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Me:\u00a0 Are you having a good day with your friend?<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 She is great to be around and also as bright as a new penny!<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 Well enjoy your time and I will share something to encourage!<\/p>\n

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This is from J. B. Phillips<\/p>\n

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“Blessed” in the authorized version is very nearly the equivalent of our modern word “happy.”\u00a0 So that Jesus, in effect, gives us a recipe for happiness in the Beatitudes.\u00a0 So as to make the revolutionary character of His recipe more apparent, I will quote first a little version of my own, of what most non-Christian people think.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They think: “Happy are the pushers, for they get on in the world.\u00a0 Happy are the hard-boiled, for they never let life hurt them.\u00a0 Happy are they who complain, for they get their own way in the end.\u00a0 Happy are the blase, for they never worry over their sins.\u00a0 Happy are the slave drivers, for they get results.\u00a0 Happy are the knowledgeable men of the world, for they know their way around.\u00a0 Happy are the troublemakers, for they make people take notice of them.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

But Jesus said, “How happy are the humble-minded, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.\u00a0 How happy are those who know what sorrow means, for they will be given courage and comfort.\u00a0 Happy are those who claim nothing, for the whole earth will belong to them.\u00a0 Happy are those who are hungry and thirsty for goodness, for they will be satisfied.\u00a0 Happy are the merciful, for they will have mercy shown to them.\u00a0 Happy are the utterly sincere, for they will see God.\u00a0 Happy are those who make peace, for they will be known as sons of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2 Peter 3:9<\/p>\n

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.<\/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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