I wrote a poem for my estranged daughter called ‘when you come home’ (see this site) it was the cry of my heart and I waited. As I waited Father spoke to me through the agent of his angels abd blessed Holy Spirit and directed me and increased my faith. This is what happened:
It was about 8.30pm at night and I sensed the Lord urging me to go select a book from off my bookshelf. As a trainer, writer, minister, I have many books. I didn’t particularly feel like reading, but I sensed a leading beyond myself. Those who know Him know what I am talking about..
I found my fingers selecting one particular book and I took it off the shelf, but without thinking about the title put it down in the lounge almost immediately to go buy chicken for the impromtu barbie tomorrow – I had also found some tesco vouchers worth £19.00
I perhaps had no more intention on reading the book, but shopping and a myriad of other tasks done , I found it was nearing midnight and i didn’t want to go to bed.
I picked up the book …its called ‘Horses Make a landscape Look More Beautiful – by Alice Walker . I am sensing there is something for me here – something the Lord wants to communicate . I flick two pages . I find what he wants to convey. It is called :
MY DAUGHTER IS COMING!
My daughter is coming!
ive brought her a bed
and a chair
a mirror, a lamp
and a desk
Her room is all ready
except that the curtains are torn
do I have time to buy shoji panels
for the window?
I do not
First I must WRITE A SPEECH
see the doctor about my tonsil
which are dying ahead of schedule
see the barber and do a wash
cross the country
cross Brooklyn and Manhattan
MAKE A SPEECH
READ A POEM
liberate my daughter
from her father and Washington, DC
recross the country
and present her to her room
My daughter is coming!
will she like her bed
her chair,her mirror
desk and lamp
Or will she see only see torn curtains?
I read it smiled and went to sleep – 8 weeks later my estranged daughter returned home for good after 10 years of us being separated.