{"id":5639,"date":"2021-03-09T08:47:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T13:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=5639"},"modified":"2021-03-08T16:27:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T21:27:57","slug":"a-simple-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=5639","title":{"rendered":"A Simple Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190113_151806-e1553105174584-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5251\" width=\"338\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190113_151806-e1553105174584-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20190113_151806-e1553105174584-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  You are looking fine as a daisy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Well, thank  you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  I am trying my best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from the book The Power of A Woman&#8217;s Words by Sharon Jaynes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It is easy to laugh at men&#8217;s ideals; it is easy to pour cold water on their enthusiasm; it is easy to discourage others.  The world is full of discouragers.  We have a Christian duty to encourage one another.  Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet.  Blessed is the man or woman who speaks such a word.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is almost over.  Then another plan will start, it will have its own challenges.  God will grow you in new ways.  The Lord has been preparing you for this time.  Do not worry.  You are with the Lord and the Lord is with you.  The Lord loves you and you will not fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Revelation 4:11<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me: You are looking fine as a daisy! Prodigal: Well, thank you! Me: I am trying my best. 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