Prodigal: We just missed a close one.

Me: Praise God!

This is from Knight’s Master Book of New Illustrations by Walter Knight

Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl,

One was an optimistic soul;

But the other took the gloomy view,

“We shall drown,” he cried, without more ado.

So with a last despairing cry,

He flung up his legs and said, “Good-bye.”

Quoth the other frog with a merry grim,

“I can’t get out, but I won’t give in.

I’ll just swim round till my strength is spent,

Then will I die the more content.”

Bravely he swam till it would seem

His struggles began to churn the cream.

On the top of the butter at last he stopped,

And out of the bowl eh gaily hopped.

What of the moral? Tis easily found:

If you can’t hop out, keep swimming round.

They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. Psalm 84:7 (KJV)

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org