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Subject: Another good lesson, Hillbilly Author: dori [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 17:25:15 02/12/13 Tue In reply to: Hillbilly 's message, "Retirement Account" on 20:18:25 02/06/13 Wed As we've discussed in the past, this story always made me angry because I identified with the faithful son, but this explanation finally made sense. The father was happy to have his son back, but that didn't mean that he gave him half of his estate. It just meant that it's never too late to make amends and what little we receive for doing so is gratefully appreciated by the one who finally sees the error of his ways. And the father loved both sons equally, despite the bad choices made by the one. It still bothers me though, because of the one part where he tells the resentful brother that he is blessed to have him, but to have one who was lost, but now found was even more a blessing. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Dori, Let's think of it this way then. Author: Hillbilly [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:30:11 02/12/13 Tue You have one child who has been with you constantly and you have one who has left the nest and gone their own way. You see one every day and you miss the other and wish you could see that one also. Maybe months or years pass and finally, without prior notice, the one who has been away shows up. Your joy knows no bounds and you shower the returning child with love and kisses and fix one of your best and most lavish dinners for the celebration. It doesn't mean you don't love the one who has been with you less than the one who has been away. You probably have done things for the one at home all along without even thinking about it much. You just wanted to do and give to your child and be as much help as possible. You would have done the same for the other if they had been there and you could have. Whether or not the one away has been good or naughty is not going to matter much to you at the moment. It is just joy to see that one again and you want to celebrate. Any jealousy from the one who had been with you all the time would not stop your celebrating. This principle applies in this passage which I'm sure you are familiar with. Matthew 18:12-13 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? 13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.

[> [> [> Subject: The ninety and nine Author: Connie [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:33:07 02/14/13 Thu U Tube

[> [> Subject: Smile... thank you for further enlightening me Author: dori [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:35:43 02/13/13 Wed 8-) And thanks for putting up with me. 8-)))