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Me: \u00a0Your friend looks sad Prodigal!<\/p>\n

Prodigal: \u00a0She eats sorrow by the spoonful.<\/p>\n

Me: \u00a0Well maybe I can encourage her.<\/p>\n

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This is from the book Beyond Our Selves by Catherine Marshall<\/p>\n

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I learned that when achievement has come because of our helplessness linked to God’s power, it has a rightness about it that no amount of self-inspired striving can have. \u00a0 Furthermore, when achievement comes this way, it does not bear in it the seeds of increasing egocentricity that success sometimes brings. \u00a0Because we know that ideas and the ability to implement them flowed into us from somewhere beyond our selves, we can be objective about our good fortune. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since then God has never allowed me the fulfillment of a soul’s sincere desire without first putting me through an acute realization of my inadequacy and my need for help.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I feel so helpless right now. \u00a0How do I stop from feeling discouraged in my helplessness? \u00a0I believe you have to pray and believe God’s promises. \u00a0Lord I pray that you will help me this day to focus on you and you alone. \u00a0Do not let me focus on the things of this world.<\/p>\n

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1 Corinthians 15:27<\/p>\n

For he hath put all things under his feet. \u00a0But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.<\/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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