"Reconciliation"

"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" ~ Luke 15:32

What pleasure it brings our God to see one of His beloved returning to Him! You probably know a bit about the prodigal son. He's one of the primary characters in a parable told by Jesus to demonstrate the love of the Father and the lengths to which He will go to welcome and celebrate the one who turns away from the world, repents, and comes back to Him. The story reminds us that no matter how far into our sins we have gone, reconciliation with God is still possible as long as we're breathing. But it requires us to lose something. To accept the reconciliation that God provides, we must do the hard thing and leave whatever or whoever was previously our hope. The wasteful son put his hope in wild living, but it left him alone and desperate. His choice to acknowledge his sin and return to the Father allowed him to receive reconciliation. This week at Friendship, we will talk about the foundation of "Reconciliation" and what it requires of us. There is the issue of peace with God and the issue of peace with one another. Biblically speaking, you can't have one without the other. Join us to hear more about how they are related in our lives.