He Would Not Go In

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Luke 15:25-32 (NIV)
25 "Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27 'Your brother has come,' he replied, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.'

28 "The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, 'Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!'

31 " 'My son,' the father said, 'you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' "

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Father though I do not usually have bitter feelings or resentments, I know that I'm just a human and such feelings will attack me one day or another. If I neglect Your guidance and not guard myself well against such poison, I can easily be ensnared when it happens.

Lord I pray to You that You will protect and guard my heart from such poison. Remind me that all I have to do is to keep constant gaze upon You, and I shall find contentment. Nothing else matters.