{"id":9018,"date":"2024-11-01T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9018"},"modified":"2024-10-31T13:13:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:13:35","slug":"sweet-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9018","title":{"rendered":"Sweet to You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181226_141716-e1553106685710.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181226_141716-e1553106685710-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5324\" style=\"width:507px;height:675px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181226_141716-e1553106685710-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/20181226_141716-e1553106685710-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  I just wanted to share how sweet you are with a sweet treat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Let me share something else that is sweet.<\/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 Joy in Christ&#8217;s Presence by Charles Spurgeon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gideon&#8217;s fleece was so full of dew that he could wring out the moisture.  In the same manner, sometimes a verse of Scripture will be very full of meaning when the Holy Spirit visits His servants through its words.  This statement of our Savior to His disciples has been to me like bread dipped in honey, and I do not doubt that it will prove equally as sweet to you, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;  Nehemiah 9:7 (KJV)<\/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 just wanted to share how sweet you are with a sweet treat. Me: Let me share something else that is sweet. 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