{"id":9986,"date":"2026-04-03T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9986"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:34:12","slug":"the-root-of-the-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=9986","title":{"rendered":"The Root of the Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_100304-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_100304-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9125\" width=\"637\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_100304-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_100304-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_100304-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_100304-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20210710_100304-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Beautiful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Darn tootin&#8217;<\/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 Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If this be the root of the tree, its nature must be seen in every branch and leaf and fruit.  If humility be the first, the all-including grace of the life of Jesus,-if humility be the secret of His atonement, then the health and strength of our spiritual life will entirely depend upon our putting this grace first too, and making humility the chief thing we admire in Him, the chief thing we ask of Him, the one thing for which we sacrifice all else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. Isaiah 10:27 (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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me: Beautiful! Prodigal: Darn tootin&#8217; This is from the book Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray If this be the root of the tree, its nature must be seen in every branch and leaf and fruit. 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