Do the little things…

These were some of the last words spoken by St David the patron saint of Wales whose life we celebrated last week. 

It is believed that David was involved in many miraculous acts including the restoration of sight to his teacher, a blind monk, and the raising of a youth from death. But despite being remembered for great things like these, his last words included’ do the little things that you have seen me do and heard about…’ a phrase which continues to be well-used in Wales.

We don’t know exactly what little things David did however when we look at the state of the world today we can be encouraged by these words to believe that the little things that we can do are important and can make a difference. 

For example each household can make small adjustments to save energy to protect the planet, each one of us can hold out the hand of friendship to our neighbours to promote good community relationships and we can each do small acts of kindness to those we meet day by day.

This weekend as we come to the end of Fair Trade fortnight, we could think of doing little things to make a difference to improve the quality of life for farmers over seas, ensuring that they get a fair price for there crops, by changing our shopping habits to include some fairly traded products. 

We might think that these little things are futile, just like a drop in the ocean but as some wise person once said ‘the ocean is made up of lots of small drops!’

By the Rev Kathy Robertson, Curate Dewsbury Team Parish