I’ve seen the term “prodigal son” used in other ways before, but it’s pretty much always “the prodigal son returns”. I’ve tried to Google it before and that has only confused me more honestly.
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Its a story in the bible. A father has two sons, one son is spoiled and tired of working, demands his share of the inheritance right away and runs off to spend it in a far off city living the high life, but soon runs out of money and falls into poverty. He returns to his father remorseful of his actions and asks to be taken in as a worker, instead of family, believing his father wouldn’t accept him back after behaving so poorly, but the father celebrates his son’s return and holds a feast. The other brother who always worked hard is jealous that he never got a similar celebration despite always doing the right thing, but his father asks him to still join the celebration, because his brother was essentially dead to them, but has returned.
The moral of the story is that we should be encouraging when someone who has behaved poorly “returns” and tries to correct their bad behaviour. Its tempting to turn away people who have wronged us, but the story preaches that if someone is trying to make amends for their past wrongs, the right thing to do is to be open to it, and be happy for someone who was “lost” to return.
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