{"id":10230,"date":"2026-10-04T07:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=10230"},"modified":"2026-09-23T09:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:19:10","slug":"we-choose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=10230","title":{"rendered":"We Choose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191012_134845-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191012_134845-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6835\" style=\"width:585px;height:780px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191012_134845-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191012_134845-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191012_134845-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191012_134845-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20191012_134845-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Just because someone carries it well doesn&#8217;t mean it isn&#8217;t heavy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  So true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We choose how we shall live;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">courageously or in cowardice,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">honorable or dishonorably,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">with purpose or in drift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We decide what is important<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and what is trivial in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We decide that what makes us significant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is either what we do or refuse to do&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WE DECIDE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WE CHOOSE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And as we decide and as we choose,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">so our lives are formed&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?  Revelation 6:17 (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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prodigal: Just because someone carries it well doesn&#8217;t mean it isn&#8217;t heavy. Me: So true. Author Unknown We choose how we shall live; courageously or in cowardice, honorable or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift. We decide what is important and what is trivial in life. 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