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Me:\u00a0 \u00a0Why does your friend look mad?<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 Danged if he didn’t get his tail feathers trimmed.<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 Maybe I can encourage!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will<\/p>\n

When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,<\/p>\n

When the funds are low and the debts are high,<\/p>\n

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,<\/p>\n

When care is pressing you down a bit,<\/p>\n

Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Life is queer with its twists and turns,<\/strong><\/p>\n

As everyone of us sometimes learns,<\/strong><\/p>\n

And many a fellow turns about<\/strong><\/p>\n

When he might have won had he stuck it out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t give up though the pace seems slow,<\/strong><\/p>\n

You may succeed with another blow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Often the goal is nearer than<\/strong><\/p>\n

It seems to a faint and faltering man,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Often the struggler has given up<\/strong><\/p>\n

When he might have captured the victor’s cup,<\/strong><\/p>\n

And he learned too late when the night came down<\/strong><\/p>\n

How close he was to the golden crown.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Success is failure turned inside out<\/strong><\/p>\n

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,<\/strong><\/p>\n

And you never can tell how close you are,<\/strong><\/p>\n

It may be near when it seems afar,<\/strong><\/p>\n

So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit,<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

–Author unknown.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1 Kings 8:40<\/p>\n

That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

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

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

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