The
ability to deal constructively with reality is based fundamentally on faith and
trust in God to sustain you, no matter how terrible or twisted reality appears to be. A woman revealed with frustration how everyone she met seemed to have an
ulterior motive or hidden agenda behind their friendliness.
This seemed to be true for the young
man in Jesus' parable of the lost son. With his inheritance depleted, his friends
were nowhere to be found. Even the farmer who hired him to feed hogs had little
respect for him. Yet it was in this setting that he shifted his thinking, which
allowed him to confront reality, including facing his family and making amends.
False assumptions got him into trouble,
but the willingness to shift his thinking alerted him to choices for changing his
life. This young man had faith in his father's love for him that allowed the
father to forgive his foolish choices and behavior. The father had faith in his
son's ability to eventually deal constructively with reality, which is God's
plan for each of us.
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