Same. What we saw might help you:
Our eldest daughter fell away. When my daughter was still a Sunday-school-teaching teenager (before university and becoming a liberal) she had a dream where she indoors and was being prepared for her wedding by us - her family. She hated the Victorian-era dress, hated how her hair was being done, hated the clunky jewelry we put on her, hated the fake tanner we had (strangely) put on her, hated how her garish makeup was being done, etc. And she was so unhappy that nothing looked the way SHE liked for what was supposed to be her own wedding!
All of a sudden the scene changed and she was in a sunny green meadow under blue skies and wearing a wedding dress SHE thought was beautiful. Jesus was putting pretty little diamond earrings in her ears and she loved everything about how she looked.
That wasn't a dream meant for HER per se - it was for us so that we'd know in advance that HE would prepare her. We would not be able to make her be a Christian, we would not be able to make her grow and mature in the Lord. It was all going to be a work of the Lord, and SHE would love the outcome ;-)
I remember hearing this song and it strengthened me to stay KIND and be like the Prodigal Father. No recriminations. Just joy and love.
https://youtu.be/dfBTRCC52ik
Same. What we saw might help you: Our eldest daughter fell away. When my daughter was still a Sunday-school-teaching teenager (before university and becoming a liberal) she had a dream where she indoors and was being prepared for her wedding by us - her family. She hated the Victorian-era dress, hated how her hair was being done, hated the clunky jewelry we put on her, hated the fake tanner we had (strangely) put on her, hated how her garish makeup was being done, etc. And she was so unhappy that nothing looked the way SHE liked for what was supposed to be her own wedding!
All of a sudden the scene changed and she was in a sunny green meadow under blue skies and wearing a wedding dress SHE thought was beautiful. Jesus was putting pretty little diamond earrings in her ears and she loved everything about how she looked.
That wasn't a dream meant for HER per se - it was for us so that we'd know in advance that HE would prepare her. We would not be able to make her be a Christian, we would not be able to make her grow and mature in the Lord. It was all going to be a work of the Lord, and SHE would love the outcome ;-)
I remember hearing this song and it strengthened me to stay KIND and be like the Prodigal Father. No recriminations. Just joy and love. https://youtu.be/dfBTRCC52ik