Though the prodigal story shows a repentant son coming home to the the Father, asking for his forgiveness, I want to keep an open heart and mind that God may not bring our son to us in the same way. Our son left and estranged himself because we wouldn't affirm his false identity, wouldn't allow him to do cross sex hormones at home and insisted that he dress in gender neutral clothing when he was around us at home. Those are still our home rules, and the boundaries have not changed. However, if we are praying for connection with our kids, God won't always bring us back detransitioned and repentant children. Sometimes, he brings us back broken and desperate children who are still living in the false identity. Those parents mentioned in the above story all have children who are still in transition but who want to connect with their parents after years of estrangement. The parents are loving their kids when they meet with them, and are being light in the darkness for their kids. This is very hard for the parents but they feel that God is giving them an opportunity to show His love and their love as parents to their kids. Forrest Smith, a detransitioner, came home still identifying as a girl. He was sick, homeless and had nowhere to go. His family loved him to health and he detransitioned a few months after arriving back home.
Thank you for writing and sharing this. I think of this parable all the time and I've listened to countless sermons about it.
I'm always listening in for the father's thoughts, feelings, and actions. What did he do all the time his son was away? How did he feel? What was he thinking? How are we to think and feel while our prodigals are still far away?
The only info were given is that he loved his son unconditionally.
I want there to be more guidance but trust that the word is sufficient.
So what do we learn from that?
It's okay to let them go. I wanted so desperately to hold onto my son as he was slipping away. I had to let go.
The other lesson of unconditional love is that we eagerly what for their return. The focus isn't on us or how we feel while they are away. We fix our eyes on their return. We hold fast to hope. We pray and we trust.
And we remind ourselves that our children are the Lord's first. We pray for Him to call them home.
I agree with you. I think the father let his son go and waited eagerly for his return. He likely went about the business of running and managing the household and whatever business he had. We get a glimpse of this in the second part of the story when his elder son refers to the work that he has been doing for the father. So, he let him go, waited expectantly and went about his business. That is what we do too. Life doesn't stop because our kids are estranged and/or living a destructive lifestyle. We pray and wait while continuing with our daily lives.
A beautiful retelling of Jesus' story of the prodigal son and a valuable reminder of my need as a parent to have an open heart towards my estranged children. Thank you for sharing this
Thank you for sharing this very encouraging story. I pray for all the prodigal sons and daughters who have lost their way due to this trans cult, and that they will find their way back home. I know it will not be easy to welcome them back with opened arms, but it is what they need. Healing for them, healing for you. Our poor lost children have been brainwashed, broken and lied to by a false ideology. It will take courage on their part to return, and courage on your part to accept them. I pray that each family who has a child return to them that God's wisdom will guide you, direct you, and help you. These stolen children are deeply wounded, returning from a war of self-harm and confusion, and will need your support and unconditional love to recover. All things are possible with God on our side.
Beautifully expressed! Only God’s love through us can equip us to love our children and welcome them back with open arms. The prodigal repented and came back humbly asking for forgiveness. It won’t always look that way but we pray that they will ask forgiveness of God and be transformed as a result. Otherwise, they may come back to us and still be prodigals.
I’m waiting too to see my daughter come back to God and to home. Even though she still lives with me, ( only 15 yrs old) she has been gone a long time with this evil cult. I miss her so much.
Same situation with us. Prospects are bleak that he will come to his senses in our lifetime.
Consistent with the Prodigal Son story, unconditional regret, purpose of amendment, and coming to Jesus must accompany the return.
I learned a lot about this cult during the four years our son lived with us, the six years of living away, and the five years since his head-to-toe mutilation. Satan is their guide.
They will lie just to get back under parental auspices. If you take them back affirming what you would not affirm before, they will have contempt for you and will leave again once they straighten out their financial situation.
I will always be incredibly deeply hurt and saddened that I’ve lost two of my children, but it doesn’t mean that I want them back unless they’re completely changed characters.
They were unbelievably cruel and selfish to me. It was abusive. I never want to feel that way again.
There’s something about the Jewish Passover liturgy which I think could help all of us. God didn’t just take the Israelites out of Egypt.
