peaks of the story of the prodigal son taken from the Bible out of Luke chapter 15: 11-32. He says, “Jesus told a parable one day, the parable of the prodigal son. He talked about a boy who left home and went away into a far country, where he wasted his substance and even his character. Then a famine broke out, and this boy ended up in a hog pen.” “There are many insights to be gained from this parable,” King states. “One, I think, is this: that man is not made for the far country of evil. Whenever he moves away from his Father’s house he finds himself facing a famine, and he finds himself frustrated and disillusioned. But the parable does not end there. That’s the beauty of it. We read that one day the boy came to himself and decided to rise up and go back home. We watch him as he travels up the dusty road that he had once come down. He had a little speech that he had made up: ‘I am not worthy of being called thy son.’ But he did not get a chance to make that speech, because a loving father saw him from afar and ran out to the boy with outstretched arms, saying, ‘I am happy to have you back home. Come home, I still love you.” King is demonstrating through this quote, the love of a father will never fade. I believe he is using this example of the father and son relationship as an example of God’s love. I think if we ever walk away from God and then later realize we can’t make it without him, God Will meet us down that dusty road with open arms and welcome us home. King expressed a great love through his words. But while he was standing on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, he was shot and killed, by James Earl Ray. His death caused a great mourning all over the nation. Even before his death he announced, “We’ve got difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to...
