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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, my name's Jordan and I'm a vicar in the Church of England
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This week we are journeying through the story of the prodigal son, Jesus tells us in Luke 15
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The son has just returned to his father after asking for his inheritance early and squandering it all
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The son expects to be rejected and might possibly be his servant
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but the father embraces him again. Interestingly in the story Jesus tells us the father gives his son
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three new things to restore him. A robe, a ring and some shoes. The father gives him the best robe
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which undoubtedly would have been his robe. The father restores his son's identity by covering
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the tattered mess with his finery. The father gives a ring, the family's signet ring
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which restores the son's authority to order his father's affairs on his behalf
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And finally, he gives him new shoes to replace the ragged ones, which restores the son's dignity
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I'm always blown away by the father's response in this story. It inspires me not only to forgive
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of people who've hurt me, but to try and find some way to restore them as safely and as best I can
