{"id":9708,"date":"2025-07-22T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9708"},"modified":"2025-07-18T07:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:55:44","slug":"seeing-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9708","title":{"rendered":"Seeing God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210626_091718-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210626_091718-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9083\" width=\"567\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210626_091718-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210626_091718-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210626_091718-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210626_091718-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210626_091718-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal: Time to get busy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Yes, Let me share this.  Every thought is a seed.  If you plant crab apples, don&#8217;t count on harvesting Golden Delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from Chuck Swindoll<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you remember when the cosmonauts made that primitive little journey around the earth the first time?  They came back with their thumbs under their suspenders bragging, &#8220;We have been in the air.  We have been around the earth.  And we did not see God!&#8221;  The following Sunday W.A. Criswell, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, made a classic statement.  He said, &#8220;Ah, if those cosmonauts had stepped out of their spacesuit, they would have seen God!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. Psalm 98:1 (KJV)<\/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: Time to get busy. Me: Yes, Let me share this. Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don&#8217;t count on harvesting Golden Delicious. This is from Chuck Swindoll Do you remember when the cosmonauts made that primitive little journey around the earth the first time? 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