4 Thursday October
7th
Morning thought
Very early on in my
Christian life long before I had ever thought about Mustard Seed Jersey someone
gave me some wise advice about Christian service which I have never forgotten
it was simply. find a need and fill it
That advice of
identifying needs and then working to meet those needs is very much the way
that Mustard Seed Jersey operates.
It was at least 15
years ago when my late husband Phil was challenged about how one homeless man
commented on his Wellington boots. He saw that the man was wearing sandals in
the ice and snow in December. We did not have shoes available to give out that
time. But much of the way driving back to Jersey from Romania Phil kept on
mentioning how he had been moved by his encounter with the homeless man in
sandals. He said he regretted not giving that man his own Wellington boots.
When we got back to
Jersey we focussed or trying to meet not just that mans need fir waterproof
boots but the many others too. So we appealed for
Wellington boots and waterproof footwear which we were then able to send across
to Romania.