Andy B Matters, by the BerryBunch Andy B

Instagram, devotional, pauseforthought, SpeakTruth, GoDo, honesty, thought, Godstuff, onelifeliveit, onelifeliveit, time, heart, drain, radiator, distance, armslength, privacy, selfpreservation,


S06E019, Connections We Don’t Want! Andy B 2 Minute Video


Have you ever heard the words ‘drains’ and ‘radiators’ in relation to people? Simply put there are people who can drain the life away from us and there are people who can radiate heat towards us.


In our lives we need to always be cautious about who has access to our time because there will always be people who can happily waste it for us. We are simply exercising wisdom by being selective of how much access to us people have.


It doesn’t mean we need to be rude, but there are people who know where I live and are welcome at any time, without any notice. They are people radiate warmth and we feel better by simply being with them.


There are many others who simply don’t need to know our street address.


And, in my case, this includes family members. These are not healthy people to have around, so they don’t have access to my home. Why? Because it is absolutely righteous to control who has access to our heart.


I only have a finite amount of time to give to this world and I simply look to Jesus – there were people He made time for, and people He didn’t and that is something we all need to consider for our own lives.


Just a thought…


Andy B

I used to think that light only ever travelled in a straight direction. When I was in school I discovered that light can actually bend around things too. It’s tricky stuff! More than that, it changes throughout the day.


From the perspective of, well, humanity, that change is great. Generally speaking you would wake up as the light gets brighter, and fall asleep as the darkness grows.


Unless you’re recording in a studio, then Light Can Be Tricky!


We’ve made many videos over the past few years and the one thing I quickly came to value, was the ability to control the light. So, as a result, we always heavy black out curtains or blinds to ensure that any light we use is created – and controlled - by us. And this works well, right up the point that you forget to close the curtains until after you’re in the middle of filming an interview when getting up to close those curtains is either not possible, or you left it too late and have to just carry on.


Light Can Be Tricky. Just saying!


Just a thought…


Andy B

S06E017, Change Is Good. No Really! Andy B 2 Minute Video


I like change. Actually, I love change! Change is the variety of life. However, while I really like it, I do sometimes forget to duck.


Ever bought a replacement car? You put some things in the boot (trunk), go to stand up and you crack your head on the boot – all because the new car doesn’t open as high as the last one.


It doesn’t matter how happy you are with your new vehicle! Forget to adapt to the change, and you’ll likely have a headache metaphorically or physically!


There are some people who are simply, stubbornly, resistant to change. They need to be challenged and, sometimes, forced to accept a change. There are others who may simply be wary of change because they’ve banged their head too may times.


Let’s show a little compassion and be gentle with those who are right to struggle. And exercise that same level of compassion with the resistant ones too.


Just a thought…


Andy B

Instagram, devotional, pauseforthought, SpeakTruth, GoDo, honesty, thought, Godstuff, onelifeliveit, onelifeliveit,


S06E016, A Different Perspective Helps! Andy B 2 Minute Video


Life can throw us a curve ball. You know, for ages, I had absolutely no clue what that meant. A ball can’t curve! Unless, of course, it does. And if you can spin that ball fast enough, and throw it far enough, you’ll see how it can curve through the air – just like a car drifting a round a corner: wheels one way the car going another with the drive wheels spinning.


And that is what life can do – it can leave us reeling.


The whole point of a curve ball, of course – whether that is a baseball, a football or a snooker ball, is to make that object do things the other team wasn’t expecting: got get a goal, score a goal past the defenders, get out of a snooker.


When we’re on the defending side of that ball, it can be oh so very cruel!


A crippling illness; a concentration camp – these are terrible things. But, even with something as tragic as a terminal diagnosis or the evil of a concentration camp, there is still much possibility for joy.


I don’t speak for myself here – I’m paraphrasing from The Hiding Place, written by Corrie Ten Boom about her WWII experience in a concentration camp and for a lovely lady I met with an illness which left her utterly devoid of any sense of independence.


Yet both of those women found a way to pursue joy. And that is something I am not good at. But I’m not good at it yet - how about you?


Just a thought…


Andy B

Instagram, devotional, pauseforthought, SpeakTruth, GoDo, honesty, thought, Godstuff, onelifeliveit, onelifeliveit, phoneafriend, getadvice, nomanisanisland, askforhelp,


S06E015, Phone A Friend, Andy B 2 Minute Video


Friends are great to have around us, but friends who know they can speak into our lives with things that we’re not necessarily going to want to hear are even better.


I’ve always ensured that I have a few people I trust with all sorts of details of my life, so when I got and ask them advice they already know lots about me, and they know they have permission to speak into my life things that I might not want to hear.


Simply put, there are always people – who I don’t name – because those relationships matter so much to me; they are people who I turn to when I have something where I simply don’t know what to do. Or, sometimes, because I just need a sounding board or someone to encourage me to do what I already knew I should do, but needed some confidence to do!


Don’t just surround yourself with people who you know will agree with you – find a few people who can speak into your life things you don’t want to hear too.


It’s a game changer!


Just a thought…


Andy B

Instagram, devotional, pauseforthought, SpeakTruth, GoDo, honesty, thought, Godstuff, onelifeliveit, onelifeliveit, feelings, thoughts, reality, change, fickle, steadfast, phoneafriend, perspectives,


S06E014, Feelings Can Be Fickle… Andy B 2 Minute Video


Sometimes we need to get a better perspective on what we can see. Because, what we see, may not be what we actually see!


A child can look down the road, and see the same cars as an adult. However, an adult has height and that makes the ability to judge the speed of those cars so much more accurate.


A different perspective can literally become a life saver!


Don’t ever just trust your feelings without checking out what those feelings are telling you.


An example I’ve used many times is that of feeling full, spotting the dessert trolley in a restaurant, gorging yourself on chocolate cake – only to think you feel hungry because you see something nice to eat.


Feelings lie. And, just like the example of working out how fast a car is moving along a road towards us, a fresh perspective can be a life changing help.


So, if you’re feeling something, check it out by asking a trusted friend - who can see a bit better; clearer; dispassionately to you.


We can be wrong even if we’re right, and this goes for feelings too!


Just a thought…


Andy B