Reading I: Joshua 5:9-12 II: 2Cor 5:17-21

One Main Point

Like the father in this parable, God has given each of us so much including the freedom to choose our own life, and He always knows us as His sons and daughters. When we have been on a wrong path and chosen to come back, He has no judgment of what we have done, and is always glad to take us back with love. .

Reflections

1. Seeing how the lost son found the way out for his own life, when facing an undesired situation how can I be present to my own mistake, so I can clearly see myself in my relationship with God and others? What am I to do, to put my life back to where it belongs so I no longer have to struggle?
2. The father in this parable took his son back as if nothing had been wrong with him. Can I think of many situations in which I made someone wrong for what he or she did and then refused my love for him or her?
3. Like the elder son, I might have judged and blamed others including God, as if they were responsible for how I feel about myself. How do I take ownership of, and become responsible for my life?