"The Parable of the Prodigal Son" (religious)

"But you, Lord our God, are compassionate and forgiving, although we have rebelled against you." (Daniel 9:9)

          Being human we all are sinners. The moment Eve spoke with Satan that was then the life of humanity was change forever.  ^"Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?" The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die." (Genesis 3:1-2) First of all, God didn't say they couldn't touch it, He specifically said that they weren't allowed to eat it. "The LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”(Genesis 2:16-17) 

          From this, we can see that God's mercy and His grace is far beyond what we can imagine. Not only did He give us a second chance but He gave us His Son, Jesus Christ so we will not parish but have everlasting life with Him in heaven.

          "The Parable of the Prodigal Son" is a wonderful example of how we are today in society as Christians. Though we try not to stray away and focus on God, it doesn't work very well. We get caught up in school, work, family, or even ourselves that we forget what we're really here on earth for. And when we realized that we have strayed away, we come running back to our Lord and He takes us and holds us and hugs us forever because He is so happy that we're back. God never ever leaves us, we do all the walking. 

          "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him" (4th Paragraph). The father here is a resemblance of God. The father sees his son from afar, has compassion, runs to the son showing love though the son has sinned.This is EXACTLY like most of us Christians. We always take advantage of God's love yet He forgives us for it. 

         [God isn't mad at you, He's not disappointed. He is greater than all of your wrong choices. He's full of mercy, He's ever kind. Hear his invitation, His arms are open wide. You can come as  are, all of your broken pieces, all of your shameful scars, the pain you hold in your heart, bring it all to Jesus.]

(Come as You Are by Pocket Full of Rocks)

CITATION

•           Farren, Michael, David Rollins, Alisa Farren, Jody Crump, Kyle Lee, and Ryan Riggins. More Than Noise. Pockets Full of Rocks. Word Music, LLC, 2009. CD.|
•        Daniel. God's Word Translation. Bakering Group. Print.
• "Parable of the Prodigal Son." Jesus Christ - AllAboutJesusChrist.org. Web. 31 Mar. 2011. <http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/parable-of-the-prodigal-son-faq.htm>.