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ISAIAH 30:18 (CEB)
The LORD is waiting to be merciful to you.
LUKE 15:20 (CEV)
The younger son got up and started back to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son and hugged and kissed him.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
God is waiting for us to turn to him so that he can show us how gracious he is.
PRAYER
I'm amazed, God, to think that you're waiting for people like me. I don't deserve you or your welcome. Even now, I continue to find new ways to sin. So I turn to you and your mercy and ask that you'd welcome me. I'm coming home. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
