{"id":6608,"date":"2022-02-20T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=6608"},"modified":"2022-02-14T10:11:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:11:11","slug":"love-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=6608","title":{"rendered":"Love Is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190705_160753-e1568929895230-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6368\" width=\"357\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190705_160753-e1568929895230-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190705_160753-e1568929895230-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prodigal:  I am plum tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Me:  Me too, but we can still love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love is not just looking at each other and saying, &#8220;You&#8217;re wonderful.&#8221;  There are times when we are anything but wonderful&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love is looking outward together in the same direction.  It is linking our strength to pull a common load.  It is pushing together towards the far horizons, hand in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love is knowing that when our strength falters, we can borrow the strength of someone who cares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love is a strange awareness that our sorrows will be shared and made lighter by sharing; that joys will be enriched and multiplied by the joy of another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love is knowing someone else cares, that we are not alone in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love is God, for God is love.  When we love, we touch the hem of the garment of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick Scanlon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> JOHN 1 : 1<\/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 am plum tired. Me: Me too, but we can still love. 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