The Prodigal One

The other morning I thought I would stop in at the local donut shop and pick up a large coffee to drop off to my wife Julie at work. The lady ordering before me was still talking on her cell phone when it came time to place her order. With a cheerful tone the young lady behind the counter asked, “May I take your order?” The lady replied, while still on her cell phone, “Give me a chocolate donut.” “Anything else?” “Yeah, give me a sprinkle donut.” Suddenly the ‘please and thank you’ song from Barney the dinosaur started playing in my head. My sons loved Barney when they were …..

After 40 months of working on my story it finally came together and was going to be offered to the members of our congregation. I was also going to have the honor of giving the message during the Sunday services. As one can imagine I had a flood of emotions leading up to it. I reluctantly decided to treat myself to a haircut. I hated to spend the money but my wife Julie, who had been cutting my hair since my release, was so busy with work I hated to bother her. I was in desperate need to have what little hair I had left trimmed, but as I said …..