Have you ever experienced grace so great that you knew you didn’t deserve it? The truth is, we all have, if we have found ourselves alive through salvation in Jesus Christ.
A few years back, I watched my family extend this kind of great grace to someone I love who had become estranged from our family. Watching this loved one walk down a path of destruction and pride was hard to endure. I vividly remember praying for them to surrender their life to Jesus. There came a specific moment where they reconciled with family members, came back to the Lord, and we extended unconditional love and grace, welcoming them home. This moment brought our entire family closer than ever before. Maybe you’ve seen similar family dysfunction before. Broken relationships and prodigal situations can feel hopeless. Whether you are a parent longing for a child to return to God, a relative watching it all play out, or a prodigal who has run away from home; we can all learn something valuable from the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15.
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