{"id":8237,"date":"2023-11-16T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=8237"},"modified":"2023-11-16T07:18:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T12:18:50","slug":"the-direct-leading-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=8237","title":{"rendered":"The Direct Leading of God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201107_145302-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201107_145302-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7909\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201107_145302-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201107_145302-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201107_145302-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201107_145302-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201107_145302-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal: I am going to ask you not to eat turkey during Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  I&#8217;d rather jump barefoot off a six-foot stepladder into a five-gallon bucket full of porcupines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Maybe you can have a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from J. Tauler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can we come to perceive this direct leading of God?  By a careful looking at home, and abiding; within the gates of thy own soul.  Therefore, let a man be at home in his own heart, and cease from his restless chase of and search after outward things.  If he is thus at home while on earth, he will surely come to see what there is to do at home,&#8211;what God commands him inwardly without means, and also outwardly by the help of means; and then let him surrender himself, and follow God along whatever path his loving Lord thinks fit to lead him:  whether it be to contemplation or action, to usefulness or enjoyment; whether in sorrow or in joy, let him follow on.  And if God do not give him thus to feel His hand in all things, let him still simply yield himself up, and go without, for God&#8217;s sake, out of love, and still press forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.  1 Thess. 5:14<\/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: I am going to ask you not to eat turkey during Thanksgiving. Me: I&#8217;d rather jump barefoot off a six-foot stepladder into a five-gallon bucket full of porcupines. Prodigal: Maybe you can have a little. This is from J. Tauler How can we come to perceive this direct leading of God? 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