{"id":7402,"date":"2022-10-12T06:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=7402"},"modified":"2022-10-10T10:28:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T14:28:11","slug":"the-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=7402","title":{"rendered":"The Lives"},"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\/2020\/03\/20200105_145711-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7087\" width=\"446\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200105_145711-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200105_145711-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200105_145711-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200105_145711-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200105_145711-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  You are slow as molasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  I want to take it all in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Let&#8217;s rest so that we can share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  I have just the thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lives which seem so poor, so low,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hearts which are so cramped and dull,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The baffled hopes, the impulse slow,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thou takest, touchest all, and lo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They blossom to the beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Susan Coolidge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 John 4:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God:  because many false prophets are gone out into the world.<\/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: You are slow as molasses. 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