loveSunday, August 9
He Ran
Scripture
"So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him."
— Luke 15:20
What it means
Two details would have stunned the first listeners. The father saw him a long way off, which means he had been watching the road, probably for years. And he ran. A landowner of that age and standing did not run in public. He would have had to gather up his robe and expose his legs, which was humiliating. He took the shame himself so his son would not walk through the village alone.