Three’s a crowd?
The Parable of the Prodigal Son could be summarised as ‘three is a Crowd’ as the younger son wants to do his own thing and be completely independent of his father and brother; and his elder brother is also not happy when his brother comes back and refuses to go in.
At our Bible discussion on Wednesday night, we looked at how we can live by this independence attitude in our relationship with God and each other.
Sin is when we want and do live independently of God. Today, independence is highly valued and emphasised and is strong in the self-help and happiness industry.
Spiritually, however, we are called to live dependent and trusting in our Heavenly Father’s Love and Grace that we have been given in Jesus and can be embraced in through the Holy Spirit. How often can we, in our Parish and family, have independent and judgemental attitudes towards each other and make others feel that three’s a crowd and they are not welcome?
With God’s Grace, I pray we can realise that ‘three is not a Crowd’ in our Parish but a potential Communion of Love reflecting God. Even though our Parish is big and parking can be difficult, let us always have a welcoming attitude as one family who is dependent on God, when it comes to our Church.
Notice in the picture the Father is the only one reaching out. The two sons are very distracted looking somewhere else for independence or their own thing. Let’s place ourselves in that healthy faith filled dependency in trust and let the Father in Jesus continue to Chase after us to be like Him.
