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\"05-28-15<\/a><\/p>\n

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Me:\u00a0 I love that bike Prodigal!<\/p>\n

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Prodigal:\u00a0 I thought so too since it seemed to tell us that anything can be used to point us to Christ!<\/p>\n

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Me:\u00a0 That is very true in fact I have a story I would like to share.<\/p>\n

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This is from the book Chasing My Rookie Year by Michael Clayton<\/p>\n

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I was told a story once about some kids who loved to visit the silversmith shop.\u00a0 The most fascinating thing for them was the silver before it went into the fire.\u00a0 The silver was black, rusty, and just ugly; nothing similar to what you might expect silver to look like.\u00a0 The coal like substance would be placed into the fire and after a while, what seemed to be black coal began to change into the precious metal we know as silver.\u00a0 Now, if the silversmith left the silver in the fire too long, the silver would melt and be worthless.\u00a0 If he did not leave it in long enough, it would not reach its full potential value.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know you are wondering right now, “Well, how does he know when to take the silver out ?”\u00a0 I was saying the same thing when I heard the story.\u00a0 He takes the silver out of the fire when he can see a reflection of himself.\u00a0 Only then is it at its peak.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jesus doesn’t see a reflection of Himself yet.\u00a0 Jesus will not let you melt, keeping looking to Him!<\/p>\n

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John 7:38<\/p>\n

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, “Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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