Prodigal: I got here on my Pat ‘n’ Charlie.
Me: Hope it didn’t take too long.
This is from Augustine
We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. Romans 1:15 (KJV) Jennifer Van Allen www.theprodigalpig.com www.faithincounseling.org |
Prodigal: Bountiful harvest!
Me: Amen
This is from Keep Your Love On by Danny Silk
When we break the word “responsibility” down, we find that it literally means “ability to respond.” If you remember, a response is the opposite of a reaction. “Response-ability” is the capacity to face any situation an make powerful choices that are consistent with who you say you are. It is a refusal to run away from difficulties or an part of your life or reality that you happen to dislike. When you take full ownership of your life in this way, you gain confidence and momentum in making good decisions.
The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. Psalm 50:1 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
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Prodigal: Just drawing at the moment.
Me: It looks good.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil, But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
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Prodigal: Just about to get something to drink.
Me: Me too,
This is from Anne Lamott
Again and again I tell God I need help, and God says, “Well isn’t that fabulous? Because I need help too. So, you get that old woman over there some water, and I’ll figure out what we’re going to do about your stuff.”
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day. 1 Thessalonians 1:5 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
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Prodigal: I am going to keep singing praises till the cows come home.
Me: Amen, let me join you.
This is from The Valley of Vison by Arthur Bennett
O Lord God, Who inhabitest eternity,
The heavens declare thy glory,
The earth thy riches,
The universe is thy temple;
Thy presence fills immensity,
Yet thou hast of thy pleasure created life,
and communicated happiness;
Thou hast made me what I am,
and given me what I have;
In thee I live and move and have my being;
Thy providence has set the bounds of my habitation,
and wisely administers of all my affairs.
I thank thee for they riches to me in Jesus,
for the unclouded revelation of him in thy Word,
where I behold his person, character, grace, glory,
humiliation, sufferings, death and resurrection;
Give me to feel a need of His continual saviourhood,
and cry with Job, “I am vile,”
with Peter, “I perish,”
with the publican, “Be merciful to me, a sinner.”
Subdue in me the love of sin,
Let me know the need of renovation as well as of forgiveness
in order to serve and enjoy thee for ever.
I come to thee in the all-prevailing name of Jesus,
with nothing of my own to plead,
no works, no worthiness, no promises.
I am often straying,
often knowingly opposing thy authority,
often abusing thy goodness;
Much of my guilt arises from my religious privileges,
my low estimation of them,
my failure to use them to my advantage,
But I am not careless of thy favor regardless of thy glory;
Impress me deeply with a sense of thine omnipresence,
that thou art about my path, my ways, my lying down, my end.
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. Ecclesiastes 1:10 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: I have some free time.
Me: I like the drawing.
Today is a video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 15:14 The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness. (NKJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org.
Prodigal: What’s got your tail in a knot?
Me: You know sin-broken world.
This is from Paul David Tripp
In a sin-broken world, where all our lives are touched by the corruption, selfishness, and injustice of those who rule us, it is sweet comfort to know that the One who would establish his rule over us is righteous all the time and in every possible way. It is sweet to know that all corruption and injustice will end someday, and he will rule over us in perfect righteousness forever.
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. Psalm 9:3 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
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Prodigal: People tell it like the gospel truth.
Me: Well, here is some other truths.
This is from How to Have that Difficult Conversation by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
Bringing awareness is all part of how we care for each other. Remember compassion does not mean you are to be soft on the issue. Directness, clarity, and truth are necessary. But keep the balance of love and grace, too.
I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. Psalm 9:1 (KJV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Prodigal: He was bouncing around like a monkey on a mule.
Me: I’m sure he did.
This is a short video devotion on Proverbs.
Proverbs 15:13 A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed. (ESV)
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
Me: I have the perfect poem for you right now.
Prodigal: I need it.
Perhaps
she will land
upon That Shore,
not if full sail,
but rather
a bit of broken wreckage
for Him
to gather.
Perhaps
He will walk those Shores
seeking such
who have believed
a little
suffered much
and so
have been washed Ashore.
Perhaps
of all the souls redeemed
they most adore.
Ruth Bell Graham
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