I loved 1992!
When I’d pull in the driveway, adrenalin would start running through my veins. I then could hardly wait to get to the front door. I always made a little extra noise as I opened it to signal my arrival. Then like a shot from a gun, the thing that I was expecting would come flying at me.
It was my 2-year-old son, Cameron Scott Phillips
All day long Cameron had been waiting for me to come through that front door. No matter where he was in the house, the moment he heard me opening the front door he would run like a miniature freight train full speed until he plowed into my legs. BAAAAM!!!! Then he would wrap his arms around me until I pealed him off and pulled him up to my chest. He loved me and I could feel it, literally.
One day Jesus told a story to a group of notorious sinners and tax collectors illustrating how God felt about them. It was about a son who had left his family and began living a crazy life. He did a lot of partying, and eventually spent all his inheritance. Having hit bottom, he decided to return to his father, just hoping to get a job. On the way back home he nervously rehearsed what he would say to his father.
Dad, I’ve been an idiot. Would you hire me to mow your lawn? I’ve lost everything. I don’t deserve…
Before he could get the words out
Out of nowhere someone ran and tackled him to the ground. It was his father. Whoa, I was expecting him to be angry but this is crazy, he thought. What was strange though was that his father wrapped his arms around him and starting kissing him.
The son tried to talk, but his father interrupted him,
‘We must celebrate with a feast, for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began. (Luke 15:24, NLT)
There are some parallels in this story with what Cameron used to do to me. However what’s different is that it’s the father who does the running and hugging. And it’s a picture of God’s heart for people. No matter how far away from him they’ve gotten, no matter how stupid they’ve acted, or how many mistakes they’ve made, he’s waiting for them to come to him.
It’s a picture of God’s love for you. All day long he’s been, and will continue to be, waiting for you.
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