Morning Thought 3 Wednesday 21st April
Good morning. One
of Mustard Seed Jersey’s key words is Continuity. We would aim to continue the
support until the person can manage alone and often that takes time..
We first helped
Sebi and his family about 5 years ago after the father became violent and the
family ran away and were living on the streets. We were able to offer them safe
accommodation on our Changed Lives site. Sebi was badly affected by the
violence and abuse he had experienced but as time has gone on he has worked
through his learning and emotional difficulties and is now doing well. And most
important he is becoming a pleasant generous boy now almost a teenager.
Nelu the social worker asked if Sebi would like to go with him to a distant
village to help distribute food parcels. Sebi gathered some items of his own to
give away. In the village a young child was very distressed and to the social
worker’s surprise, Sebi was able to relate to and comfort the distressed young
child and gave him one of the items he had gathered. Although Sebi has
comparatively little, he wanted to share and give of the good things he has
himself received.
2000 years ago
Jesus sent out his disciples to continue his work of healing and proclamation.
He said to them that they had freely received good things and now it was for
them to give. Over the last five years Sebi has received many good things from
the social worker and from Mustard Seed and we are delighted to see him able to
start to give back to those who need