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God invites us to go to Him freely in all our troubles. He is not angry with us for telling Him just what we feel. Indeed, we may speak to Him in such a way as we would hardly dare to speak to a fellow creature. I do not mean that we are to speak to God without the deepest reverence. Freely as we may approach Him through Jesus Christ, we must yet always bear in mind the greatness and holiness of God, and our own weakness and sinfulness. 

[Francis Bourdillon]

Psalm 30:10 ...  Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.

Psalm 46:1 ... God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Isaiah 41:13 ... For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. ❤

Never Not Remember

There is no peace without grace. Inward peace springs from a sense of Divine favor. And there is no grace and peace but from God our Father, the fountain and origin of all blessings. At Philippi the apostle was evil entreated and saw little fruit of his labor; yet he remembers Philippi with joy. 

We must thank our God for the graces and comforts, gifts and usefulness of others, as we receive the benefit, and God receives the glory. The work of grace will never be perfected till the day of Jesus Christ, the day of his appearance. But we may always be confident God will perform his good work, in every soul wherein he has really begun it by regeneration; though we must not trust in outward appearances, nor in anything but a new creation to holiness. 

People are dear to their ministers, when they receive benefit by their ministry. Fellow-sufferers in the cause of God should be dear one to another. 

[Matthew Henry]

 Philippians 1:3 ...  I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, ❤

Difficult Days

 "Today was a Difficult Day," said Pooh.

There was a pause.

"Do you want to talk about it?" asked Piglet.

"No," said Pooh after a bit. "No, I don't think I do."

"That's okay," said Piglet, and he came and sat beside his friend.

"What are you doing?" asked Pooh.

"Nothing, really," said Piglet. "Only, I know what Difficult Days are like. I quite often don't feel like talking about it on my Difficult Days either.

"But goodness," continued Piglet, "Difficult Days are so much easier when you know you've got someone there for you. And I'll always be here for you, Pooh."

And as Pooh sat there, working through in his head his Difficult Day, while the solid, reliable Piglet sat next to him quietly, swinging his little legs...he thought that his best friend had never been more right."

[A.A. Milne]

Proverbs 17:17 ...  A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. ❤

True Friends

It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore.

"Hello Eeyore," said Pooh.

"Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet," said Eeyore, in a Glum Sounding Voice.

"We just thought we'd check in on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay."

Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know, to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time hanging out with someone who is Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All, would you now."

Pooh looked at Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house.

Eeyore looked at them in surprise. "What are you doing?"

"We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling Sad, or Alone, or Not Much Fun to Be Around at All. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are."

"Oh," said Eeyore. "Oh." And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better.

Because Pooh and Piglet were There.

No more; no less.

[A. A. Milne]

Song of Solomon 8:13 ... Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. ❤

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We Need Each Other

It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore.

"Hello Eeyore," said Pooh.

"Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet "said Eeyore, in a Glum Sounding Voice.

"We just thought we'd check in on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay."

Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know, to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All.

Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time hanging out with someone who is Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All, would you now."

Pooh looked and Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house.

Eeyore looked at them in surprise. "What are you doing?"

"We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling Sad, or Alone, or Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are."

"Oh," said Eeyore. "Oh." And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better. Because Pooh and Piglet were There.

No more; no less.

[A.A.Milne, E.H.Shepard]

Job 2:13 … So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

1 John 3:18 … My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.❤

Listening

Say, Pooh, why aren't you busy?" I said.

"Because it's a nice day," said Pooh.

"Yes, but ---"

"Why ruin it?" he said.

"But you could be doing something Important," I said.

"I am, " said Pooh.

"Oh? Doing what?"

"Listening," he said.

"Listening to what?"

"To the birds. And that squirrel over there."

"What are they saying?" I asked.

"That it's a nice day," said Pooh.

"But you know that already," I said.

"Yes, but it's always good to hear that somebody else thinks so, too," he replied.

[The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff]

Proverbs 1:5 ... A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Isaiah 49:1 ... Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

James 1:19 ... Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:❤

Fluff

If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.

Winnie The Pooh - A.A. Milne

Matthew 11:15 ... He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. ❤

Be of Good Cheer

Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.

[Winnie the Pooh]

Acts 27:25 ... Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

Matthew 14:27 ... But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

John 16:33 ... These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.❤

The Smallest Things

"'Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.'"

[A. A. Milne]

Zechariah 4:10 ...  For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

Luke 16:10 ... He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Psalm 4:7 ... Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.❤

Two Friends

Winnie The Pooh ~ If there ever comes a day when we can't be together keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever. 

[A. A. Milne]

Proverbs 27:9 ... Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

Proverbs 27:17 ...  Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.


Ecclesiastes 4:9 ... Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

Romans 12:10 ... Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;❤

Consideration

A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.

[A. A. Milne]

Philippians 2:3-4 ... Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.  Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

1 Thessalonians 4:9 ...  But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

Matthew 7:12 ... Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.❤

Friendship

" Friendship," said Christopher Robin, "is a very comforting thing to have."

[A.A. Milne]

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 ... Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.  For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

Proverbs 27:9-10 ... Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.  Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

John 15:12-13 ... This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.  Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.  ❤

L. O. V. E.

"How do you spell 'love'?" - Piglet

"You don't spell it...you feel it." - Pooh  

[A.A. Milne]

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1 John 4:7 ... Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

1 Peter 4:8 ... And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Romans 13:10 ... Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Colossians 3:14 ... And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.  ❤

It's Today

“What day is it?"

"It's today," squeaked Piglet.

"My favorite day," said Pooh.

[A.A. Milne]

♥ This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 KJV

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