Me: Those pumpkins are a sign that Thanksgiving is close!

Prodigal: Yes, my stomach is ready!

Me: Mine too!

This is from the book The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey

And in Jerusalem, the capital, though many people saw the miracles he did and believed in him, “He would not entrust himself to them,” for he knew what was in their hearts.

A sign is not the same thing as proof; a sign is merely a maker for someone who is looking in the right direction.

They will not believe. They are not looking in the right direction. You believe and you see. That is enough for now. Pray and wait for the Lord to work.

Matthew 18:21-22

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org