Ministries
There is a kid’s cartoon about a little bear. In fact, the name of the cartoon is Little Bear. Anyone with kids will know Little Bear. Well, those who had kids, say, 10 years ago. Now, I don’t think many kids watch Little Bear. That show is almost better than Peppa Pig. Little Bear had built-in lessons that taught kids about life and such.
In one episode, Little Bear was sick. He was laying in bed with a thermometer in his mouth when his friends came by to see him. After much inquiring about why Little Bear couldn’t come out to play, Little Bear said he had the flu. Well, since he had the ther mometer in his mouth, it came out the “Fru.” With one telling the other of Little Bear’s hor- rible disease from the flu to the bear-killing fru, his little friends all but had him buried and they were mourning him. But it was the flu and in several days he was fine and was able to go out and play.
I thought of Little Bear’s fru because Dianne and I recently felt like we had that bear-killing disease - the Fru. In ends up we only had the flu and now we can go out and play with our friends again. That flu snuck up on us and kicked our pants. We are still recovering but we since broke our fevers and are on the mend. I also just realized that we don’t bounce back so quickly from things as when we were younger. Whew, I’m still tired.
It is funny how we can take something and blow it all out of proportion by telling one person, who told another, who told another and so on. You know the game. We need to be careful how we say things because you never know who is listening and they take what they thought they heard and run with it to their friends. We should be careful unless we have all the facts. I should know.
What is even funnier is I remember, when I was very little, momma having me sit with Bonnie on a blanket when we had the fru, I mean the flu. It could have been a bad cold back then, but it doesn't fit the story narrative. She decided since we couldn’t eat solid foods she decided to feed us red Jell-O. Bad mistake.
Wow, what started out with me trying to make a point about spreading rumors or gossip turns out how momma was always there for me and my family when we were sick and how she treated us with love, compassion and Vick’s. That is another article.
Anyway, the scripture verse is still this: James 4:11, “Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.”
