Comments on: Day 29, Monday, Book of Faith – Lenten Journey http://www.zionlutheran-marinette.org/bible-study/day-29-monday-book-of-faith-lenten-journey Growing Disciples in Community Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Karen http://www.zionlutheran-marinette.org/bible-study/day-29-monday-book-of-faith-lenten-journey/comment-page-1#comment-503 Karen Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:47:03 +0000 http://www.zionlutheran-marinette.org/?p=781#comment-503 I had something written before reading your response to the meditation but before I put what I originally wrote here I want to say that the prodigal son truly hits home for me and my family. My brother was the prodigal son and sorely missed by our Dad. He returned home and is now the one who daily attends to Dad in his illness. My father is so happy to have him and my brothers and sisters and I are so very blessed because if it were not for our brother our father's greatest desire, to be at home, would not have happened! Life is a mavel, is it not? Now to what I originally wrote: One of the questions to ponder today was whether the father in the story of the prodigal son was wrong to give his son the money (and thus the freedom) so he could make his own lifestyle choices? I certainly don’t think he was. Isn’t each of us given the freedom to make lifestyle choices each and every day? And aren’t we like the prodigal son in many ways… sometimes we make the right choices and many times we don’t. Then realizing our downfall don’t we come back to our heavenly father asking forgiveness. How many times have we as parents forgiven our own children for one thing and then another? It certainly doesn’t lessen the love we have for them. It boggles my mind that Christ could have that kind of love for me. I don’t understand it but I’m so blessed to know that he loves me and he continues to forgive me even after all these years and all my mistakes and wrong choices. I had something written before reading your response to the meditation but before I put what I originally wrote here I want to say that the prodigal son truly hits home for me and my family. My brother was the prodigal son and sorely missed by our Dad. He returned home and is now the one who daily attends to Dad in his illness. My father is so happy to have him and my brothers and sisters and I are so very blessed because if it were not for our brother our father’s greatest desire, to be at home, would not have happened! Life is a mavel, is it not?

Now to what I originally wrote:

One of the questions to ponder today was whether the father in the story of the prodigal son was wrong to give his son the money (and thus the freedom) so he could make his own lifestyle choices? I certainly don’t think he was. Isn’t each of us given the freedom to make lifestyle choices each and every day? And aren’t we like the prodigal son in many ways… sometimes we make the right choices and many times we don’t. Then realizing our downfall don’t we come back to our heavenly father asking forgiveness.

How many times have we as parents forgiven our own children for one thing and then another? It certainly doesn’t lessen the love we have for them. It boggles my mind that Christ could have that kind of love for me. I don’t understand it but I’m so blessed to know that he loves me and he continues to forgive me even after all these years and all my mistakes and wrong choices.

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