Pleasing Family

November 22, 2024

Hello, brothers, sisters, and Heartdwellers family.

Once I arrived on the mountain I pulled a rhema that said,   

Yes, there will be happiness, but you must be patient—but it’s soon.”

The next card said:

“A sheep without a shepherd is a very vulnerable sheep”.

This was from Mother Clare’s card file. I gulped when I got the second card because this is the same rhema card that brought me to the mountain. I thought, what could this possibly be about? I just knew it. The Lord wanted me to stay here on the mountain a lot longer than I expected—until Father Derrick joins me, as we have been waiting for his interview date at the embassy.

It was a bit much to process—and now thinking about what my family would say—how my mom would feel all over again, and even what Father Derrick would think. I went to Bible Promises and got confirmation, and so did Mother Clare and Father Ezekiel.’ I was anxious, to say the least.

So, I came before the Lord. ‘Jesus, please bring peace to my anxious heart, fears.’

Jesus began,

“My beloved, pray a rosary for three days, submitting your intentions to My Mother, that the hearts of your loved ones would not only be prepared but yielded to My will. There is nothing to fear in this direction, Beloved. As I mentioned before, the mountain will always be home base for you when you return to the States. So now you know.

“There will be times I will have you visit family and friends for a brief moment, but your home is here. There is much work to be done, and much work to be done in you. There are graces on this mountain you cannot receive anywhere else, plus a hedge of angelic protection surrounding you in a unique way that you do not get when you are in the world, especially outside of My will.

“Indeed, you were a very vulnerable sheep. You don’t realize how vulnerable you were and what the enemy had planned ahead of you and for the little one. So, this is My provision and My protection. I would rather like to hear a ‘Thank you’ than your murmuring, and complaining about things, Beloved.”

I am sorry Lord. It just was kind of a surprise.

“Was it?”

Well Maybe I had an inkling but when you didn’t confirm I had made my plans in my mind.

“So, this has disrupted your plans?”

Yes, Lord, I’m sorry when you say it like that. Just help me process everything.

Jesus continued,

“Well try not to plan things so far out, Beloved. Everything will fall into place beautifully. Also, pray for your beloved and his plans—that his plans would yield to My plans as well. Don’t concern yourself with what he will do here and when you will leave. That is all up to Me and you. Just pray things will begin to get clearer and clearer as the time draws near. He also will have to learn to rely on Me and be willing to submit to what I desire for him. And he will—in time, Beloved. So do not worry. Just pray.

“My beloved ones, no one who puts their hands to the plow of My field, working for My kingdom, turns back to the world.

Luke 9:62. ESV

Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow, and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

As an aside, I pulled a rhema with this scripture on it when I was in Ghana with a picture of someone in habit pulling the plow, looking back, and saying, “I miss my family. Oh Jesus, I miss my friends”. At that time, I thought it couldn’t be about me, the Lord confirmed he wanted me to go back home. But I see now it was to visit, not to stay.

“I am teaching this little one, again, detachment from the opinions of men and detachment from family and friends. There have been many, even in the mountain, who are far too attached to their loved ones. I gave them to you to raise you up—to be a gift to you—and also as a loan, Beloved ones. You are foremost and first Mine, not theirs—nor are they yours.

“You have to let go, especially grown adult children. When I call you, I need you to relinquish your control to be their provider, their counsellor, and their guide. The best thing you can do as a parent is to do My will—and to be in My will. That will be the biggest blessing for them. It will ensure their protection, covering, and abundant blessings upon their lives. However, when you want to hold onto them and rather follow them and not follow Me, whom do you think it is hurting? And whom do you think is your master?

“That goes the same for you young adults, or adults with parents who still want to have a strong opinion in your life. Whom do you live for Me or them? Whose opinion matters, [Mine or theirs?] Some of you are trapped at a job, at a location, at a standstill in your life because you are scared of what your parents will think, do, or say. But I tell you now, if anyone loves their mother, father daughter, or son more than Me they are not worthy of me. Matthew 10:37

“My brides, you were worth the cross, what am I worth to you? Am I worth the scorn you face? Am I worth the accusations, the rejection, the insults, or the coldness, the misunderstanding, they placed upon you because you have decided to leave everything and follow Me? Am I worth it beloved ones? Does your life testify to this or are there areas you still walk in fear, are there things you are doing that you know I asked you to leave, to let go of but you are still doing because it pleases your parents?

“Oh, how pitifully sad on that day you and your parents will be when each of you stand before Me. Seeing all that you could’ve done for Me if you would have detached and let go. Trust Me with your life when I call, even if your family approves or not. I am looking for those brides who will continuously give me their all even if it means losing their comfortability, their family name, family provision, and even their family's love for me. Because no one who leaves their mother, brother or sister or home in this life will be left empty-handed but rather you will gain much more in this life and in the next.”

Mark 10:29-230

Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.

“My beloved one be at peace all will be well. You can be in no better place than in my perfect will for you.”

And that was the end of Jesus’ message.

Then Sunday, during our community gathering, I pulled the rhema card,

“Offer every area of your life as a sacrifice.”

Yes, Lord, may it be done according to Your will.