Me: I like your house!
Prodigal: Yes, but there is some disagreeing going on at the moment.
Me: Well, maybe this will help.
This is from the book God’s Generals by Roberts Liardon
During those days of heavy work and great prosperity, Smith’s attendance in church declined rapidly and his heart grew cold toward the Lord. But as his fire grew dimmer, Polly’s grew brighter, and her zeal for God and her prayer life never wavered. Her consistency and diligence in the things of God made Smith’s laxity all the more apparent, and he became irritated by her very presence.
One night, she came home from church a little later than usual. When she entered the house, Smith remarked, “I am the master of this house, and I am not going to have you coming home so late an hour as this!” Polly quietly replied, “I know that you are my husband, but Christ is my Master.” Greatly annoyed, Smith opened the back door and forced her out of the house, locking the door behind her. But in his great annoyance he had forgotten to lock the front door. So Polly walked around to the front of the house and came in through the front door–laughing! In fact, she laughed so much that Smith finally surrendered and laughed with her. In his laughter, a revelation came into his heart and mind, so he decided to spend ten days in prayer and fasting to see the Lord. in desperate and sincere repentance, he found his way to the road of restoration.
Sometimes you just have to laugh over those arguments!
Psalm 122:1
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
