COMING HOME
Terry Morgan writes to us that his favorite way of looking at heaven is in terms of homecoming, particularly through the eyes of the story of the Prodigal in Luke 15. The father has been looking out of the window for months, hoping for the sight of his youngest son. His whole heart is in that gaze. He has waited so long. And then, one day, he catches a glimpse of a figure in the distance. Dare he hope? But there is something familiar about the way he walks, about the way he carries his head. And then he catches a clear- eyed view of his son. Yes, it is him! The old man runs from the house, his arthritis forgotten, toward the son he has all but given up seeing again. The son blurts out words like, “Father, I’m so sorry, can you ever forgive me?” But he is already forgiven. He decks his son with rings and robes and shoes…
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