Hello Faith Pals,
Welcome to Friday.
Everything I need to know, I learned from Noah’s Ark.
Don’t miss the boat.
Remember that we are all in the same boat.
Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark.
Stay fit. When you’re 60 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.
Don’t listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.
Build your future on high ground.
For safety’s sake, travel in pairs.
Speed isn’t always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.
When you’re stressed, float awhile.
Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.
No matter the storm, when you are with God, there’s always a rainbow waiting.
– Author Unknown
Here is one about living together, by Paulo Coelho:
‘During the Ice Age many animals died because of the cold. Seeing this situation, the porcupines decided to group together, so they wrapped up well and protected one another.
But they hurt one another with their thorns, and so then they decided to stay apart from one another.
They started to freeze to death again.
So they had to make a choice: either they vanished from the face of the earth or they accepted their neighbor’s thorns.
They wisely decided to stay together again. They learned to live with the small wounds that a very close relationship could cause, because the most important thing was the warmth given by the other.
And in the end they survived.’
That reminded me of Colossians 3:
‘As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.’
-Colossians 3: 12-14
So, my little porcupines, we put up with each other’s prickles-as others put up with ours!
Maybe, with love, our prickles, our quills, will be flattened and be a soft outer layer, rather than a hard, sharp, spiky one.
The word ‘porcupine’ comes from Latin: ‘porcus’ (pig) ‘spina'(spine/quill). In some regions the porcupine is known as a ‘quill pig.’
A baby porcupine is called a porcupette.
The porcupine has up to 30,000 quills on its body.
It has natural antibiotics on its skin.
‘Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.’- (1 Peter 4:8)
News: Margaret Wills will be leaving hospital today, and staying with her family, Rob and Judy, until she can manage at home. We continue to keep Alan and Fredrica, Rohini and Jaya, Lex and Leora, Jack, Martin, Elv and Noy, Shirley, Bruce and Maggie, in your prayers.
Blessings and love
Barbara
