The Trip Home Is Shorter

IllustrationAnalogy★★★

IF A person goes on a long trip and they travel the same route there and back, most time, it seems like the trip home is shorter than the trip to the destination. In actuality, it doesn’t take less time, but it just seems that way. Why is that? There is something about traveling home. No matter how far a person has traveled away from God, if they are willing to make the return trip, God will make the time coming back a lot shorter than the time moving away from Him. The trip home always seems shorter.

— Tony Evans

The point

Just as a familiar trip home feels shorter than the trip out, God makes the journey back to Him feel shorter than the journey away.

Scripture

Luke 15:11-32

Audience

Adults

Tone

Encouraging · Hopeful

To tell aloud

under a minute · 98 words

Subjects

Restoration Second Chances Repentance Returning to God Grace

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