{"id":6452,"date":"2021-11-28T07:35:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T12:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=6452"},"modified":"2021-11-27T22:15:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T03:15:21","slug":"friends-understand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=6452","title":{"rendered":"Friends Understand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190728_122125-e1569616548242-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6403\" width=\"316\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190728_122125-e1569616548242-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190728_122125-e1569616548242-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  It has been a difficult week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  We need support during those difficult weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from Warren Wiersbe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best way to help people who are hurting is just to be with them saying little or nothing, and letting them know you care.  Don&#8217;t try to explain everything; explanations never heal a broken heart.  If his (Job) friends had listened to him, accepted his feelings, and not argued with him, they would have helped him greatly; but they chose to be prosecuting attorneys instead of witnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> I JOHN 4 : 12<\/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>Prodigal: It has been a difficult week. Me: We need support during those difficult weeks. 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