I came across this video recently on YouTube. It uses a song from our Sons & Daughters album, The Prodigal, written by the brother/sister team of Ryan and Meghan Baird. When I first watched it, I was unexpectedly moved by the way the animation communicated the meaning of the lyrics. I quickly forgot that I was watching a video and was drawn into the reality of the Father’s intimate, forgiving, personal love for those he has made his own in Jesus Christ. Good art has a way of pointing our eyes to what matters most. Here are the lyrics: You held out Your arms, I walked away Insolent I spurned Your face Squandering the gifts You gave to me Holding close forbidden things Destitute a rebel still, a fool in all my pride The world I once enjoyed is death to me No joy, no hope, no life Where now are the friends, that I had bought Gone with every penny lost What hope could there be for such as I Sold out to a world of lies Oh, to see Your face again, it seems so distant now Could it be that You would take me back A servant in Your house You held out Your arms, I see them still You never left, You never will Running to embrace me, now I know Your cords of love will always hold Mercy’s robe, a ring of grace Such favor undeserved You sing over me and celebrate The rebel now Your child © 2009 Sovereign Grace Worship (ASCAP). I did some research and found out that a guy named Chris Powers made the video. Chris recently graduated from Cedarville University in Ohio with a major in Video Production. He got married last August and since then he’s been working as Video Director at Grace Community Church). He puts videos like this together for his church, but I’m sure he’d be open to outside work. If you’d like his email address, contact me. And may his tribe increase, for the glory of the Savior.