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The Silence of Forgiveness
(The Prodigal Son)
I yearn for something lost When drawn away from home.
The love I knew there calls me back again.
Love, from its distant yearning follows each step I take,
Waiting for that illumination when
On the path, that leads to nowhere I discover I have no where to go.
Turning home, love sees me, from a far off place
And runs to embrace my disappointments and shame.
Holding me in its surprise Love speaks not a sound
Until I know I have found That drawing me all my life was
The silence of forgiveness.
Notes from the Author
In the silent presence of love’s most extreme expression we find the fullness of mercy and grace. No word of condemnation. Only an embrace that conveys God’s deepest desire….to love us to wholeness. His heart, a home, a welcoming embrace, never denied, even in all our wanderings far from the Father’s love. The text reveals the tender expression from Hosea: “And God, like a father, lifts a child to His face and kisses that child’s cheek.” In the Prodigal we find God’s tender, silent reassurance that we are forgiven. We are reminded that “As I have loved you so you should love one another.” May we convey that depth of love in our silent, forgiving embrace. To love as Christ loves.
~Ronald Cadmus
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