Monthly Archives: April 2025

The Enemy

Posted on by Jennifer Van Allen

Me: I don’t think I did this right.

Prodigal: There is more than one way to skin a cat.

Me: Let’s see how we can rework this.

This is from the book It’s Not Supposed To Be This Way by Lysa Terkeurst

The enemy would love to distract, derail, and destroy me today. But I am choosing to fix my eyes on the Lord and the path of integrity that He has chosen for me. With the Lord by my side, I am a woman of courage. A woman who considers her choices carefully and thinks before she acts. I will not turn to the left or to the right, blindly following paths that will lead to my destruction. Instead, I will be a woman who stays in step with the Lord, knowing that He will keep my ways steadfast and sure.

Psalms 37:8-9 (ESV)

Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.

Jennifer Van Allen

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It Is Clear

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Prodigal: Some things make you stand in awe.

Me: Yes, they do.

This is from the book No Man Is An Island by Thomas Merton

It is clear, then, that to love others well we must first, love the truth. And since love is a matter of practical and concrete human relations, the truth we must love when we love our brothers is not mere abstract speculation: it is the moral truth that is to be embodied and given life in our own destiny and theirs. This truth is more than the cold perception of an obligation, flowing from moral precepts. The truth we must love in loving our brothers is the concrete destiny and sanctity that are willed for them by the love of God. One who really loves another is not merely moved by the desire to see him contented and healthy and prosperous in this world. Love cannot be satisfied with anything so incomplete. If I am to love my brother, I must some how enter deep into the mystery of God’s love for him. I must be moved not only by human sympathy but by that divine sympathy which is revealed to us in Jesus and which enriches our own lives by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in our hearts.

The truth I love in loving my brother cannot be something merely philosophical and abstract. It must be at the same time supernatural and concrete, practical and alive. And I mean these words in no metaphorical sense. The truth I must love in my brother is God Himself, living in him. I must seek the life of the Spirit of God breathing in him. And I can only discern and follow that mysterious life by the action of the same Holy Spirit living and acting in the depths of my own heart.

Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? John 4:29 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

Women Lovin’ Jesus

Posted on by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: That guy is crooked as a dog’s hind leg.

Me: Satan has got a foot hole that is for sure.

Here is a short video devotion on Proverbs.

click here to watch the video

Proverbs 14:25 A true witness delivers souls, But a deceitful witness speaks lies. (NKJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

People Choose

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Prodigal: I see it is all cleared out.

Me: There is more than one way to skin a cat.

This is from Choose Love by Stormie Omartian

Some people choose to believe God never existed. They point to everything bad and say, “I there is a God, how could He allow all the evil in the world?” But the truth is, all the evil in the world exists because of those who chose to separate themselves from God and His ways. They now choose to serve evil over serving God.

And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Mattew 5:2 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

On the Contrary

Posted on by Jennifer Van Allen

Prodigal: Great place!

Me: Thanks!

This is from Francois De La Mothe Fenelon

It is not the multitude of hard duties, it is not constraint and contention that advance us in our Christian course. On the contrary, it is the yielding of our wills without restriction and without choice, to tread cheerfully every day in the path in which Providence leads us, to seek nothing, to be discouraged by nothing, to see our duty in the present moment, to trust all else without reserve to the will and power of God.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: Matthew 5:1 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org