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Friday 17 |
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Angry home-comer
Dad gives a party when his younger son comes home. He invites the neighbours but the elder brother arrives late. He has been away for days and did not know his brother had come home.
The sounds of partying and rejoicing were incongruous to him and he was hurt and angry. His Dad came out to comfort him. My boy, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.
Dad meant more than material goods: he meant shared goals, shared stress and shared blessing: of walking together and being at one with each other. And dont forget - Dad was not at the party, he was with the hurt and wounded son.
He is still with the hurt and wounded ones to ...bind up the broken hearted. Isaiah 61:1
and to remind us that ...all He has is ours.
The real party begins when the wounded ones come home! (P.S. The story of the Prodigal Son is found in Luke:15)
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2007 Today's Thought | 156 Macquarie Way | Drewvale 4116 | Australia |
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was concentrating on getting work done out on the farm, shoring up the
profits, dealing with reality, doing the work his father had taught him to
do.