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Me: \u00a0Nice car Prodigal!<\/p>\n

Prodigal: \u00a0Thanks, \u00a0I am going to take a nice drive in the country!<\/p>\n

Me: \u00a0While we are driving, I will share a story about automobiles.<\/p>\n

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This is from the book Growing Deep in the Christian Life by Chuck Swindoll<\/p>\n

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Many, many centuries ago, all this iron, glass, rubber, plastic, leather, and wires came up out of the ground. \u00a0Furthermore, each substance fashioned itself into various shapes and sizes….and holes evolved at just the right places, and the upholstery began to weave itself together. \u00a0After a while threads appeared on bolts and nuts and —amazing as it may seem–each bolt found nuts with matching threads. \u00a0And gradually everything sort of screwed up tightly in place. \u00a0 A little later correctly shaped glass glued itself in the right places. \u00a0And you see these tires? \u00a0They became round over the years. \u00a0And they found themselves the right size metal wheels. \u00a0And they sort of popped on. \u00a0They also filled themselves with air somehow. \u00a0And the thing began to roll down the street.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And one day, many, many years ago–centuries, really–some people were walking and they found this vehicle sitting under a tree. \u00a0And one of them looked at it and thought, “How amazing. \u00a0I think we should call it automobile. \u00a0But there’s more! \u00a0These little automobiles have an amazing way of multiplying themselves year after year…even changing ever so slightly to meet the demands of the public. \u00a0Actually, that process is called “automutations.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maybe these people should believe in Jesus instead!<\/p>\n

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Ezekiel 6:13<\/p>\n

And you shall know that I am the Lord, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, under every green tree, and under every leafy oak, wherever they offered pleasing aroma to all their idols.<\/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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