The Parable Of The Prodigal SOn

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The Parable of the Prodigal Son

The journey of life through brother hood is often a difficult one. This story is
from The Parable of the Prodigal Son it’s from the Gospel According to St. Luke
the third book of the New Testament. A story of a father and two sons disagreeing
of the way father treats the younger son after a lengthy journey away and the younger
son’s struggle with the life he has led.

The younger brother decides he is old enough to be a man, and so he confronts his father
for his part of his fathers estate. Yet he enjoys life and wastes away all of his fortunes
Eventually, he realizes he has done wrong. He has not only lost all of what his father had
given him. He has lost his dignity, so he decided to return home.

The younger son said to his father,”Father I have sinned against Heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.”He felt as if he had portrayed his father by spending all of that he had given him and portrayed GOD by becoming part of the commoners of the land. Father was so pleased to see him. He had been gone for so long. Father wasn’t sure if he was dead or alive. Father asked the servant not only to bring him cloths, shoes, a ring and even to kill the cow for them to eat.
When the older brother returned from the fields he was very angry with his father after asking what all the celebrating was about. He couldn’t believe that he had killed the calf and he had served him for these years. His father explained this:
Son thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again: and was lost, and is found.”
Father was joyed of his son returning and learning how to deal with hardships in life, even though he was greedy before. Yet, he was disappointed with his oldest son being jealous and greedy. He still seems to be loyal to both of his sons....