A Son Willingly Pays His Father’s Debt
Who actually committed the crime?
- The boy’s father.
What reason did the son give for trying to pay back something to the lady who his father robbed?
- He felt like the money he received from his father may have come from the robbery.
Can you think of a deeper reason the son may have had for willingly paying for a crime he didn't commit?
- Love. Out of love for his father, he may have been trying to make right what his dad did wrong.
- When we love, we are often willing to take on the consequences for a problem we did not cause.
If the lady had only lost the money and the son had found it, do you think the lady would have been impacted as deeply?
- Probably not. The robbery wasn’t just about ‘losing the money.’ It had an invisible, spiritual part to it.
- The lady was wounded in her spirit. She felt deeply in her heart a disrespect and a disregard for her dignity as a person.
- When the innocent son attempted to pay his dad’s debt, he actually repaired some of the spiritual damage done by his dad.
- The lady felt loved, respected, and cared for by the innocent son, which deeply touched and healed her heart.
- In this story, you can see that invisible, spiritual things are actually the most important part of our lives.