Me: How is time spent with your friend?
Prodigal: Good but he is as stubborn as a grape juice stain.
Me: Those STUBBORN people…what can we do with them.
This is from the book Reaching for the Invisible God by Philip Yancey
According to Stanley Hauerwas, the life of faith consists of patience and hope. When something comes along to test our relationship with God, we rely on those two virtues: patience formed by a long memory, and hope that our faithfulness will prove worth the risk. Jews and Christians have always emphasized these virtues, Hauerwas notes, for we believe that a God who is both good and faithful controls the universe; patience and hope keep faith alive during times that cast doubt on that belief.
It is easy to doubt at this time. How many different schemes have God’s enemies come up with against God’s people. You have seen plenty. In fact the world since Jesus time and before has seen plenty. Look at what they did to Jesus. You have suffered and you have weep with a deep resounding sorrow from the pain that they have caused God and His people. You have also seen supernaturally how God has protected you time and time again from the enemies all around you. You should just have faith now and a little patience.
For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
Romans 14:11
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
