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\"03-09-15<\/a><\/p>\n

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Me:\u00a0 Prodigal, have you looked in the mirror?<\/p>\n

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Prodigal:\u00a0 No, why?<\/p>\n

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Me:\u00a0 You have dirt on your nose.<\/p>\n

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Prodigal:\u00a0 Wow, now that I look at my self, I am dirty all over from working in the yard.\u00a0 Do you mind sharing even when I look like this.<\/p>\n

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Me:\u00a0 Prodigal not at all, I accept you the way that you are!<\/p>\n

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I am reading a book by Debra Evans entitled But For God.\u00a0 She talks about the perceptions that she has of herself.\u00a0 I thought it would be great to share below.<\/p>\n

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As you would expect, I thought as a little child that if my mother was dirty and bad, that made me dirty and bad too.\u00a0 What I could not understand then was that what my mother did for a living did not make me anything;\u00a0 I was simply…her daughter.\u00a0 Still, shame corroded my self-image, as it is so inclined to do, and the enemy found a foothold and whispered names to me that God never would.\u00a0 Satan called me Dirty, Liar, Useless, Unwanted, Mistake….until I wore shame like a dirty rag and begin to look at my entire life through its broken glass.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The enemy had beset me with a lie, just like he does so many daughters.\u00a0 In my mind, I had no beginning; I was just a continuation of my mother.\u00a0 Because that idea was far too painful to work through, and the lie began when I was too young to process all the dynamics, I bought into the deceptive fantasy Satan held up to me.\u00a0 It wasn’t until I learned the truth and became clearly defined as my own person that I was set free.\u00a0 Time, and the saturation of God’s Word into our lives, allows us the opportunity to absorb the truths we need in order to mature beyond those childhood deceptions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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God will heal you through your pain, but it is usually a windy path that is not straightforward.\u00a0 He makes sure that he leaves no lies tucked away to resurface later.\u00a0 He will heal completely.\u00a0 That is why it takes a while.\u00a0 That is why it involves a lot of struggle.\u00a0 When you get to the end though and the healing truth of Gods word is taking over, all you see is God’s footprints covering your walk.\u00a0 His footprints do not wash away in the sand.\u00a0 They are edged in concrete where you will see them and all others will be able to see them too.<\/p>\n

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Psalm 147:3<\/p>\n

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

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www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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