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A Prodigal Father's Day
Posted: June 19, 2021
The patient, persistent, unconditional love of our Heavenly Father…
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A patient father holds his tongue
yet weeps to see his willful son
exploit his birthright wastefully
and suffer needlessly.
A wounded father still will reach
to try and bridge what has been breached.
And though denied what he desires,
a father always loves.
A grieving father knows no bounds.
He sings of grace. How sweet the sounds
that emanate from one who dreams
of that delayed embrace.
A waiting father longs for those
to learn from choices that they chose
and head for home because they know
love's light is always on.
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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