Repentance

Good Morning!! The story of the Prodigal Son describes us all, as children of God,...well, me for certain. We're unfaithful children, of our benevolent Heavenly Father. We've all squandered the abundant inheritance He so graciously has bequeathed to us. And we all, at one time or another, have known what it is to finally "come to ourselves". Willful sin is insanity. It's an unreasoning, illogical,... and it leads to a self-destructive way of life.

When he came to his senses, he said, "How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!"—Luke 15:17 (NIV)

Sin ignores the plain hand of our Heavenly Father,...full of every provision we need, and follows after the hallucination of worldly pleasures and fulfillment. But when we finally come to ourselves, we realize that starving out in the pigpen is not what our Father planned for us. We are the King's children! No one in His house is hungry, or wanting,...and yet here we are in the mud pit of sin, because we forsook the house of our Father. When we finally come to ourselves, we finally come back to Him. We must grow up, and forsake the miserable quest for self-gratification,...and seek the abundant life that is only found in God alone. Know that there is always a warm welcome for those who come to God, by His Son Jesus Christ.

Coming to ourselves, means finally coming back to God.

 Holy Spirit of God, speak to our hearts, remind us all that no matter how far we go a stray,...we are just a pray away from God. Amen. 

"The Father gave us His Spirit, to make us like His Son."