✰ ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY ✰

Today marks the one-year anniversary of KatieLyn throwing away God's call and running off into the middle of the night.  She literally ran into the night. But in the spiritual realm, she also metaphorically ran into the night when she ran away not only from Joe, but also from God's plan for her life.

How can I be so confident?
    Because I know the voice of the Lord.

On a Sunday morning a couple of weeks ago, I was sitting in church and by happenstance was in the same seat where KatieLyn sat when she had visited the day of her bridal shower. During the worship, the Lord dropped a phrase into my spirit. I wrote it down on the back side of the bulletin so that I would remember it correctly:
"KatieLyn* will have to speak to Joe* in heaven."

That jerked my attention away from the music that was being sung, and after a moment's consideration I thought, "That will be awkward." Then, with the eyes of my spirit, I saw Jesus give me a look. He was standing partially sideways, as if He was about to walk away from it all.

I have thought about that phrase a time and again since then. She will have to speak to Joe in heaven if she continues running from her decision here on earth. And she has continued to to run from it.

To be clear, I don't get the sense that either KatieLyn or Joe will be headed to heaven soon. That is always a possibility, I guess, but that was not the tenor of the statement. My interpretation of what I know I heard is that Jesus is preparing to give the KatieLyn/Gwen co-dependency exactly what it wants. They will get to make their own decision based on their own worldly reasoning, and then perhaps check for God's approval.

The Lesson  🐦
Too many Christians live their lives that way. It is sad. And in KatieLyn's case, because she has not wanted to cut the apron strings, it is doubly sad. It means (most probably) that she will decide to do what she wants and then check in with both her mother and God for approval. She will likely get married eventually, for that is God's unchanging call on her life, but Mr. Katie will have to be someone of whom Gwen won't say, "He is going to take you away from me." If the future Mr. Katie allows it, he will be married to a codependency where his wife and mother-in-law will team up against him whenever they disagree with his view. Furthermore, if KatieLyn continues to give greater weight to what her mom complained about than she does to what God revealed to her, then the future Mr. Katie will also have married an idolator (who puts others' opinions before His word).

KatieLyn will have to speak to Joe in heaven, but for now, if she wants her codependency, the Lord will let her keep her codependency. She will have some blooms in her life, but she will never blossom into her full self the in the way that the Lord had desired for her as long as mommy is alongside her.

On the Day of the Great Assize, when she stands to give an account of her life, her mother will not be next to her. KatieLyn will be shown what she really ran away from. The blessings that she lost the faith to claim will look vastly different from the bleak insecurities that she imagined a year ago. Seeing her decision through the Lord's eyes will be an awkward moment for her if she continues to refuse to address the outcome now while on earth. KatieLyn will have to speak to Joe in heaven. She cannot avoid it forever.




* The Holy Spirit used their real names, of course, but I'm keeping it consistent with the pseudonyms used throughout this blog.

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