"My parents regret having me. They wish I was never born."
How it sounds in your head: You've heard the fights. Seen the exhaustion. Maybe caught a glimpse of what their life was before you—the freedom, the simplicity. When they're frustrated, you wonder if they think about what life would be like if you didn't exist.
"The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."
-- Zephaniah 3:17Enemy twisting parental exhaustion into perceived rejection; religious curse of conditional love based on convenience.
She's witnessed real frustration and imagines herself as the source. Pre-teen awareness makes her hyper-conscious of being watched, and she projects that adults analyze her existence the way she's starting to analyze herself.
Son of a prostitute, publicly rejected by his half-brothers who said 'you shall have no inheritance in our father's house.' Driven away by his own family who openly regretted his existence. Yet God chose him to deliver Israel and made him a mighty warrior.
I REFUSE the lie that my parents or anyone regrets my existence. IT IS WRITTEN that the Lord REJOICES over me with singing—Heaven is not silent about me, it's CELEBRATING. My earthly parents may have hard days, but my Heavenly Father has never once wished me away. IT IS WRITTEN that Jesus will NEVER cast me out, no matter what. I am not an accident, a regret, or a mistake. The same covenant that protected Ishmael (the unplanned child), that elevated Jephthah (the rejected son), covers me. I am wanted by the King of Heaven.
The Father isn't counting the cost of you—He's counting the JOY. Every moment of your life, He's been singing over you. Not tolerating you. Not managing you. CELEBRATING you with songs you've never heard.