The Father’s Love!
"But when he was still a great way off,
his father saw him and had compassion,
and ran and fell on his neck and kissed
him."
Luke 15: 20
Rembrandt’s final great painting
The Return of the Prodigal
Son hangs in the
Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In the painting, the father is full of compassion
as his son kneels at his feet and presses his
head into the man’s chest.
The father’s hands rest on his son’s shoulders,
and the father literally enfolds his son with his
red cloak. Rembrandt pictured himself as the
son and the painting was a sort of testimony
of his own journey.
Like the father of the prodigal, God
yearns for
children to run to Him. He's full of compassion,
eager to forgive, ready to fellowship with us,
and He longs to enfold us into the red robes
of His grace.
If you’ve had a bad year so far, a bad month, a
bad week, or a terrible day, take it to the Lord.
Repent of sin. Kneel and confess your need.
Cry out to Him, and you’ll find that even
while you are a great way off, your Father
will see you and run to you with His arms
of mercy outstretched to you.
"No matter what storm you face,
you need to know that God loves
you."
Franklin Graham