Last night at our 48 Days Christmas Open House a gentleman was telling me about how he radically changed his life right after his “pig-pen” moment. I knew instantly what he was talking about. Remember the parable of the prodigal son in the Bible:
There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ So he got up and went to his father. Luke 15:11-31 (NIV)
Have you had a “pig-pen” moment when you “came to your senses” and just said – “This is ridiculous. I’m a better person than this. Surely there’s a better way to live my life than what I’m doing now.”
Did you, like the prodigal son, find that the change in your future opened up not because of a change in the economy or a new government subsidy program but because you recognized the opportunities that were right in front of you the whole time?
