Nearly There!

Christmas is only one week away.  How exciting for most of us.  For some Christmas can be a very lonely, cold time of year.  There are many night shelters in existence up and down the country.  At one time Sue and I were involved with a night shelter called Jimmy’s.  Jimmy was a homeless person who lived most of the time under a bridge next to the M11 motorway.  Jimmy had to take you personally to his ‘home’ or else you would have missed it.  When it got really cold Jimmy would go to the night shelter which was run by a Baptist Church in Cambridge.

Sadly Jimmy died in his forties, although he looked a lot older. This was due to his time without a home.  He died on his own, in his ‘home’, and was there for some time before anyone found him. This spoke so much to the staff and volunteers at the night shelter that they named it after him, in his honour.  Jimmy’s also began to operate every night of the year and not just over the winter months.

Do remember those at Christmas who may be on their own – if it is a neighbour, why not invite them around, or go and visit them over the Christmas period. Jesus came to give ‘Peace to all people’.

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