Instead the Bible is very explicit in describing that
1. First of all, God *heard the cries* of the Israelites
2. And then he took them out of Egypt.
So many times I have asked God to bring my daughter home and to avenge us against the predators who did this. I have always wondered why God takes so long.
It is as if God was taking his time to contemplate the injustice done to us, to *hear our cries*.
As a loving God, He must be angered by the destruction of families.
I resonate with your comment here and on your own page, how terrible it is to hear a loved one defaced by being called by by an alien sex and name.
In my case, anger flared three times. The first was when I learned that a fellow home school parent met with my daughter alone, basically endorsing her pursuit of gender medicine.
The second was when a relative signed a greeting card, posted by my daughter as a kind of trophy, declaring how happy she was to have a new nephew.
The latest occurred on getting some paper work indicating a foreign name as legal requirement for a co-signed loan.
To think the systems that are ostensibly in place to uphold reality force us into a lie.
I’m so sorry. I had similar experiences with the evil parents of my daughter’s friends who had been calling her a different name without saying a word to me. One day they will be held accountable
During this Holy Easter week thank you for writing that which was in my heart as well. The parable of the Prodigal Son and of course it applies to daughters too. We need to pray extra hard this week to end the nightmare for all the parents worldwide affected by it. I pray I live long enough to see my son return. May God hear our prayers and crying hearts to free our children from the devils grip. For they are truly embroiled in demonic possessions just like the Tarot card readers and other divinations are possessed by the evil spirits. Pray the St Michael prayer…
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle;
be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do you, O prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan and the other evil spirits
who prowl about the world for the ruin of souls.
Amen.
God please hear the prayers of the suffering parents. 🙏
I’m sorry for all parents going through this. It’s been 1 year 8 months for me. My daughter still seems to be having a lot of fun squandering her resources whilst we worry to death about her 😢. May God avenge us
Though the prodigal story shows a repentant son coming home to the the Father, asking for his forgiveness, I want to keep an open heart and mind that God may not bring our son to us in the same way. Our son left and estranged himself because we wouldn't affirm his false identity, wouldn't allow him to do cross sex hormones at home and insisted that he dress in gender neutral clothing when he was around us at home. Those are still our home rules, and the boundaries have not changed. However, if we are praying for connection with our kids, God won't always bring us back detransitioned and repentant children. Sometimes, he brings us back broken and desperate children who are still living in the false identity. Those parents mentioned in the above story all have children who are still in transition but who want to connect with their parents after years of estrangement. The parents are loving their kids when they meet with them, and are being light in the darkness for their kids. This is very hard for the parents but they feel that God is giving them an opportunity to show His love and their love as parents to their kids. Forrest Smith, a detransitioner, came home still identifying as a girl. He was sick, homeless and had nowhere to go. His family loved him to health and he detransitioned a few months after arriving back home.
Thank you for writing and sharing this. I think of this parable all the time and I've listened to countless sermons about it.
I'm always listening in for the father's thoughts, feelings, and actions. What did he do all the time his son was away? How did he feel? What was he thinking? How are we to think and feel while our prodigals are still far away?
The only info were given is that he loved his son unconditionally.
I want there to be more guidance but trust that the word is sufficient.
So what do we learn from that?
It's okay to let them go. I wanted so desperately to hold onto my son as he was slipping away. I had to let go.
The other lesson of unconditional love is that we eagerly what for their return. The focus isn't on us or how we feel while they are away. We fix our eyes on their return. We hold fast to hope. We pray and we trust.
And we remind ourselves that our children are the Lord's first. We pray for Him to call them home.
I agree with you. I think the father let his son go and waited eagerly for his return. He likely went about the business of running and managing the household and whatever business he had. We get a glimpse of this in the second part of the story when his elder son refers to the work that he has been doing for the father. So, he let him go, waited expectantly and went about his business. That is what we do too. Life doesn't stop because our kids are estranged and/or living a destructive lifestyle. We pray and wait while continuing with our daily lives.
A beautiful retelling of Jesus' story of the prodigal son and a valuable reminder of my need as a parent to have an open heart towards my estranged children. Thank you for sharing this
Mine is 35. Losing all hope.
