The Prodigal Son (Parts 1 & 2)
The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) – Part 1 He sat with tax collectors and others who were considered outcasts. The Pharisees grumbled, upset because Jesus sat in the presence of sinners, those their law considered unworthy. And He told them stories; about a lost sheep, a lost coin, a lost son: ~ I went to my father and told him that this life was not what I wanted for myself. I needed to find my own sense of worth. Despite the love he held in his heart for me I needed to find my own way. A life of farming was not what I envisioned for myself. I asked for my inheritance, as bold as that sounds. I demanded my half of everything my father owned. And he gave it to me. With my share of my father's wealth I headed to a foreign land. I intended to have the best of times, eat, drink, be merry and take my choice of beautiful, exotic women. I fell in and out of love, if that's what you would have called it....