Diane Tuiofu Music
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The Prodigal
"The Prodigal" tells the story of the wayward child who chose to leave home and spend his inheritance in riotous living. As time passed, being hungry and desperate for food, he made the decision to go back home and apologize to his father. But "...when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him" (Luke 15-32). Elder Jeffrey R. Holland gives us this inspired counsel, "Don't you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don't come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come."
Text: Toni Thomas Music: Diane Tuiofu
Lyrics
Verse one
Then the Father let him go
And the Son did not look back.
Still the Father watched
While the dust erased his tracks.
Though spring then harvest passed
And his head grew gray with years,
Still he watched and loved and feared,
Waiting for his son to come home.
Verse two
Where the road turns last toward home,
There the son saw his first glimpse
Of his father’s house
In the distance.
How could he now return
Clothed in shame, with empty hands
To face his father’s wrath?
How could he ever go home?
CHORUS
Afar off the father saw him,
Ran to clasp him in his arms;
He wept aloud and kissed him:
“My son who was lost is found!
Bring a robe and a ring for this hand
And we will dance,
For my son is home again!”
Verse three
I have wandered many roads;
Wasted time and promise spent.
Though my heart cries,
"I am not worthy,"
Still a father’s love
Waits by an open road
That will lead me home again.
REPEAT CHORUS
Afar off the father watches,
Waits to clasp us in his arms.
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