The parable of the prodigal son is really a story about the waiting father. I know who the prodigal is. It is I who so foolishly and so often have left the Father's house. What I need to know is about the heavenly Father. Does He write me out of HIs will or long for my return home? Will He slam the door of heaven in my face or open His arms to me? Will He treat me like some slave or take me back as a son or daughter? Here's the answer! Because of another Son, named Jesus, who left His Father's house on the task of salvation and returned with it completed, my Father will be waiting for me.
From "Together with Jesus," July 20 devotion
