Prodigal: God has made wonderful things.
Me: Yes, he has, and one of them is you!
This is from the book Men of Faith: Jonathan Edwards by David J. Vaughan
I have been before God; and have given myself, all that I am and have to God, so that I am not in any respect my own: I can challenge no right in myself, I can challenge no right in this understanding, this will, these affections that are in me; neither have I any right to this body, any of its members: no right to this tongue, these hands nor feet: no right to these senses, these eyes, these ears, this smell or taste. I have given myself clear away, and have not retained anything as my own. I have been to God this morning, and told him that I have given myself wholly to him. I have given every power to him; so that for the future I will challenge no right in myself, in any respect….
This have I done. And I pray God, for the sake of Christ, to look upon it as a self-dedication; and to receive me now as entirely his own, and deal with me in all respects as such, whether he afflicts me or prospers me, or whatever he pleases to do with me, who am his.
Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
Mark 9:37
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
