For countless times I have meditated on the passage about the Prodigal's son in John 15. It has always brought me to remember that repentance is a total change of the heart, and I that I was lost, then found.
This time round, I realised something different. If i have read the details, the focus seems to be on the son and his repentance, also on the reaction of the older brother. But when I took a few steps back and looked at the bigger picture, John actually put the focus not on the return of the son and his repentance, but on the Father. The story is actually more focused on the heart of the Father.
Verse 20 focuses on the reaction of the Father and blurs everything else in the story. A beautiful picture of the love of the Father, compassionate. He throws a party afterwards!
"he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him." John 15:20
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