Empower your Day in Just Seconds
By Grantley Morris
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Not even waiting for his father to die, a man demands his inheritance and sells up his portion of the family farm that had been theirs for who knows how many generations. Even after his fathers death, that would have been a travesty. Then this ungrateful, irresponsible fool abandons his family, leaving them not only to try to stagger on after the crushing financial and emotional blow he had inflicted, but depriving his father of years of loving labor he should have poured into the family business work his father had gladly done for the prodigals grandfather, his grandfather had done for his great-grandfather, his great-grandfather had done . . . You get the picture. Then, for the final insult, instead of valuing the proceeds of the assets and heritage he had callously stripped from the family farm, he atrociously squanders it all on prostitutes and riotous living. Only when the inevitable happens and hes left with no better alternative does he consider returning to the father he has hurt beyond measure. He despondently trudges home in utter defeat, knowing he deserves nothing but his fathers wrath and contempt. Having irreparably disgraced the family name and blown the inheritance, he has lost all right to be treated as a son. He is merely clinging to a thread of hope that just maybe his father might be so forgiving as to take him on as a hired hand. Bracing himself for a stormy, if not violently hostile reception, he suddenly finds himself kissed and in his fathers loving arms, before he can even start his well-rehearsed apology. Despite his protestations that he doesnt deserve it, he is showered with gifts and honor. Not only is his father not ashamed of him, the father butchers the prized calf for a feast and throws a party, so that everyone could rejoice with him in celebrating his sons return (Luke 15:11-32). That extravagant celebration is how God feels when you mess up big time and return to him. Dont be a party pooper. Make Gods day by having a ball.
Taken from All Christians Deserve Happiness & Health?
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