Back On The Right Path!
"And the son arose and came to his father.
But when he was still a great way off, his
father saw him and had compassion, and
ran and fell on his neck and kissed
him."
Luke 15: 20
When hiking on a trail in the woods or a
wilderness area, you may gradually
realize that you are lost.
At such a time there is only
one thing to do:
turn around and go back to the last place you
were sure of. It is way better to go
back to the
starting point and make a new path.
That is what the young man did in Jesus’ parable of the
lost son (Luke 15:11-32). The son left the security of his
father’s home to create his own life—an adventure that
ended in disaster. Destitute and broken, he came to his
senses and realized he was on the wrong path.
So he returned home and found his father waiting
to receive him. There was no judgment or criticism,
only compassion and love. Jesus told this
parable
to illustrate God’s readiness to forgive.
When we find ourselves off God’s path,
our only solution is to return to Him. He
waits for every child of His to return to
His open arms of love.
"Forgiveness is to be
set loose from sins."
G. Campbell Morgan
