IN THE SILENCE

In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, the elder brother is in a snit because his father has killed the fatted calf and held a party for his worthless brother, who has just returned home, while the elder has stayed home and been obedient and faithful. The father says to him, "You have been with me all the time, and everything I have is yours." But the elder brother never asked for anything. He never asked! "Ask, that you may receive."

{From A Journal of the Spirit, a Journey of the Soul, by D.C. Ice, Jan. 21, 1999.}