There is a significant difference between caring for a stranger, who you find naked and beat up along the road, and feeding a prodigal that you find living in a pigsty. The former presents an opportunity for the person to get to a better place, while the latter may actually help them to remain in the slop. Making the pigsty bearable can be the very thing that keeps a prodigal from ever humbling themselves and going home.
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Thought for the Day – Is This Really Helping?
Posted in Parenting / Family, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged helping, pigsty, prodigal on June 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
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