When a wayward child wanders far from home, how does a loving parent continue to pursue them without driving them farther away? When we wander from God, he always keeps his door open for us. Not only that, he lovingly pursues sinners in ways that make them long for home. Today we see how our Father makes the treasures of his house available to any and all by placing them in the last place we’d expect – the trash. In God’s family, the things the world prizes and pursues are counted as worthless. Meanwhile, what the world rejects and discards is considered priceless and worth pursuing. In fact, Christ himself is the cornerstone God salvaged from the discard pile and used to build his house.