Today's Daily Lesson comes from Luke chapter 15 verse 11:
"Then Jesus said, ‘There was a man who had two sons . . ."
Maybe he overdid it.
The robe, and ring, and the fatted calf, and the whole banquet were a bit extravagant for a son who had been such a punk for so long. Sure, he was contrite now, and he looked pretty ragged; but a party just seemed so much.
And maybe the father realized that. Standing out there in the yard, with the other son maybe he could see something about his own self reflected in the eyes of the older son. Maybe the other was the favorite. Or maybe it was just that he reminded him so much of himself. Or, maybe it that the grief of their mother's loss just hurt so much that today this homecoming was like a resurrection of not only the younger son but also the loving mother.
Whatever it was, he could see it there in the yard, the sound of music coming out the door, the younger son alive but still half dead, still numb and traumatized, and now the older, bitter and presumptuous, but not all wrong.
What do they do, standing out there in the yard?
What do you do when you realize love is never fair?
Ryon Price is Senior Pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
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