God is Filled with Compassion
In the face of evils and suffering, we want to ask, “Why God?” Or if God is a benevolent God, why would God allow evils and suffering?
This parable teaches us that it is we, like the two sons, who cause our sufferings and we cause others to suffer. We do not see ourselves as God’s children. We rebel. We do not want to live in God’s house, or following God’s laws. We treat each other as strangers. (In the parable, the younger brother only thinks of himself and his wants. He has no consideration for his father or his brother. The older brother complains to his father about the faults of “your son” but not “my brother.”)
When we cause our own sufferings, and when we cause others to suffer, God is “filled with compassion for us.” God “comes out and pleads with” us to return to share God’s love, compassion, and joy with God and with each other.
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