{"id":8766,"date":"2024-07-25T06:27:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=8766"},"modified":"2024-07-19T10:42:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T14:42:45","slug":"not-to-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=8766","title":{"rendered":"Not To Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20201226_133803-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20201226_133803-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8328\" width=\"483\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20201226_133803-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20201226_133803-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20201226_133803-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20201226_133803-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20201226_133803-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  I reckon it is time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me: Yes, and I am ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This comes from the book The Imitation of Christ by Thomas Kempis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thou camest to serve, not to rule.  Know that thou wast called to suffer and to labour, not to be idle, and spend thy time in talk.  Here therefore men are proved as gold in the furnace.  Here no man can stand, unless he be willing to humble himself with his whole heart for the love of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 Peter 2:2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:<\/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 reckon it is time. Me: Yes, and I am ready. This comes from the book The Imitation of Christ by Thomas Kempis Thou camest to serve, not to rule. 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