A story of great love!

Ever felt like you've squandered your life a little; like you may have wasted some years doing certain things but to no gain.  May be you feel like things should have turned out better for you and you're disappointed about your life.

I think all of us can relate to this a little, but the great thing is we don't have to stay in that place of waste and wanting.  We can change our lives by pursuing our purpose and aiming for higher ground.  May be it's time to let go of those things we once thought important, especially if they are stopping us moving forward.  It's never too late to change our lives.

There's a story in the Bible of a young boy that took his inheritance early from his father and squandered it all on good living.  Eventually this good living caught up with him and he had nothing left; no money, no friends and quite probably ill health because of his lifestyle.  He hit rock bottom before he came to his senses.   

The boy was so desperate that in the end that he decided to humble himself and go back to his father, expecting him to be very angry.  So he returned and while he was still along way off, his father saw him coming.  Rather than being angry, he was filled with love and compassion - he ran to his son and embraced him with a kissed him.  But the son said "Father I have done wrong and no longer deserve to be called your son".  Immediately the father said to the servants, "Quick!  Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him, give him gifts and lets celebrate with a feast - for this son of mine was once lost but now he is found!

What an amazing story of love, compassion, forgiveness & hope.  The father is actually an illustration of God our heavenly father and the son is an illustration of us at some points in our lives.  We have all made mistakes, we have all wasted our time and energies on wrong things, we have all been broken and we have all got ourselves into problems, however, it's never too late to return to our heavenly father.

The great thing is that nothing we can do or say would make God love us less.  Wow, this is God's love for you and me - it's endless.  God will never impose himself upon us but rather He is waiting patiently for us to come back to Him.

It's better to stop and look at our lives before we hit rock bottom - we will save ourselves much grief.  We can all change with a little time and help, but we have to make the first difficult steps to help ourselves.  Be encouraged.

Love Caroline x

Taken from The Bible, Luke 15 - The parable of 'The Prodigal Son'.