An Open Invitation And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all I have is yours. Luke 15:31 I love the parables of Jesus. They have taught me so much. Jesus did not spend His earthly ministry teaching the spiritually elite, although He amazed them when He was in the Temple at twelve years of age. His ministry was to share the good news of hope with the common people. It seems very evident that His parable of the Prodigal Son was given to encourage those who had lost their way and that there was a Father waiting to welcome them home with rejoicing! I know that the Lord is waiting with open arms to receive the discouraged and down-hearted prodigal. It makes me want to shout: What a mighty God we serve! I mean that with all my heart and soul. It is my desire to always strive to be used by our Heavenly Father to cheerfully welcome home those who wake up and realize that they "would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness," which is found in Psalm 84:10. May God richly bless you, as you
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