Be Still And Know

READ: LUKE 15.20-21 NLT “While he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.’” Of all the stories that Jesus told the parable of the prodigal son is the most famous and it takes us to the heart of the Good News. The son was a complete embarrassment. Can you think of anything worse than a son asking for his inheritance whilst his father was still alive? He then, inevitably, went off and squandered the money and ended up stony broke. He was so desperate that all he could do was to find a job feeding pigs, and for a Jew you couldn’t imagine a worse job because they were banned from eating pork. The people would have listened to Jesus with rapt attention. But they also knew how the story was bound to end. When they heard that the son had resolved to go back home and ask for a job from his father, the