In yesterday’s papers…
…Local police are taking part in the national ‘Is Your Vision Roadworthy?’ campaign. Motorists can be pulled over and tested for poor eyesight… Drivers could be fined £1000 and lose their licence.
‘Eighteen lives were lost last year and around 3,000 people were seriously injured due to drivers or bikers with uncorrected or defective eyesight… Drivers who fail to meet the required standards are not only breaking the law but putting themselves and other road users at risk.’
…An incredibly rare bird has drawing hundreds of people to a garden in North Norfolk. A slender-billed northern nutcracker, from the forests of Siberia and Japan, has been seen in Mundesley. Undeterred by the wet and windy weather, crowds of enthusiasts gathered to spot the rare visitor – seen in England for the first time this century.
…England captain Harry Kane has been declared the best footballer in the world, winning the 2026 Ballon d’Or… scoring 73 times in 65 games with Bayern Munich and England.
…Receiving less publicity was Arsenal footballer Bukayo Saka winning the Socrates Award, for the footballer most involved in humanitarian work.
Saka works with multiple charities, providing medical care and humanitarian aid for needy children and families around the world. His work has funded emergency housing and shelters for families displaced by devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Morocco, helped more than 100 children in Nigeria and all over Africa with transformative surgeries…
Saka’s seen need and responded to it.
This morning I read of the woman brought to Jesus ‘caught in the act of adultery’. The religious leaders saw a woman of dubious moral standards who deserved condemnation, punishment and, by Jewish law, death.
Jesus says, ‘Let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!’ He sees the hypocrisy of the accusers; he sees beyond the woman’s alleged crimes, to a vulnerable victim who needed understanding and support.
Musing… bad eyesight… eyesight that’s valued and used… eyes that see need and respond… eyes of compassion not condemnation.
