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Me:\u00a0 If you are pumping water, I would like some refreshing water.<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 Sure, no problem, I will have some for you.<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 We all need refreshment.<\/p>\n

This is from the book\u00a0 All of Grace by C.H. Spurgeon<\/p>\n

A certain man placed a fountain along a busy road.\u00a0 Then he hung a cup near to it by a little chain.\u00a0 He was told some time afterward that a great art critic had found much fault with its design.\u00a0 “But,”\u00a0 he asked, “do many thirsty people drink at it?”\u00a0 Then they told him that thousands of poor people, men, women, and children, quenched their thirst at this fountain.\u00a0 He smiled and said that he was not troubled by the critic’s observation.\u00a0 He only hoped on some hot summer’s day the critic himself might fill the cup, be refreshed, and praise the name of the Lord.<\/p>\n

Here is my fountain, and here is my cup.\u00a0 Find fault if you wish, but do drink of the water of life.\u00a0 I care only for this.\u00a0 I would rather bless the soul of the poorest street cleaner or rag-gatherer than please a prince and fail to convert him to God.<\/p>\n

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.\u00a0 1 Corinthians 15:58<\/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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