Me: Wait up Prodigal, you make a runaway horse look like a tired turtle.
Prodigal: I am just happy to be out on a wonderful day like this, hiking in the woods.
Me: Me too, I am glad you are with me.
This come Slaying the Giants in your Life by David Jeremiah
This is the truth I come to see with more clarity each passing year. We worry so much about appearances; God worries so little about them. This is another subject Jesus returned to constantly: the superficiality of the surface; the seriousness of the heart. We’re all wrapped up in public perception, but God’s steady gaze never wavers from the heart. God loves us most deeply when we drop the pretenses, forget our all-important facades, and come to Him not like the proud Pharisee but like the trembling tax collector: “Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner!”
Sometimes people get it wrong. They look at us and think one thing and even though they don’t know they act. I know your heart. I know that it hurts to be misunderstood. I know that God sees you with love. You may not make everybody happy today, but you make me happy.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal
2 Corinthians 4:17-18
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
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