“于是他起来往父亲那里去。他还在远处时，他父亲看见了他，就动了慈心，跑过去抱着他，连连与他亲吻。”
路加福音 15:20
“So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.”
Luke 15:20
There is an art exhibit—The Father & His Two Sons: The Art of Forgiveness where all of the pieces are focused on Jesus’s parable of the prodigal son (see Luke 15:11–31). The exhibit has a Edward Riojas’s painting titled The Prodigal Son. The painting portrays the once wayward son returning home, wearing rags and walking with his head down. With a land of death behind him, he steps onto a pathway where his father is already running toward him. At the bottom of the painting are Jesus’s words, “But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion” (v. 20 kjv).
We all are guilty, yet our heavenly Father reaches out to welcome us, just as the father in this story embraced his wayward son. “Let’s have a feast and celebrate,” the father told the servants. “For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found” (vv. 23–24).
The Lord still rejoices over those who return to Him today—and that’s worth celebrating!
God’s love for us is undeserved yet unchanging, often ignored yet never withdrawn.
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