Freedom Day

Today is Freedom Day, marking the 200th anniverary of the passing of the bill to abolish the transatlantic slave trade. Many of you will be aware of the work of the Stop the Traffik global coalition to highlight the awful current slavery experienced by many children and adults across the globe.
At lunch-time today the Skipton churches were manning a stand at a local supermarket and encouraging shoppers to sign the global declaration which will be handed to the U.N. in the summer. One man came up to sign and said to me, "We shouldn't have to be doing this in this day and age.". He is absolutely right, but the fact remains we do need to do it!
Micah 6:8, " But he's already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It's quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbour, be compassionate and loyal in your love. And don't take yourself too seriously - take God seriously." ( The Message version.)
www.stopthetraffik.org/

Not understanding

For much of last year I was pretty unwell, well just unwell really. My long-suffering family suffered long and we were all relieved when things got better. So why have the last couple of weeks been so hard?
Compared to last year I'm still much better, but I've a bad couple of weeks ending up with needing time off work. Why is that so bad? It isn't; except that it seems to be.
Things do get relativist just when you don't want them to.
So thinking relatively: it's relatively amazing that any of us is here; relatively sane; relatively comfortable and with relative support.