In Luke 15 - we have the familiar parable of the Prodigal Son. How many times we read the Word but we do not allow it to speak to us in real life issues that we deal with on a daily basis!
I was given a book by Henri Nouwen, "The Return Of The Prodigal Son." A Story of Homecoming. Henri Nouwen was a priest, who after 30 years, felt like there was more in his spiritual journey. He saw a painting by Rembrandt - "The Return of the Prodigal Son." He was scheduled to go to the Soviet Union where the painting was on display at St. Petersburg Cathedral. He sat in front of the picture for 2 days, and the book is his thoughts as he sat in front of that picture, and what the Lord spoke to him.
One of those things, was the price of leaving home! How many prodigals leave home trying to fill their lives with the things of the world. However, the reality is how many Christians leave home. Home - is the place of God's unconditional love and we try to fill it with material things, emotional things, relationships, friends, hobbies. etc.... Why would we want to go to a distant country when we can go home to the Father!
How many of us have areas that are prodigal and the Father is asking us to come back home! It is at home that God will uncoditionally love and accept us, even when we sin, fail and mess-up. I am tired of being a prodigal, it is time to go home to the Father!
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