Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Lord, You have watched us beat ourselves up over our mistakes. Where did we go wrong? We tried to raise them right, to acknowledge and honor You in their life. We’re heartbroken. Our loved one is a prodigal child.
Like the father of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11–32), never will we cease praying for our wandering sheep. Never will we stop asking for Your divine intervention for our loved one to come to their senses and return to You. And like the father, never will we stop anticipating their to return to You.
The prodigal son’s foolish choices left his father heartbroken. After squandering his inheritance, the son ends up living in a pig pen. Literally, a pig pen with real swine, not a figurative teenager’s room. The father deeply loved his son, even in the pig pen.
Not all end up with the hogs. Some prodigals are living their dreams yet feel their soul empty, without a relationship with You. Others still wander, looking for their purpose in life while dismissing Your precepts as irrelevant. Lord, You are faithful, and hear our prayers. Like the prodigal’s father, we will never cease knocking on Heaven’s door for our lost loved one to return.
You know, Lord, we all have been a prodigal at one time or another. How grateful we are that someone prayed for us [me] and You led us [me] home. Love you, Jesus. Amen.
THANKFUL 
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