{"id":12129,"date":"2024-06-27T06:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T10:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=12129"},"modified":"2024-06-23T09:30:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T13:30:52","slug":"tending-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=12129","title":{"rendered":"Tending Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20160823_120957-e1547568410745.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20160823_120957-e1547568410745-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2199\" style=\"width:520px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20160823_120957-e1547568410745-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20160823_120957-e1547568410745-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/20160823_120957-e1547568410745-768x1365.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  That&#8217;s a lot of pigs to tend too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Yeah, and they need direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from Oswald Chambers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The work of feeding and tending sheep is hard work, arduous work, and love for the sheep alone will not do it; you must have a consuming love for the Great Shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ.  Then He will flow through you in a passion of love and draw men to Himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10)<\/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&#8217;s a lot of pigs to tend too. Me: Yeah, and they need direction. 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