Dearly Beloved,
Grace and Peace to you.
* The older brother** became angry and refused to go in.*
—Luke 15.28
I refuse you.
I resent somebody, and your love for them.
I want to be better, more deserving.
I won't go to your heaven if *he's* there.
He's not my brother. Your kin, but not mine.
I denounce your party. I scorn your joy.
I won't go in.
Yet you come out to me,
here in the far country of my bitterness.
Just like him I have left your side;
just like him you invite me back.
I am no more worthy, no more loving.
He came to that point of turning to you.
I have not come there yet.
Yet you come to me.
You offer perfect love.
Will I release my resentment?
Will I rejoin my kin?
Will I come in?
Will I come?
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Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
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