{"id":4084,"date":"2019-07-12T07:27:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T11:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=4084"},"modified":"2019-07-01T09:57:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T13:57:14","slug":"a-slip-in-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=4084","title":{"rendered":"A Slip in Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180318_153603-e1528986588431.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4062 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180318_153603-e1528986588431-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180318_153603-e1528986588431-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180318_153603-e1528986588431-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180318_153603-e1528986588431-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Me:&nbsp; &nbsp;The winds came and the tree fell.<\/p>\n<p>Prodigal:&nbsp; Yes, I guess it is something to ponder.<\/p>\n<p>This is from the book&nbsp; The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A Kempis<\/p>\n<p>We ought not to believe every saying or suggestion, but ought warily and patiently to ponder the matter with reference to God.&nbsp; But alas!&nbsp; Such is our weakness, that we often rather believe and speak evil of others than good.&nbsp; Those that are perfect men do not easily give credit to every tale; for they know that human infirmity is prone to evil, and very subject to slip in words.<\/p>\n<p>It is great wisdom not to be rash in thy actions, nor to stand obstinately in thine own conceits; it belongeth also to this same wisdom not to believe everything which thou hearest, nor presently to pour into the ears of others what thou hast heard or believed.&nbsp; Consult with a man that is wise and conscientious, and seek to be instructed by a better than thyself, rather than to follow thine own inventions.<\/p>\n<p>A good life maketh a man wise according to God, and giveth him experience in many things.&nbsp; The more humble a man is in himself, and the more resigned unto God; so much the more prudent shall he be in all things, and the more at peace.<\/p>\n<p>But who so looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.&nbsp; James 1:25<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n<p>www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n<p>www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me:&nbsp; &nbsp;The winds came and the tree fell. 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