It's about the money

He ran away from home and took his share of the family fortune.  Perhaps there was a scene where he said, "I want what is mine, and I want it today" to the shock of all who heard.

This younger son made several miscalculations regarding the family fortune.  First, without a family no amount of money would be enough.  Second, strangers were much less likely to be helpful in an emergency than he expected.  Third, emergencies always happen.

And fourth, the largest miscalculation of all: the real family treasure was the Father whom he rejected.  How blessed he was that when he huffed and puffed and tore out of the house to find his future, his Father remained rooted.  One day the Father would be there to welcome the wayward one home again.

So your Father in heaven waits for you. 

Who is this Father?

A love like this breeds resentment.  It is a love that is simply not interested in human definitions of 'worthy.'   This love loves; take it or leave it.  Turn around and come to the Father's house and live in this love or stand out in the field with your arms crossed and your nose out of joint and refuse to participate in the party.
   
Whatever you choose, this Father's love will not fail or falter....not because of what you have or haven't done, but because that is who this Father is.      Thanks be to God.

Welcome home

 

He walked out.

He disrepected his father and all that the father had taught him.

He convinced himself he knew better.

 

It is a good thing that the Father was a better father than the son was a son.

But then God is always way ahead of us on this curve. 

 Love is what God is made of and there is, and will always be, more than enough to go around.

He's called the Prodigal Son, but it was the father who was prodigious in love.

Thanks be to God.     Luke 15