00:00The Chibi News Daily Reflection
00:04Hi, my name is Jordan and I'm a vicar in the Church of England.
00:11Over this week we are going to be exploring one of Jesus' most famous parables.
00:16A parable is a story which demonstrates a deeper spiritual meaning
00:21and it's found in Luke 15.
00:24It's called the parable of the prodigal son.
00:26The story begins, a man has two sons.
00:30The younger asks for his share of the inheritance,
00:33which is basically like wishing his father was dead.
00:37The father shockingly gives his son the inheritance
00:39and he runs off with it to a distant land.
00:44Whilst there he splurges it all.
00:47A famine breaks out and in desperation he gets a job feeding the pigs.
00:52In the squalor of his suffering he realises his great mistake.
00:58As the famous Coldplay song says,
01:00when you get what you want but not what you need.
01:03Sometimes getting what we want is the worst thing for us,
01:07as is the case in this story.
01:09But other times, when we don't get the job we want
01:12or we miss out on that great opportunity,
01:15it might not be what we need.
01:17As Christians, we believe God always gives us what we need
01:21and offers what is good for us.
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