The younger son demands his inheritance and squanders it in riotous living. Then it all catches up with him.* Far from home, starving, having "spent all", he finds himself wishing he could eat the husks he's feeding to pigs.
Luke 15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
There are so many wonderful lessons to learn from this parable, but one line that I keep coming back to lately is this: he came to himself.
Has that ever happened to you?
I can think of several times in my life when I've had to "come to myself." When I've started losing perspective and making bad decisions; gotten caught up in various wars of words and opinions and emotions; forgotten to do some of the things that make me ME. From the life-changing awakenings to the trivial triggers, I've been reminded and awakened and recommitted.
Most recently this happened while I was hiking with Slice, my two older sisters and their husbands at Aspen Grove. As we trekked through some of my favorite scenery in this world, I wondered HOW it's been over four years since I've even been on a hike. Four years! I'm no crazy outdoorswoman (you know who you are), but I spent my first 20 years going on multiple hikes every summer - why haven't Slice and I ever hiked together?
Until we're old and tired and need hip replacements, that is.
*This is why I love the Bible. Real consequences for real jerks.
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