Prodigals and Those Who Love Them

Ruth Bell Graham, who had prodigals of her own, shares with other parents the stories and thoughts that encouraged her during the most difficult days.

Foreword	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
Storms	p. 15
The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32)	p. 16
God Gave His Children Freedom of Choice	p. 18
Aurelius Augustine	p. 19
For Those Who Love Them	p. 27
For All Who Knew the Shelter of The Fold	p. 28
Persistence and Patience	p. 29
Confirm, O Lord, That Word of Thine	p. 30
A Few Suggestions for Me as a Mother	p. 31
Settling Some Things with God	p. 32
Listen, Lord	p. 35
Human Frailty	p. 36
Doing My Part and Letting God Do His	p. 37
John Newton	p. 39
For Those Who Love Them	p. 45
In Evil Long I Took Delight	p. 46
I Am Your Child	p. 47
An Empty Bottle and a Dying Child	p. 48
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise	p. 49
Worship and Worry	p. 50
Wait	p. 52
For Our Help	p. 53
I Know He Has Answered Prayer	p. 54
The Fear of the Lord	p. 55
Flora Campbell in the Scottish Glen of Drumtochty	p. 57
For Those Who Love Them	p. 71
One Sinner More	p. 72
Meditate on God	p. 73
Had I Been Joseph's Mother	p. 74
Authority	p. 75
Love Knows What to Do	p. 76
Encouragement	p. 76
Thoughts on Raising Children	p. 77
In Tenderness He Sought Me	p. 78
Leave Them in God's Hands	p. 80
Glimpsing His Glory	p. 81
God! Thou Art Love!	p. 82
The Face of the Pilot	p. 83
I Bring Those Whom I Love	p. 84
All Went Well	p. 84
God's Ultimate Gift	p. 85
Learn of Him--Matthew 11:29	p. 85
Sunk in This Gray Depression	p. 86
The Possible and the Impossible	p. 87
Fyodor Dostoyevski	p. 89
For Those Who Love Them	p. 97
God's Feathers	p. 98
Moses' Wanderings	p. 99
We Are Told to Wait	p. 99
O God, the Rock of Ages	p. 100
She Waited for the Call That Never Came	p. 101
Sovereign or Not?	p. 102
The Door Stands Open	p. 103
God of the Universe in Power Abiding	p. 104
I Wasn't Prepared for a Prodigal (Gigi Graham Tchividjian)	p. 105
For Those Who Love Them	p. 119
We Are Better for Our Failures and Our Falls	p. 120
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy	p. 121
Tell Me More	p. 122
Prayer for the Children	p. 123
There Has Been Wind	p. 124
Our Failures	p. 125
His Lovingkindness	p. 126
Great Is Thy Faithfulness	p. 127
Duties Are Ours, Events Are God's	p. 128
It Is a Fearful Thing	p. 129
Watch O'er My Flock	p. 130
God Hears Our Sighs	p. 131
The Godly Father and His Three Wayward Sons	p. 132
Give Me to Hold Me Firmly to My Trust	p. 133
Prayer by a Bishop for the Members of His Church	p. 134
Moses Prays to "Go Over"	p. 135
I Think It Harder, Lord	p. 136
A P.S. of Thoughts	p. 137
Lord, with My Jacob, I Would Pray	p. 138
Some Terrible Inheritance	p. 139
The Murderer	p. 140
The Murderer's Prayer	p. 141
Prayer for the Murderer	p. 142
The Wildwood Is Worse for the Wanderer	p. 143
Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy	p. 143
Wallowing in Worry	p. 144
They Felt Good Eyes upon Them	p. 144
Joe Came Home Tonight	p. 145
A Bit of Broken Wreckage	p. 146
Perhaps She Will Land upon That Shore	p. 147
The Husks Have Greater Zest	p. 148
God and the Stubborn Will	p. 149
Nudging the Prodigal Home	p. 150
If I Could Stand Aside	p. 151
Can You Trust Me, Child?	p. 152
Acknowledgments	p. 155
Notes	p. 157
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