A Welsh friend of mine emailed me this morning with such a greeting and, in preparation for March 1st, Radio 4’s Sunday Worship was broadcast last week from St David’s Cathedral in Wales.
My Welsh friend reminded me of those famous words by David about doing the ‘little things’ well.
Here at AFC we held a packed service of thanksgiving for a much loved and highly regarded member of our church yesterday. He was exemplary in doing the little things well. His tribute finished with this story:
Perhaps it would be appropriate to end this tribute recalling the time when Dowling, driving through Great Missenden, offered a lift to a man who was a little worse for wear after a rough night with a bottle.
Dowling insisted on driving him on to where he needed to be in order that he might arrive home safely in one piece. As he went to get out of the car his passenger offered to contribute to the petrol. Dowling wouldn’t hear of it and instead told the man to ‘pass it on’. ‘What do you mean?’ said the man. ‘Pass on the kindness to someone you meet one day’, replied Dowling.
Our friend was a Scot, but I think his life summed up the essence of the Welsh Saint David in doing the little things well.
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