Many years ago, I learned a lot of valuable lessons, understanding Biblical principles from the Parables Yeshua spoke to His audiences. Ancient principles conveyed in stories of (then) current life situations. I was moved to create short stories from the pictures the Lord painted in my mind like the parables He spoke back in the day.
I will be sharing some of these word pictures from out of my "Imagine This" file. I pray they speak to you as they have spoken to me.
IMAGINE THIS: The Empty Seat
You come from a big family…..
Almost too many to count…..
You feel like you are just one among so many.
You Father has a big heart…..
But with so many siblings…..
You wonder if He could possible care about you.
You lost contact with Him…..
So long ago…..
It seems that your thoughts of Him…..
Are no more than a figment of your imagination.
Year after year you have been getting…..
Something that sounds…..
Like a family invitation to come home.
But even that seems vague…..
And you doubt that it’s real.
You have gone to the websites…..
That track family histories……
Wondering if your family is even there.
Then, one day, comes a knock at your door…..
A friendly face appears…..
There is something familiar…..
About the one standing there…..
A family resemblance, perhaps.
You listen to the words of greeting…..
There is excitement about having found you.
Something about a family reunion…..
And where you belong.
You agree to go with this “excitable” friend.
Just to see for yourself…..
If what was spoken is really the truth.
You arrive at the place of family celebration.
You enter the banquet hall and feel the unity.
Then your eyes meet…..
With the One you now know is your Father.
The tears fall…..
The ache in your heart is no longer there.
From the doorway you see…..
The seat that is yours.
The one that has been empty for so long.
You now know that the message is true……
You notice the look on your Father’s face.
There is love and joy…..
But something else that seems like relief.
These family gatherings…..
Have been going on…..
For a long, long time.
You look around…..
At all your brothers and sisters seated there…..
It finally dawns on you…..
In all these years of celebration…..
Your seat has remained empty.
With each passing year…..
Your Father’s heart grieved…..
Over you……
The one missing at His table.
Little did you know…..
How important you are…..
And have always been…..
To your Father and the family.
Your empty seat says it all…..
No matter how big the family may get…..
The look in your Father’s eye tells you…..
No one else can fill your place…..
In His heart or at His table…..
Can you imagine that?
If this touches your heart. Maybe it's time to "come home"!
The Holy Spirit is Calling. Can you hear Him?