first wants you to know that you have been forgiven for mistakes you made as a result of a lack of affirmation and guidance. Much of the decisions you made were in an effort to complete the puzzle you called your identity–to find some sense of security. But even after all of the chasing you did, you still felt lost and incomplete. Then eventually, you developed a growing anger and resentment toward a figure you couldn’t see but could still bear the weight of its absence. 

But no more, says the Lord. No more will you have to tirelessly seek to fill your own voids–your own needs. No longer will you feel empty….abandoned…ignored. No longer will you feel crushed or broken, for I have come that you will know the unconditional love of a Father. I have come that your needs would be fulfilled and your expectations superseded. For so long, you felt that because your earthly father forsook you, that you were unworthy of unbreakable love. But I have come to put a stop to that lie. 

I am your Father, and in me, you are safe, secure, and loved without condition. You do not have to fight tirelessly to be seen by me. I know your thoughts and your ways. I know everything about you. And, I love you. I value you. 

In this next season of your life, I invite you to embrace the truth of who you are to Me and who I am to You. And in doing so, you will begin to look and feel different. Even your expectations will begin to shift. This is your time to be restored. Receive it, and be healed, says the Sovereign Lord.

Psalm 68:5-6– A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families.