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Me:  This is a great picture of you!<\/p>\n

Prodigal:  Thank you, we should share it.<\/p>\n

Me:  I will after I share about someone else.<\/p>\n

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This is from the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan<\/p>\n

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Written by Brooke Bronkowski at age 12<\/p>\n

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Since I Have My Life Before Me<\/p>\n

I’ll live my life to the fullest.  I’ll be happy.  I’ll brighten up.  I will be more joyful than I have ever been.  I will be kind to others.  I will loosen up.  I will tell others about Christ.  I will go on adventures and change the world.  I will be bold and not change who I really am.  I will have no troubles bu instead help others with their troubles.<\/p>\n

You see, I’ll be one of those people who live to be history makers at a young age.  Oh, I’ll have moments, good and bad, but I will wipe away the bad and only remember the good.  In fact that’s all I remember, just good moments, nothing in between, just living my life to the fullest.  I’ll be one of those  people who go somewhere with a mission, an awesome plan, a world-changing plan, and nothing will hold me back.  I’ll set an example for others, I will pray for direction.<\/p>\n

I have my life before me.  I will give others the joy I have and God will give me more joy.  I will do everything God tells me to do.  I will follow the footsteps of God.  I will do my best!!!<\/p>\n

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During her freshman year in high school, Brooke was in a car accident while driving to the movies.  Her life on earth ended when she was just fourteen, but her impact didn’t.  Nearly fifteen hundred people attended Brooke’s memorial service.  People from her public high school read poems she had written about her love for God.  Everyone spoke of her example and her joy.<\/p>\n

I shared the gospel and invited those who wanted to know Jesus to come up and give their lives to Him.  There must have been at least two hundred students on their knees at the front of the church praying for salvation.  Ushers gave a Bible to each of them.  They were Bibles that Brooke had kept in her garage, hoping to give out to all her unsaved friends.  In one day, Brooke led more people to the Lord than most ever will.<\/p>\n

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Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip<\/p>\n

2 Samuel 22:37<\/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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