{"id":7967,"date":"2023-07-19T07:03:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=7967"},"modified":"2023-07-18T07:02:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:02:41","slug":"solitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=7967","title":{"rendered":"Solitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201015_104040-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201015_104040-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7820\" width=\"506\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201015_104040-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201015_104040-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201015_104040-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201015_104040-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201015_104040-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Out here by myself today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Solitude it a good thing, it can help you be with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from the book Lead Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard, Phil Hodges and Phyllis Hendry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solitude is truly countercultural and therefore a challenging behavior to adopt.  Furthermore, solitude draws us into the very place so many of our activities seem designed to help us escape:  being truly alone with God and without an agenda.  It is a rare and often unsettling feeling to stop doing and just be.  Yet as strange as it feels to actively seek opportunities to &#8220;cease striving&#8221; (Psalm 46:10 NASB), the result of doing so consistently can be life changing.  We can find clarity in the silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romans 8:31<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What then shall we say to these things?  If God is for us, who can be against us?<\/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: Out here by myself today. 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