"I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men." So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. Luke 15:19-20

We live in a time where most of us will have to leave a place called "home" several times in our lives. But, the difficult thing is returning back to the place you left. You wonder if you did enough while you lived there to share the love of God? In the Bible the prodigal returns home with a deep need for love but feeling in his heart, he did not deserve love. But the father comes running unexpectedly to embrace him. I always wondered how the prodigal felt? Most of us live our lives thinking we are the faithful older son. However, as I returned home to Greensboro this past week, I wondered, "Was I really a faithful son while I was here? Did anyone miss us at all?"

I placed a small notice on facebook, "Get together at Buffalo Wild Wings at 4PM". As we drove up to the restaurant where I had many fond memories, I caught a glimpse of few youth kids waiting on the corner. They ran up to embrace us. At that moment I felt the love of the Father. No matter how many mistakes we have made, whether we did a great job or not, we are loved because who we are. We are the children of the living God. We are family. God embraces us with this kind of love. He longs to have us return.