{"id":13910,"date":"2026-02-17T08:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=13910"},"modified":"2026-02-09T09:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:03:05","slug":"my-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=13910","title":{"rendered":"My Captain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220606_124000-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220606_124000-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10717\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220606_124000-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220606_124000-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220606_124000-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220606_124000-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220606_124000-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Aye, aye Captain!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Well, I see things this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from Dorothea Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of the light that dazzles me,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bright as the sun from pole to pole,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thank the God I know to be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Christ the conqueror of my soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since His the sway of circumstance,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would not wince nor cry aloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under that rule which men call chance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My head with joy is humbly bowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond this place of sin and tears<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That life with Him!  And His the aid,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the menace of the years,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keeps and shall keep me, unafraid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have no fear, though strait the gate,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He cleared from punishment the scroll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christ is the Master of my fate,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christ is the Captain of my soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother&#8217;s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. John 19:25 (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>Me: Aye, aye Captain! Prodigal: Well, I see things this way. This is from Dorothea Day Out of the light that dazzles me, Bright as the sun from pole to pole, I thank the God I know to be For Christ the conqueror of my soul. 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