Nature is so prodigal with her beauty. Dictionary says the word comes from a Latin word that means reckless. Meanings: 1. recklessly extravagant 2. characterized by wasteful expenditure, lavish 3. yielding abundantly, luxuriant. The most famous of the parables of Jesus (Luke 15:11-42) is most commonly called "The Prodigal Son," because he so recklessly wastes his inheritance. But I think that title shifts the attention wrongly to the son when it is the father who is so recklessly extravagant with his love, the image of God, "The Prodigal Father," so lavish in freely offering love to anyone and everyone.
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