“For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.” Luke 15:24

(used by permission)

Preview audio:

storyj.mp/adysr7rpy75w

Margo is in a tough spot. She was arrested two weeks ago for various drug charges. It is only about ten minutes until church time. Every week Evangelist Keith Jameson and his wife hold church services at the women’s dorm. Margo is trying to determine if she will attend the service or stay on her bunk in the back area.

She attended the services the past week and became deeply troubled by the Word of God. There are about twelve other girls in the dorm with Margo. Brother Keith and his wife are genuinely concerned for these girls and always take them treats if they come to church. He knows that many of them only come to get a treat. He also, however, believes that if they come to the services, the Word of God will show them their need. His goal is to have 100% participation from the ladies. He knows how vital it is for them to have the opportunity to respond to the life-changing power of Almighty God.

Many times a girl will only be in jail for one week. Brother Keith always tells his wife that we must present the gospel as clearly as possible. This is a life and death struggle with the forces of evil and could be the only opportunity the girls get to be born again.

Brother Keith always remembers a certain young woman, the mother of two kids. She came to two services and the final service she attended she refused to surrender her life to the Lord. She told Mrs. Jameson that she loved the wild life and had no intention of giving it up. Her arms revealed an array of tract marks from drug use.

About two weeks later Brother Keith and his wife are looking through the newspaper when they see her name in the obituaries. Her life snuffed out at the age of twenty-three. “What a wasted life!” exclaims Brother Keith. “That precious girl had an opportunity to get straitened out and end up a child of God and gain heaven, but she refused. How sad that is!” It is now seven p.m. and Brother Keith and his wife are in the dorm and ready to start services. Margo decides to attend the services.

Prayer request is the first order of business. After all the girls make their requests, Brother Keith prays for those needs. Then they all stand and sing an old-time gospel hymn. Brother Keith announces the title of his message, “‘The Prodigal Son’”. Please turn in your Bibles to Luke: Chapter 15, verse 11 through verse thirty-two. Ladies in this incredible story we find a young man who wanted what was coming to him. Many of you gals want what is coming to you. May I tell you that you may be like the young man in our story, get what you want, but you may not want what you get.

The father in our story lets the young man have his way and soon the young man leaves his happy home for the call of the wild. How his father’s heart must have ached to see that young boy turn his back on a loving home. I feel like the father uttered a pleading prayer to God to keep his boy safe on his wayward journey. How many of you gals are mothers?” asks Brother Keith. About ten of the girls raise their hands. Margo’s heart sinks as she thinks about her own daughter who is living on the streets, a victim of drugs and alcohol.

“Listen ladies. The young man leaves the father’s home whistling a little song of joy because of his new-found wealth and freedom. The devil may give you a little worldly tune to whistle while your pockets have cash, but when that money runs out, you will not be feeling up to whistling. That young man has plenty of friends as long as he is buying the drinks and food. When the young man’s money runs out on him, so do his friends. Out of money the young man begins to feel hungry.

“That is the problem with many of us. We have never been in the place of hunger, especially for the things of God. This young man is so hungry that he ends up in the stinking pig pen desiring some pig food. By the way, ladies, the devil will celebrate your demotion to the pig slop farm and laugh with glee. Notice that the young man is no longer whistling a tune of happiness, but is thinking what a fool he has been. I think the young man in this story remembers all the benefits of the father’s house. His thoughts reminisce about the good food, warm beds, and servants to take care of all his needs.

“Ladies, the verse that jumps out at me in this story is verse seventeen. It says there that he came to himself. Please underscore those four words. That is exactly what every lost sinner must do before he or she will seek the Lord. Hard places in life will either draw us to an opportunity to embrace the Lord or reject him. That foolish rejection may lead us beyond the hog pen to the wheelchair or to the hospital bed, or even the graveyard itself.” Margo trembles at the preachers words. She lost her only son to drugs three years earlier. He was robbed and killed while making a drug buy.

You've previewed 10 of 17 pages.
To read more:

Benefits:

Full access to our public library
Save favorite books
Interact with authors

READ

“For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.” Luke 15:24

(used by permission)

Preview audio:

storyj.mp/adysr7rpy75w

DOWNLOAD
LIKE
COMMENT

()
SHARE
SAVE

BUY THIS BOOK (from $3.19+)

BUY THIS BOOK
(from $3.19+)
BUY THIS BOOK
(from $3.19+)
DOWNLOAD
LIKE

Liked By

COMMENT ()
SHARE
SAVE
Report

Encourage this author

BUY
LIKE
COMMENT

()
SHARE

Excessive Violence
Harassment
Offensive Pictures
Spelling & Grammar Errors
Unfinished
Other Problem

"Wild Girl"

Ken Taylor1

Margo, a troubled woman in jail, attends a church service led by Evangelist Keith Jameson. Through his sermon on the Prodigal Son, Margo finds redemption and decides to give up her wild life.

(17 pages)

Privacy level: PUBLIC

23 reads

Report