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?
…as the famous book and slogan goes, What Would Jesus Do if Pooh were to come and visit him?
…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.
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.
Fasting is not about giving up on stuff but instead is about giving up on the direction we face.
As we get ready for the beginning of Lent it is helpful to remember that we do not need to travel this journey from the old ‘me’ to the real ‘me’ alone.
it remains tempting to give in to worry. Worry about food and drink, worry about shelter and comfort for our loved ones, worry about why we worry so much!
It is all very well to cheerlead others to get on and ‘do something’ but it feels very different when we are the ones who are supposed to stand up and be counted.
Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels that he is “finding his place in it”, while really it is finding its place in him
Being content with the trivial and the common, learning that taking ourselves out of the way in self-denial, clears the road ahead of us and daily brings us nearer to the end of the pilgrimage.
…‘I am so angry with your inability to understand that what you are doing angers me and steps on everything I cherish that I won’t even tell you what it is I am upset about so that you can’t begin to fix what is wrong!’ Not quite what is meant by Christian charity…