{"id":11528,"date":"2023-08-02T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=11528"},"modified":"2023-07-23T11:15:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T15:15:34","slug":"twas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=11528","title":{"rendered":"T&#8217;was"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220604_150534-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220604_150534-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10723\" width=\"530\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220604_150534-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220604_150534-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220604_150534-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220604_150534-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220604_150534-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  That bell pepper looks good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  The last one was good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from Anna Shipton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say not, &#8220;Twas all in vain,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The anguish and the darkness and the strife;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Love thrown upon the waters comes again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In quenchless yearnings for a nobler life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 1 Timothy 6:3 (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.theprodialpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prodigal: That bell pepper looks good! 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