{"id":8106,"date":"2023-08-08T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=8106"},"modified":"2023-08-08T08:20:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:20:29","slug":"wheat-or-grass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=8106","title":{"rendered":"Wheat or Grass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201017_173628-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201017_173628-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7888\" width=\"452\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201017_173628-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201017_173628-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201017_173628-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201017_173628-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201017_173628-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  The grass looks freshly mowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Yes, I wanted it to look good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  I have a story about grass today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from C.S. Lewis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The almost impossible hard thing is to hand over your whole self to Christ.  But it is far easier than what we are all trying to do instead.  For what are we trying to do is remain what we call &#8220;ourselves&#8221;&#8211;our personal happiness centered on money or pleasure or ambition&#8211;and hoping, despite this, to behave honestly and chastely and humbly.  And that is exactly what Christ warned us you cannot do.  If I am a grass field&#8211;all the cutting will keep the grass less but won&#8217;t produce wheat.  If I want wheat&#8230;.I must be plowed up and re-sown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ephesians 6:6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;<\/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>Me: The grass looks freshly mowed. Prodigal: Yes, I wanted it to look good. Me: I have a story about grass today. This is from C.S. Lewis The almost impossible hard thing is to hand over your whole self to Christ. 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