Good Words for Today: January 30
“Your arms are too short to box with God” (James Weldon Johnson). Here’s something I just discovered. That sentence comes from a poem called “The Prodigal Son.” More than a poem, it’s a fervent appeal for all the prodigal sons and daughters to come home to God. Here is the closing stanza: “Young man, come away from Babylon That hell-border city of Babylon Leave the dancing and gambling of Babylon The wine and whisky of Babylon The hot-mouthed women of Babylon; Fall down on your knees And say in your heart: I will arise and go to my Father.” There are prodigals in Babylon who would come home if they knew we would take them in. We can’t bear the thought of going to heaven without them. So let’s fall on our knees and get right with God ourselves, and then let’s pray and pray and keep on praying until all of God’s wayward children come home at last.
January 30, 2025