23 March 2019
A LONG WAY OFF, HIS FATHER SAW HIM
Three pillars of the story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15) stand
out: the self-indulgent son, the waiting compassionate father and the uncomprehending
elder brother. And of these the loving patience of the father touches me
most. We get into so many difficulties
and make so many wrong decisions about our own lives and that of our planet and
yet the father waits patiently for the right moment for us when we will turn to
him. Lent is that period when we see that
he has been looking out for us all the time.
He cannot force us back, no more than a concerned parent can force their
errant teenage child to change their ways, but he waits lovingly for us to
realise, to waken – as from a long sleep.
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