Comment to Skye Jethani

I was not able to get this comment through, so thought I would post it here.

http://www.outofur.com/archives/2011/04/skye_jethani_re.html

Every time I see a reference to the sons in Luke 15, without any significant reference to the father, I am stirred to comment

For me, a focus shift has made all the difference. Luke 15 is the story of the prodigal father, a reckless, over the top spendthrift father who runs to the younger and tells the elder that all he has is his. It is easy to focus on the sons and fail to focus on this picture of how Jesus knew his Father to be.

As I stay focused on my Heavenly Father, and the extraordinary, over the top ways in which he loves you and me, my face stays pressed into the source vine and I bear fruit for his glory. I stay on track, serving and loving in effective ways because I am not looking to either son for an example. I am simply gazing in wonder at this crazy lovestruck Father.