TEACHING MOMENT: The parable of the prodigal son is NOT mainly about the son who left. It is about the FATHER who never stopped watching the road. The father did not wait inside. He did not send a servant. He was RUNNING. Running toward his broken, filthy, shame-covered child. Before the son could finish his rehearsed speech, the father was already embracing him. THAT is how God looks at you right now. He is RUNNING toward you. Stop running away.