A Real Life Prodigal Son
by Kit Cummings : June 28th, 2010
Prodigal: "wastefully or recklessly extravagant; giving or yielding profusely; a person who spends, or has spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravagance."
Sometimes you receive an email, a letter, or a phone call, and you have no idea that your life will never be the same. That was the case about a year ago. A woman popped up on Facebook whom I had not seen or heard from in a long time. About 12 years ago, she and her family were part of a church that I was leading and I had gotten to know her son. He was about 12 or 13 at the time when he started to get into some trouble at school. His Mom asked me if I would be willing to spend time with him and steer him in a new direction.
We all know that bad company corrupts good character, and he was beginning to run with a bad crowd. When he started High school, he ... More »
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