{"id":10095,"date":"2026-06-04T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=10095"},"modified":"2026-05-26T07:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:23:23","slug":"external-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=10095","title":{"rendered":"External Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211106_120639-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211106_120639-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9280\" width=\"533\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211106_120639-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211106_120639-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211106_120639-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211106_120639-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211106_120639-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  That is pretty as a picture!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  It took a minute to finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from M.A. Schimmelpenninck<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I believe that no Divine truth can truly dwell in any heart, without an external testimony in manner, bearing, and appearance, that must reach the witness within the heart of the beholder, and bear an unmistakable, though silent, evidence to the eternal principle from which it emanates.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 2 Thessalonians 1:7 (KJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prodigal: That is pretty as a picture! 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