Saturday August 28th

Hello everyone in the internet world!

This coming Saturday I'll be speaking at Aylmer's EMMC at 6:30pm. I'll be double teaming with Michael Krahn as we look at the parable of the prodigal son.

Actually, it really isn't the parable of the prodigal son. It's a story about a man who had two sons. I'll be looking at the life of the son who spent his money on alcohol and promiscuous women. Michael gave me that assignment because he said that my life had strong parallels to this rebelious younger brother. How dare he imply such a thing?

Ok. So he was right...exept for the prostitutes.

As I prepare, I'm struck by the spiritual marurity of the brother who wasted his money on beer and whores. To begin with, he knew that he had a father. The story isn't really about a boy and his dad. It's about us as people and our Heavenly Father. Most of you who read this blog have at least some sense of the reality of the One True Father in Heaven, but how many in this world have that awareness?

Or do you know? Could it be that the things which enslave some of us stem from the fact that we live life on this world having a twisted notion of our True Father? Have you ever read or heard stories about adopted children who found out that they were adopted? There is an entire industry in place which sets out to connect adopted children with their birth parents.

Whether you know it or not, you have a Father in heaven and He didn't give you up for adoption. Instead, we, like sheep have gones astray. He isn't like a birth parent who is dufficult to find. He has made Himself plain to us. We, "know the truth about God because He has made it obvious to us. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, we can clearly see His invisible qualitites - His eternal power and divine nature." Romans 1:19-20

He knew he had a father. Could it be that the prodigal, even in his rebellion, is farther along in his faith than some of us?

Hope to see you there.

Kevin