“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.”
The parable of the prodigal son is one of the most familiar in all of Scripture — and the detail most people pass over is this: the father was already watching. 'While he was still a long way off, his father saw him.' He had not given up looking.
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