Dear Sisters,
The presidency lesson for the
month of August is on the Parable of the Prodigal Son. There is so much
to this parable; the son asks for his inheritance, is given it and then wastes
it away on riotous living. Reaching despair and becoming humble in his
realization of his choices he returns home to his father. The Father
greets him with joy, forgives and rejoices in his return with no harbor of ill
feelings. The older brother is dismayed, selfish and burdened by the
seemly unjust of it all.
I would think that we all have
probably been at one time or another the prodigal son (daughter), possibly the
loving father, or even the selfish son, lacking in love and compassion and
struggling with how unfair the situation may seem. I would pray that we
could realize as daughters of our Heavenly Father, that he too would rejoice
when we Arise and go to Father, putting aside our sins and our worldliness and
return to him humble and repentant. No matter what we have done, we will
be received by Him with great joy and able to inherit all that is His. This
is truly a great blessing.
Much Love,
Shelly Ward
Secretary
