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Me:\u00a0 What a nice park!<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 Yes, I am enjoying it.<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 Today we are talking about a Prodigal.<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 Hahaha, I love it!<\/p>\n

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This is from the book Parenting From Surviving To Thriving by Charles Swindoll<\/p>\n

Be willing to surrender the entire matter to the Lord, which will free you from a lot of worry and allow you the freedom to release your child.\u00a0 Until he or she feels free from your hostility, your guilt, your expectations, or any other controlling attitudes, you will prolong the estrangement.\u00a0 Let me repeat these three words forcefully:\u00a0 release your child.<\/p>\n

Be willing to wait for the Lord to change your child without your feeling the need to stop in and hurry the process along.\u00a0 If your child is too distracted by your reproving, instructing voice, he or she will be too distracted to notice the heart surgery God wants to do within them.\u00a0 Making them good is God’s great goal for all of us.\u00a0 To borrow a line from Ruth Graham, your job is to love your child; it’s God’s job to make him or her good.\u00a0 Wait for the Lord.\u00a0 Let it be.\u00a0 God wants your son or daughter good even more than you do!<\/p>\n

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Psalm 99:9<\/p>\n

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy!<\/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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