If you've ever been the prodigal son and rededicated your life to God then you know what an amazing feeling it is. You're engulfed with peace by holy spirit and you get a heart squeeze. You don't forget it because all the weight you carried from guilt, shame, or just knowing you needed to do better and didn't is gone.
We define prodigal as wasting money, living lavishly, wasting time, profuse liberality, and living in sin. Mainly, it is separation from God. We have gotten caught up in something, allowed ourselves to be distracted, and separated ourselves from God. God wants a relationship with us. We're his children. He wants to hear about our day, our thoughts and feelings, our needs and our desires. He wants for us to trust him, lean on him, and rest in him.
In Isaiah 41:10 of the King James Bible we read, 'Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.'
God isn't waiting with a belt to beat us when we come back to him to regain or gain that close relationship with him that he desires. He's a loving Father full of mercy and grace and compassion for us. All you have to do is talk to him and tell him how you feel in your heart, ask him to forgive you, and move forward with the knowledge and wisdom you've gained. That's it. God will forgive you and wipe the slate clean. It's forgotten. God doesn't remember things you did in the past and bring them back up, ever. Your sin is blotted out. It's a new day. God's got you. You're his kid. What are you waiting for?
Written by Lisa C.
