This parable will help us understand what it feels like to be lost and how God responds to that feeling by always trying to bring us home.
What we’ve experienced is that living by religious rules is a very tempting way to avoid facing the insecurities in our hearts.
Learning to understand your fear and how to overcome it.
Learning why we distance so we can learn how to draw closer to God.
With insecurity, God never responds with criticism. He responds with a purpose to live for something beyond themselves.
We need “Deep Forgiveness” when we feel guilty after we have confessed our sin to God and, knowing God forgives us, confessed our sin to people so they can support us in our efforts to change.
Regret is painful, but when it is attached to spiritual failure (mistakes or sins), it can destroy our faith.
No matter how great our talent or resources, insecurity ignored will undermine us all.