Forgiven

We all make mistakes, don't we? If I asked, "hands up all those who have never made any mistakes in life", and if you put your hand up, I would have to say "liar, liar, pants on fire!" to your face! So, the truth is, we all make mistakes in life. I'm not talking about mistakes we make in our exam question papers, but rather, mistakes like... cheating, swearing, stealing, being unfaithful to your bf/gf (although I would advise you not to have a relationship while you're still studying!), disobedient to our parents.. the list goes on.

I have been thinking about this ever since I heard Archdeacon John's sermon last week, about the prodigal son. You know the story; the son went to his father and asked for his share of his inheritance, which is like rude, cos normally inheritance is given after the death of the father, but in this case, the son couldn't wait for the dad to die before getting his hands on the moolah! So the story continued; the dad gave him the money, and the son went off to live wildly; booze, sex, outrageous parties, name it, he did it. He spent money like water, like nobody's business and was up in the air! And he was up in the air until the money ran out and thumped, he fell to the ground. I bet all his friends deserted him like his money did because when you have money, all those friends and relatives seem to come out of nowhere, but when you have no money, they disappear just as fast! Hehe..

The main point of the story is, the son came to his senses (could be from the fall to the ground that resulted from the realisation of no more money.. hehe), realised his mistake and decided to go home and ask for his dad's forgiveness. AND... he decided that he's no longer fit to be called the son but instead just wanted to be a servant, makan gaji lah. That is repentance. So he got on the journey, the dad saw him from afar, was so happy he asked the servants to bring the best robes, the fattened calf and threw a big party in celebration. Reconciliation! Yea!

How many of us need to come to our senses about our mistakes? If you have, then come back to Jesus, ask for his forgiveness and be reconciled to him. If you haven't and are still in denial, well, don't wait any longer. When you're sorry for your mistakes, there is always one person who will accept you. Jesus.