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Me:\u00a0 I like your friend!<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 Someone was calling her stupid.<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 That was not very nice.<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 \u00a0I think she needs encouragement now.<\/p>\n

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This is from God’s Little Devotional Book for Women<\/p>\n

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A partially deaf boy trudged into his home one day after school.\u00a0 In his hand, he carried a note.\u00a0 It was a note from school officials, suggesting that his parents remove him from school.\u00a0 According to those wise officials, this boy was “too stupid to learn.”<\/p>\n

Upon reading the note, the boy’s mother vowed, “My son Tom isn’t too stupid to learn.\u00a0 I’ll teach him myself.”\u00a0 And that is exactly what she did.<\/p>\n

Many years later when Tom died, many Americans paid tribute to him by turning off their lights for one full minute.\u00a0 This was a fitting tribute, for Tom Edison invented the light bulb–along with motion pictures and the phonograph.\u00a0 In all, he was credited with more than a thousand patents.\u00a0 He also had a gift for powerful, motivating words.\u00a0 You will read several of his quotes in this book.<\/p>\n

Neither you nor anyone you work with its beyond learning.\u00a0 No one is beyond discovering new ways to express talent, enthusiasm, creativity, and love.\u00a0 No one is beyond receiving affection and encouragement.<\/p>\n

Never give up on yourself, no matter what anyone else says.\u00a0 Stand up for others, and encourage them to stay the course as well.\u00a0 Your heavenly Father hasn’t given up on any of you.\u00a0 And He never will.<\/p>\n

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For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10<\/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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