Blog Post #5: "Parables"

Blog Post #4: Parables 

What specific things did you learn from your group's parable?

The one major thing that I learned from my group's parable is that enjoy what you have at that time. The younger son left his family with his money that was given to him by his father. But, after spending all of his money, the son came back to the father. Even though the father accepted his son back into the family, he still left the family and came "crawling back". The younger son did not enjoy what he had at the time and went on his own way. He ended up coming back, but the older son had stayed with the family the whole time. He enjoyed what he had while he had it.

The Prodigal son
I chose this picture because it shows the father (healthy looking)
embracing the son (rugged looking) with the other son in the background. 

What other specific things did you learn from the parables that were presented by the other groups? 

One thing that I learned from the Laborers in the Vineyard is that the people that worked for a long period of time got paid the same as the people that worked for a short period of time. This doesn't and does make sense to me because if you pay everyone equally then there would be no dispute over who has more or less. But if you don't pay everyone equally that makes sense because there is the position of seniority and who worked and put in more effort. I also learned from the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant is that everything has consequences. The servant was forgiven from his King for his debts to the King. But then the servant goes behind the kings back and demanded someone else pay him the debt that he owes him. When the King finds out about this, he tortures the servant until the debt has been paid.

Which moral/lesson impacted you the most and why? 

The moral lesson that impacted me the most was that everything has consequences because with all of this technology in the world today, there are more and more possibilities to make a mistake. With the internet, nothing is really ever deleted. So anyone can find out about this and punish you for it (like in the parable). Some people that if it's online it's not bullying. This is how cyberbullying becomes a part of our world. Even if it's online, you are still bullying, even you believe you are not. The chart below shows the increase in bullying over the years of age. As we get older, we think that it is fine if we are "just teasing". As age increases, we develop the understanding that we are better than everyone else, or just the people below us. So, therefore, we think that we can do anything that we desire.

I chose this picture because it shows how bullying has
increased over the years of age. As I said before. 

What do you think it would be like if Jesus were in our society today?

If Jesus were in our society today, I think there would be much less violence and more peace. Because He is the Son of God, he would grant forgiveness, grace, and peace to those who need it. But there would also be a short state of chaos because not everyone believes in Jesus, so many might think that they are going crazy because they just can't picture that possibility even happening. Others might sever their ties with all the people that do believe that Jesus is walking this earth. But many who do believe that Jesus is on the earth would be in a state of celebration. After all of the states and periods of time, everyone would accept it and help Him create a better society with his morals that he is here to archive. 

Works Cited:
1. “Bullying Statistics.” Bullying Awareness, www.qnetnews.ca/studentworks/reynolds/BullyingStatisticsPage.html.
2. Kironde, Eden. “Dissecting the Prodigal Son Parable - Luke 15:1-32.” Acts 17:11, ekironde.blogspot.com/2012/10/dissecting-prodigal-son-parable-luke.html.