The Son

This film is loosely based on the parable of the Prodigal Son and what really inspired me to write this, was from a spoken word poem that my dad and I wrote a few years back. In fact, this film really sheds light on two struggles I faced in real life. My dad and I never saw eye to eye on a lot of things. My dad was a pastor, and he spent more time devoted to his church than his own family.
Shortly after my parents divorced, I was only 17 and running in all the wrong places along with hanging out with the wrong crowd. I stopped speaking to my dad and for a long while; I didn’t see or speak to him. It wasn’t until I was 25 when God spoke to me while I was in class at Victory Bible College. What God said to me changed the course of my future. My dad and I made up and both my dad and I wrote this Spoken Word together. It was entitled The Son, just like the feature film. The other significance that reaches home to me is that I actually have a daughter named Rebecca.
I got married when I was 19 and got divorced around the time my dad and I made up. Since then, I have been battling custody. I have been fighting hard to see my daughter but my ex has refused, time and time again. I haven’t seen my daughter now in over 7 years but I continue to write to her. Unfortunately, there is a huge stack of letters sitting on the desk of our home because of the letters being returned undelivered. I have tried almost everything from court to phone calls to texting and letters none of which have worked. I know God has a big plan for my daughter’s life and I believe that I will be reunited with her again one day.
A father’s hope never stops. It is so easy for us to look behind us at all the hurt, shame, fear, and regrets that we have faced in life, but the hard thing to do is to lift our heads and look forward. When you look forward instead of back, you will see the true beauty that lies ahead. It is like what David once said; He prepares a table in the presence of my enemies.