Character Analysis Of Quotes From The Crucible '

Luke 15:11b-32

15:11b "There was a man who had two sons. 15:12 The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.' So he divided his property between them.

15:13 A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living. 15:14 When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. 15:15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs.

15:16 He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything. 15:17 But when he came to himself he said, 'How many of my father's hired

Instead, the opposite happens. This is one of the most beautiful passages of scripture to me.

15:20 So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.

Sit with this a moment – when the son chooses to return, the Father knows it, even when he is still far off. And he doesn’t just sit there and wait for the son to arrive. The Father doesn’t wait for him to make the long journey home alone. He picks up his robe, throws it over his arm, and RUNS to his child. When it is time for us to go home, GOD PICKS UP HIS ROBE AND RUNS TO GET US!!

God is waiting and watching, and the very instant we decide it is time to come back, to come home to our loving Father, he reaches out and scoops us into his arms. This son who was arrogant and wealthy comes back unrecognizable. In place of robes are rags. In place of swagger is a limp. In place of certainty is fear. BUT HIS FATHER STILL RECOGNIZES HIM AND RUNS TO GET HIM. There is never a time when God is not waiting for us. When we begin our journey home, God meets us more than