As some of you may know, i posted this blog on myspace a little while back. Now im posting it on here but this is my revised version...
Luke 15:11-32 is the story of the prodigal son but for those of you who don't feel like opening open the good book and reading a little ill summarize.
So the story goes like this. There is a father who has 2 sons and 1 asks for all his inheritance then turns his back and goes off and lives and adventurous wild life spending all his money on prostitutes and immoral things basically loses all his money and a famine hits the country he is living in. Now he's desperate and decides to go back to his dad as a servant to get some money and food, but instead his dad welcomes him with open arms and throws him a party. long story short that Father doesn't care what he did he just welcomes back.
the story most of us hear is about the son's part of the story but we don't hear about the fathers side because well there really isn't. But lets think of it like this The Father is God.
I heard a song by Dustin Kensrue called Please Come Home..(thanks Tom). The song kinda modernized the Prodigal son story but told it from the fathers point of view and it really opened my eyes and when i really listened and i almost cried. Particularly the verse chorus and the bridge near the end of the song.
It says:
And now you've hit bottom
All those doors have shut
And your hungry stomach tied in knots
But i know what your thinking
That you troubled me enough
Nothing could ever separate you from my love
I still stand here waiting
with my eyes fixed on the road
and i fight back tears and i wonder
if you're ever coming home
don't you know son that i love you
and i don't care where you've been
Yes and ill be right here waiting
Till you come around the bend
And i run to you and hold you close
Won't let go again
So, please come home
please come home
The Father in that song is God. He gave us all we could ever need and he wants to give us more but when we go out there and do so many immoral things, or dont even give God a second thought, we turn our back on him. When we do that we break his heart and he stands there and he watches for us to come back, crying and hurt, all he wants us to do is to come back home to him.
Just imagine the God of the universe, in his almighty power and strength weeping for you to come back and hes just waiting.
After writing this blog somethings changed and i started busying myself with the world and became what i talked about in this blog, which is the prodigal son. Now I've come back from my little get away in the world only to find that God and all the people who care about me are just waiting so i now have not only read this and wrote it, but i have lived it, and its the best feeling in the world to know he's always here for you .
2 comments:
I quite enjoyed this, as I do the song by Newhallian.
You, my friend, are very awesome. And if you trust Him, and ground yourself in Him, He will take you unimaginable places.
Stay strong, keep the faith.
PS: nice looking friends list :D
That's awesome. The prodigal son story always gets me. Why in the world would The Almighty continually take us back? I think it's because His plans for us are so much greater than we think.
Often times when we stray, it's because we want what God has to offer, the inheritance, but we do not want to walk it out responsibly.
Think about what would have happened, and what does happen, when we do not stray.
God's love for us is so deep, that it's hard to understand. I pray that you will keep on keeping on and pressing on. Do not give up when times are hard, but more importantly, easy.
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