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TITLE: Prodigal Son | Previous Challenge Entry
By Cori Mann
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For months he has been out of sight
My son a young eighteen years old
He foolishly fled into the cold
Following the life he choose last year
Upset for him I cried many a tear
I don’t know what happened or why
My boy was always so very shy
He seemed to love the Lord with all his heart
Something happened that caused it to start
I don’t know what and I don’t know how
He just needs to come home to me now
The drugs have got him in quite a mess
Even still I don’t love him any less
He unwisely rushed in to this life
Cutting through him with it's knife
He has thrown himself into the storm
Instead of being safe peaceful and warm
I pray for my son to wake up one day
Out of his slumber and living God’s way
This life of his will not ever be right
Until he comes back to the Lord one night
Only He can take him out of his pain
Leading him out of the storm and rain
Jesus wants to take firmly and gently his hand
When he is willing, He will help him to stand
His desires caused him to stumble into it all
It was his choices that caused him to fall
Seth has become my prodigal son for whom I pray
That one day he will come and find his own way
My son who needs to come back to the true healing one
I hold on to the promise that it is still not done
There is still hope beyond hope for my young boy
I envision him at church again singing for joy
Every night I set out his dinner plate and pray
That one day soon he will choose another way
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In the 4th stanza it should be its instead of it's.
You did a great job with the rhyme and rhythm.It flows easily off the tongue. I hope your son gets to read this someday.
I can assure you, when the prodigal does return to God, from that moment on, her or his belief is more firmly grounded than if she or he had never run away. It is the awesome blessing of returning. While those who grew up in the church and have never run from God sometimes falter as adults, and sometimes question their faith, the returned prodigals usually DO NOT.