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Thank you for sharing this very encouraging story. I pray for all the prodigal sons and daughters who have lost their way due to this trans cult, and that they will find their way back home. I know it will not be easy to welcome them back with opened arms, but it is what they need. Healing for them, healing for you. Our poor lost children have been brainwashed, broken and lied to by a false ideology. It will take courage on their part to return, and courage on your part to accept them. I pray that each family who has a child return to them that God's wisdom will guide you, direct you, and help you. These stolen children are deeply wounded, returning from a war of self-harm and confusion, and will need your support and unconditional love to recover. All things are possible with God on our side.
Beautifully expressed! Only God’s love through us can equip us to love our children and welcome them back with open arms. The prodigal repented and came back humbly asking for forgiveness. It won’t always look that way but we pray that they will ask forgiveness of God and be transformed as a result. Otherwise, they may come back to us and still be prodigals.
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Beautifully written. Thank you.
Praying for all the prodigals to come home, not only to their earthly mothers and fathers but to their Heavenly Father as well.
I’m waiting too to see my daughter come back to God and to home. Even though she still lives with me, ( only 15 yrs old) she has been gone a long time with this evil cult. I miss her so much.
Same situation with us. Prospects are bleak that he will come to his senses in our lifetime.
Consistent with the Prodigal Son story, unconditional regret, purpose of amendment, and coming to Jesus must accompany the return.
I learned a lot about this cult during the four years our son lived with us, the six years of living away, and the five years since his head-to-toe mutilation. Satan is their guide.
They will lie just to get back under parental auspices. If you take them back affirming what you would not affirm before, they will have contempt for you and will leave again once they straighten out their financial situation.
Be shrewd as serpents and gentle as doves.
This is absolutely beautiful and inspiring. We heard the gospel of the prodigal son in church on April 6, and it truly resonated with me.
I will always be incredibly deeply hurt and saddened that I’ve lost two of my children, but it doesn’t mean that I want them back unless they’re completely changed characters.
They were unbelievably cruel and selfish to me. It was abusive. I never want to feel that way again.
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So beautifully written and wise. Your son is lucky to have you to come home to.
There’s something about the Jewish Passover liturgy which I think could help all of us. God didn’t just take the Israelites out of Egypt.
Instead the Bible is very explicit in describing that
1. First of all, God *heard the cries* of the Israelites
2. And then he took them out of Egypt.
So many times I have asked God to bring my daughter home and to avenge us against the predators who did this. I have always wondered why God takes so long.
It is as if God was taking his time to contemplate the injustice done to us, to *hear our cries*.
It seems God is contemplative too.
Then he will avenge us.
And when he does, the predators will FEAR Him.
As a loving God, He must be angered by the destruction of families.
I resonate with your comment here and on your own page, how terrible it is to hear a loved one defaced by being called by by an alien sex and name.
In my case, anger flared three times. The first was when I learned that a fellow home school parent met with my daughter alone, basically endorsing her pursuit of gender medicine.
The second was when a relative signed a greeting card, posted by my daughter as a kind of trophy, declaring how happy she was to have a new nephew.
The latest occurred on getting some paper work indicating a foreign name as legal requirement for a co-signed loan.
To think the systems that are ostensibly in place to uphold reality force us into a lie.
I’m so sorry. I had similar experiences with the evil parents of my daughter’s friends who had been calling her a different name without saying a word to me. One day they will be held accountable
Thank you--I do believe Truth will prevail--it's SO LONG in coming!!
During this Holy Easter week thank you for writing that which was in my heart as well. The parable of the Prodigal Son and of course it applies to daughters too. We need to pray extra hard this week to end the nightmare for all the parents worldwide affected by it. I pray I live long enough to see my son return. May God hear our prayers and crying hearts to free our children from the devils grip. For they are truly embroiled in demonic possessions just like the Tarot card readers and other divinations are possessed by the evil spirits. Pray the St Michael prayer…
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle;
be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do you, O prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan and the other evil spirits
who prowl about the world for the ruin of souls.
Amen.
God please hear the prayers of the suffering parents. 🙏
We pray this prayer daily --so many influencers and surgeon-influencers especially!
I’m sorry for all parents going through this. It’s been 1 year 8 months for me. My daughter still seems to be having a lot of fun squandering her resources whilst we worry to death about her 😢. May God avenge us