{"id":14139,"date":"2026-08-09T05:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T09:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=14139"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:17:07","slug":"infinitely-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=14139","title":{"rendered":"Infinitely Rich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20231209_1021231-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20231209_1021231-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12511\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20231209_1021231-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20231209_1021231-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20231209_1021231-rotated.jpg 1009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  I&#8217;m rich!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Let&#8217;s talk about another type of richness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from Thomas Merton:  No Man is an Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God Who is infinitely rich became man in order to experience the poverty and misery of fallen man, not because He needed this experience but because we needed His example.  Now that we have seen His love, let us love one another as He has loved us.  Thus His love will work in our hearts and transform us into Himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. James 4:14 (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: I&#8217;m rich! Me: Let&#8217;s talk about another type of richness. This is from Thomas Merton: No Man is an Island. 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