Picture: "The Prodigal"
We have this sister at church that has believed for an estranged granddaughter for several years now. A prodigal. A girl who was actually raised by this sister who loves her like a daughter. For several years, a failed marriage, deception, hurts and wounds all conspired to embitter this girls heart towards her grandmother to the extent that she used to walk past her and ignore her, turn right round when she saw her or simply corss to the other side of the street to avoid making contact with this grandmother who yearned for relationship.
For years this veteran of the faith simply believed. She took God at His word and refused to acknowledge what she saw with her eyes – in the eyes of her heart, her granddaughter was coming back one day.
On Saturday morning this lady was shopping at the market when her granddaughter actually came up to her and fell on her neck crying – through sobs and cries she said that she could not stand being away from her anymore and that she wanted back! C'mon! She then said that she was attending this church in the neighboring town of La Linea in Spain but wanted to visit our fellowship.
She visited on Sunday together with her boyfriend (also unsaved but hungry) and her mother who had also been estranged from the family. They were really impacted during the meeting, and during the evening went to an outreach at this other church and this girl and her boyfriend both got saved! Jesus! The joy on this grandmother's face is awesome to behold.
I now live for this. All of the prodigals – come back home!
Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you from the west; I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' And to the south, 'Do not keep them back!' Bring My sons from afar, And My daughters from the ends of the earth— Isaiah 43:5-6
The Lord is calling you. We got a word from the Lord last night. It goes like this:
I will do this again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again.