The very special time of "Thanksgiving"
- Retah McPherson

- Dec 12, 2025
- 6 min read
The year draws to an end, and we all become excited about the season where families gather, look one another in the eyes, and celebrate life. We share the goodness of God YHVH in our lives, and we testify of what He has done for us this past year.
We fully trust in God’s goodness—for His love and mercy endures forever.
My friends in the USA have a special day called “Thanksgiving.” I love how they make time in their busy schedules to come together and appreciate one another. It is so important never to miss an opportunity to say, “Thank You, Jesus,” and to thank those who have walked with you.
Today, I want to look you in the eyes and say:
THANK YOU!
Thank you for always being there for us—helping us, praying for us, supporting us, and giving us a hand in times of need. Thank you for keeping us accountable, just as true friends do.
Our journey has been 21 years now, and we have learned to trust God completely—with everything and for everything. Life has many challenges, especially when you walk a road that does not please the accuser of the brethren—or even some brethren themselves. Yet we have seen that God’s plan is always far greater than what the natural eyes can see.
The eye of the flesh may perceive one thing, but the inner man sees differently. The witness of the Spirit reveals what God has known all along.
I want to share good news: after YouTube took us off their platform for two years, we have been reinstated—with an apology. They could find no fault. God knows it all.
We had a very special occasion last Saturday (6 December 2025) in Darling where Tiny Toezies school is situated. They had a school play of Jesus Christ that was born in Bethlehem and raised by Mary and Joseph. They sang and celebrated the wonder of His birth, and how deeply they loved being part of it.
They are being taught about a God who loves us so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, to leave heaven and come to earth — not wanting heaven without us.
The life of Jesus teaches us so much. Let us never forget to teach our children well. May we use this time to teach our children the truth of who Jesus Christ is and why He was born out of a virgin Mary and how He followed through on earth even to death and the resurrection power of Christ Jesus in us. So let us raise a Hallelujah!
No one truly knows the exact date of His birth, and that is correct. But let us celebrate every day the birthright of Christ in us. This is the true celebration—the birthright of His life within our innermost being.
This is where my heart becomes a landing place for divine identity. The birthright of Christ inside us is a governmental seat—it speaks louder than accusations. It overrules the old courts of shame, fear, and rejection. It empowers us to stand and declare:
“I am who God says I am.”
This is a powerful way to show love and respect to those who believe differently from us. Those who refuse the wonder of His birth need to see how we respect and love them and how we honor God in all we do. To do this, we must slow down, see the bigger picture, and walk in harmony and love—because our hearts will always be tested.
OUR JOURNEY THIS YEAR
This has been a challenging year for Aldo’s health and for us to manage it all.
At the Heaven’s Encounter Conference in San Diego, many testified that even after near-death experiences—where Christ revealed Himself to them—they returned to earth to continue their journey of healing. They had to die to self, walk out their salvation with fear and trembling, and heal from the inside out.
We have walked similar roads. Each year has its own storms and its own victories. We faced the shadow of death again. No one said a word—until I asked:
“Death, where is your sting?”
He had no answer, because death and hell will not prevail—God YHVH has the final say.
Aldo now struggles with balance and short-term earthly memory. He requires 24/7 assistance. But his innermost being, filled with the Holy Spirit, is alive and strong. Holy Spirit leads us daily into the inheritance that is already ours:
His peace, His joy, His authority, His access, His wisdom, His glory, His Spirit, His purpose—and above all, His eternal life.
Inside-out healing reveals the deep journey of faith. We see this time of anticipating for his full healing as a wonderful time of growing in maturity in Christlikeness.
Christ in us, the hope of glory.
We learned to keep our gaze on Him - as Job explained in his love story - that healing is much deeper than what we anticipate. Healing brings the fullness of God and Christlikeness into realms the natural mind cannot comprehend.
Noah’s story taught me this: to follow through. With much excitement I know that God can do the miraculous at any moment. The ark was formed by human hands, yet filled with divine purpose. For 40 days and 40 nights the rain fell, and in the muddy waters they discovered what we now know:
God makes a way where there seems to be no way.
God is not invisible. He reveals Himself through our lives. Holy Spirit is the Executor of His Will within us. He reveals, teaches, unveils, and manifests the inheritance Jesus signed with His blood. Nothing in His Kingdom is withheld from us.
We inherit fullness.
LIVING FROM DIVINE NATURE
Let us make the most of every season - the challenges and the not so challenging. But always remember to say:
“I love You, Jesus.”
Because His love never ends.
2 Peter 1:4 (AMP)
“You are made partakers of the divine nature.”
That’s the inheritance right there. The fullness of our birthright is not only legal – it is transformational for now and forever more. It rewrites our patterns, our emotions memory, our trauma history, our identity scripts, and opens our genetic prophecy in Christlikeness, and the true posture of our heart.
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It is the pathway of being transformed from the inside out. Love replaces fear, Truth replaces deception, Mercy silences accusation, and Sonship destroys slavery.
Inner healing means living from a heavenly seat—not from a trauma wound.
The inner courts of your heart become aligned with heaven's Throne.
Your conscience becomes the governed seat - not a battlefield.
Your soul learns heaven’s wisdom, identity, decrees, and pace.
Ephesians 1:11 (AMP)
“In Him we also have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to His purpose.”
You and I carry a prophetic lineage inside us - the lineage of Christ, the Firstborn. We live as one who is written, sealed and called – in His likeness we follow through this day.
I am a daughter of the Most High God YHVH. I do believe that He is returning soon and He asks of me to be holy, for He is holy. Within me is everything that pertains to life and godliness. I pursue Jesus, and I desire to be a spotless bride for Yeshua our Messiah.
This is my moment of thanksgiving—thanking you for your grace towards me. I walked through deep waters after an in-depth search that took place in my heart. The enemy thought he could disconnect me from life when Aldo struggled to breathe. But God showed me:
He is the air I breathe.
That settles it for me and my house - we will serve no other god.
May you have a wonderful season celebrating Christlikeness from the inside out. How we all need to see the kindness of God flowing through us all.
As Gentiles we grow and thank God that we are His full inheritance as we are part of the one new man.
Thank you for all your love, prayers, and support. We deeply appreciate you in our lives.
We pray that you will journey with us, as we enter into a new season of hope and expectation for the new in Christ. He always stretches us all and continue to teach us that His ways are higher than our ways. Thank you that I could share my heart, and thank you for all who walked the Kingdom coaching journey with me. What a privilege to see God moving so deeply in you all. I pray your season of rest will be wonderful.
Thank you once again for you financial support, I pray that the fruit of your generosity may bring you an abundant reward. What a sweet sacrifice, perfumed with the fragrance of your faithfulness, so pleasing to God.
May God always get all the glory.
With love,
Retah and Family

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