- The son asking for his inheritance was like him saying he wished his father was already dead
- He wastes his inheritance until he has nothing left, not even enough to eat
- He is at the lowest point he could be at, and decides to go be a servant to his father.
- His father rushes out to meet him, and greets him as his own son.
- Even when we run off, when we return God is waiting to greet us as His own child
