December 10, 2012 Lost Syrian Boy Found

“Father, father…” Those were the words of little two year old Bushr Tawashi, when he was found wandering in the rubble of his home in Syria, and returned to his parents. The Bible tells a similar story with a happy ending, about a lost son who wandered away against his family’s wishes. Unlike this innocent little boy, the prodigal son symbolizes and speaks for all of us who have wandered away from the Heavenly Father. Destitute and alone, we are told, the son “came to himself”, suggestive of repentance, and made a decision. Recognizing his need to return, he said, “I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.”” I am glad that our Heavenly Father will also respond, saying, “this my son, (or daughter) was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found.” Jesus later said, “The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”