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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, I'm Jordan and I'm a vicar in the Church of England
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This week we've been exploring the parable of the prodigal son. Jesus tells us a story of a father with two sons
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The younger one takes the inheritance and squanders it all and returns destitute, asking for forgiveness
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The older is diligent and works really hard for his father. The older is offended that the father forgave and celebrated the younger brother
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So the father comes out to plead with his older son to engage in the party he's thrown for his younger brother
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Jesus tells us the older son replies, Look, all these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your royal orders
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yet you never gave me even a young goat to celebrate with my friends
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the son is so angry at his father but he misunderstands who his father is and what
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he's like the son worked for his father but never really got to know his father's heart
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the father replies my son you are always with me everything I have is yours
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as Christians we believe God is like this extravagant father and by this Jesus suggests
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that sometimes we can assume negative things about people because we don't really know them
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But by engaging in real relationship, we might begin to see otherwise
