The Parable of the Prodigal Son

“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to
spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him:
Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your
son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ So he got up and went to his father.

MORAL VALUE:

Don't think of yourself as wise. The prodigal son believed oneself brilliant, much more
than his father. That's why he was so confident in asking his father for his legacy. He
thought himself wiser than his brother, who continued to support his father and did not
pursue his inheritance. He most obviously didn't want anyone to find out what he was
doing with his inheritance. As a result, he fled to a distant nation where no one could see
what he was doing or advise him. Anyone who is not responsibility to anyone is a danger
to himself and everyone around him.

“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and
there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe
famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a
citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with
the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

MORAL VALUE:

This lines represents if we made decisions for ourselves without considering the outcome
of our choices. Grace can rescue your soul, but it cannot protect you from the
consequences of your deeds. Sometimes the repercussions are immediate, occasionally
they are delayed, and sometimes they fall on innocent bystanders. However, the bullet
will fall somewhere in this physical, pre-Glory universe because choices have
consequences.
 “And he arose and came to his father. 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.
MORAL VALUE

- The father’s love. It's worth noting that the father appears to be anxiously awaiting and
anticipating his son's reappearance. Even if how the son shows his bad side and made
decisions for himself and want to take the fortunes of his father but this doesn’t make the
father hate his child because he knows why he do such things that make him being like
that. Because no matter how far we wander from our Heavenly Father or how badly we
waste his blessings, he is always thrilled when we return to him. His unfailing love awaits
us when we come home, where he meets us with open arms. Every lost kid is a sinner,
which includes all of us who is found (turns to God) is reason for tremendous joy.

“‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had
to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost
and is found.’”
MORAL VALUE

- Holding out Hope. It gives hope to everyone who yearn for reconciliation. This
narrative, whether about a child, a parent, or a friend from the past, shows that there is yet
hope. It teaches that even when hope is delayed and the heart is sick, hope will blossom
into a tree of life. What happiness and elation he feels? His heart rushes out to his
returning son, his feet pulling him forward to the passionate embrace. Both father and son
are reunited, the distance bridged and the time spent apart forgotten.

‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never
gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours who
has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

MORAL VALUE

- Reconciliation. When the father sees son arrive home, he calls for a party, which enrages
the older brother, who has always been faithful to his father. The father comforts his
older son. He has always loved him, and everything the father owns is his, yet they must
rejoice that the missing child has been discovered. Family reconciliation is possible and,
when done properly, may provide joy, healing, enthusiasm, and a restored sense of
attachment. Rebuilding relationships involves a lot of emotional work and willingness on
the part of everyone involved. Rebuilding ties with family members can appear to be an
impossible undertaking at times. The pain is too great, and the separation is too long.
However, it is not uncommon for people to be startled when the path to recovery leads to
fresh beginnings.