{"id":6189,"date":"2021-09-29T07:07:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T11:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=6189"},"modified":"2019-09-01T10:40:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T14:40:20","slug":"ending-and-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=6189","title":{"rendered":"Ending and Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20180929_125331-e1560467084766-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5706\" width=\"272\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20180929_125331-e1560467084766-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20180929_125331-e1560467084766-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prodigal:  I&#8217;m plum tired after all that climbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Me: It is time for a short break then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is from the book No Wonder They Call Him the Savior by Max Lucado<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My, what an ending.  Or, better said, what a beginning!  Don&#8217;t miss the promise unveiled in the story of Jesus.  For those of us who, like the apostles, have turned and run when we should have stood and fought, this passage is pregnant with hope.  A repentant heart is all he demands.  Come out of the shadows!  Be done with your hiding!  A repentant heart is enough to summon the Son of God himself to walk through our walls of guilt and shame.  He who forgave his followers stands ready to forgive the rest of us.  All we have to do is come back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No wonder they call him the Savior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joshua 1:8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it.  For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prodigal: I&#8217;m plum tired after all that climbing. Me: It is time for a short break then. This is from the book No Wonder They Call Him the Savior by Max Lucado My, what an ending. Or, better said, what a beginning! Don&#8217;t miss the promise unveiled in the story of Jesus. 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