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The Long Road Home

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How to Return When You Feel Too Far Gone You have been running for a long time. Maybe not literally. Maybe you still go to church on Sunday. Maybe you still smile when people ask how you are. Maybe you still lead the prayer meeting or teach the Sunday School class or sing in the choir. But inside, you are somewhere else. You are in a far country. A place where the rules are different. A place where you have compromised, drifted, and slowly become someone you do not recognize. You did not plan to end up here. You did not wake up one morning and say, "Today, I will abandon everything I believe." It happened slowly. Like a boat drifting from the shore. One small compromise at a time. One prayer skipped. One truth ignored. One secret kept in the dark. And now you look around and wonder: "How did I get here? And can I ever get back?" That is the question the prodigal son asked. And it is the question this story answers. The Moment You Come to Yourself The prodigal son wa...