Joining Kate Motaung and other members of the Five Minute Friday Community for our weekly writing challenge. To learn about Five Minute Friday, click here. This week’s prompt is “Embrace.”
I imagine he left with a jaunt in his step
Well dressed body
Well shod feet
Perhaps with a servant or two
Maybe on a camel or whatever animals
The financially well endowed rode
I imagine he left without looking back
Feeling mighty
Feeling Free
But now he was returning
Penniless
Likely gaunt
Filthy
Ragged clothing
Bare, dirty, calloused feet
Smelling awful
Looking nothing like the arrogant younger son
who had demanded “his” share of the estate
and departed
But his father who had been looking for him
Recognized him, even at a far distance
And ran to him
And embraced him
Filthy body and all
And kissed him
And welcomed him home
But my Father did more than that for me, for us
The Word became flesh
Left heaven’s glory
Walked among us
Showed us the Father
And then stretched His arms wide to die for us
The ultimate, eternal embrace
WORD...breathed 