IT'S NEVER TOO LATE=TO COME BACK TO GOD

 

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE

(To come back to God)

TODAY we read

About COMING BACK to God

And the finding of the lost souls

In chapter 15 of Saint Luke's Gospel

Jesus teaches us about one lost sheep

One lost coin-and one LOST SON

Coming to his Father-who is waiting-

With open arms

It is the story of ALL

Of us-because-

We ALL become lost

Along life's highway

At one time-or another

It is NEVER too late

To come HOME to God-

To our loving and waiting Father 

“While he was STILL a long way off

His Father caught sight of him

And was FILLED with compassion”                                                     Luke 15:20

IF nothing else-it teaches us

At least one thing

We should never give up

On ourselves-

For God our Father

NEVER gives up on us

As the parable of

THE PRODIGAL SON teaches us

He wants to see us RESTORED-

Physically-emotionally-spiritually-

And in EVERY other way

“RESTORE us-O God-

Make your face shine on us

That we may be saved”                                                                        Psalm 80:3

“Brothers and sisters-if someone-

IS caught in a sin

You who live by the SPIRIT

Should restore

That person gently”                                                                 Galatians 6:8

“And the God of ALL GRACE

Who called you

To his eternal glory

In Christ

AFTER you have suffered

A little while

Will himself RESTORE YOU-

And make you strong-

Firm-and steadfast”                                                                                 1 Peter 5:10

It is NEVER too late

To return to God

It is never too late

To return to him

Like the WAITING FATHER- and-

The PRODIGAL SON-he is

Just waiting for you-for me-

For us-to return to him

OUR God is not simply

The God of the lost

But he is-also-

The God of the FOUND

In this parable-the loving Father 

Catches sight of the prodigal son

And is FILLED with compassion

For him

Our God knows our failings

And our shortcomings

And he actually WAITS for our RETURN

This is the God

Who searches for us

UNTIL he finds us

ALL the while

Waiting for our return

WITH LOVE

“I will give them a HEART

To know me

That I am the Lord

They will BE my people

And I will be their God

For they will return to me

With ALL their heart”                                                                                 Jeremiah 24:7

And when we return-

To our God-he will be waiting

For us-just like the PRODIGAL SON

For it is-NEVER TOO LATE

To RETURN to God

A God who is waiting for us-

Who LONGS for us- 

And the RETURN of ALL of his people

Robert P. Wallman

9-11-16 and 7-07-2022

Ps        INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Chris Koellhoffer, I.H.M.