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Me: You are in a perfect circle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prodigal: Yes, I am surrounded by the circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is from the book Reaching for the Invisible God by Philip Yancey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roberta Bondi tells of a sixth-century monk overseeing a community in turmoil. Our irritable brethren are getting in the way of a proper love for God, some of the monks complained. You have it wrong. Dorotheos informed them. Visualize the world as a great circle with God at the center and human lives out on the circumference. “Imagine now that there are straight lines connecting from the outside of the circle all human lives to God at the center. Can’t you see that there is no way to move toward God without drawing closer to other people, and no way to approach other people without coming near to God?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You are viewing that person wrong today. God wants you to visualize a circle with God in the center. Your attitude needs to change. Stop thinking that they need to change. Look at yourself and look at God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Proverbs 2:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of righteous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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