the Father's heart

I was thinking about the prodigal son and his father and wondering if I could find this was a consistent theme, motif, paradigm throughout the Bible.

Then I realised that when God spoke again and again and again, throughout the Bible, of how He would redeem Israel from her sin and her rebellion, that was His heart. That is my Father's heart, throughout history, throughout the Bible, through Jesus and through the Holy Spirit who himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children (Romans 8:16).

Abba, Father.