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Today's devotional

The Shame of Coming Home

“I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee.”

Luke 15:18

I know what's keeping you from going back: it isn't a lack of desire, it's shame. You imagine the stares, the comments, the silent judgment of those who will remember exactly what you did before you left. And that shame is so great that it seems easier to stay away than to face the road back.