Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 16
This task of welcome is not easy. Tiggers will continue to be bouncy and some will wonder if they have ”been strengthened quite enough.”
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Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 15
Those of us who are in a position to be generous can easily fall into the trap of thinking that those who receive help should ‘like it or lump it’.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 14
We don’t want to look at the dark and dirty places but want to fill our magazines and screen with pictures of the glitzy and the glamorous to take our thoughts away from the pain of others. But looking away from something doesn’t make it disappear.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 13
As the good book reminds us, when we ask we will receive (Matthew 7v8) but this promise does not give us permission to take without asking nor use someone else’s precious possessions as our playthings.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 9
Having a friend to walk the journey with you does not mean that fear vanishes (Piglet is just as frightened as Pooh as they try to track down this ‘Hostile Animal’ but they travel together) but it does mean that anxiety is lessened, hearts beat less furiously and the journey continues.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 8
We can’t spend our whole lives reading ‘sustaining books’ whilst others work their fingers to the bone around us. In the Christian Life we cannot be Martha or Mary (Luke 10.38-42)[3] we must needs be both!
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 7
‘Getting thin’ as anyone slimming coach will let you know, takes a lifestyle change and learning a different attitude to ourselves as much as more care about our diet.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 5
…as the famous book and slogan goes, What Would Jesus Do if Pooh were to come and visit him?
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 4
…we, with our friends in the 100 Aker Wood, are all bears of small brain and it takes time for the truth to sink into our sawdust filled heads.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood -Day 3
Like Christopher Robin and Pooh, we should learn to be slow to complain – “You didn’t exactly miss,” – and quick to apologise – “I’m so sorry,”. Having done this and ensured harmony in the Body of Christ, we can take aim again and have another go at the real problem instead of beating up each other.
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