AS an Evertonian, I've got the blues.

Humiliated in the first leg of the UEFA cup, and bottom of the Premiership.

Is there anything that can dispel the dark clouds?

Be of good cheer for the Chelford cricket team have been promoted and I can still hear them celebrating.

Life has its moments of joy and times of despair.

There is nothing like seeing how badly off someone else is to make you realise how petty our own concerns are.

Hurricane victims and refugees have more to worry about that celebrating a victory or bemoaning a defeat.

It always pays to keep a sense of perspective.

As a Galilean, Jesus never travelled beyond an area the size of Wales.

Yet he calls us still to lift our vision beyond ourselves, beyond our town and country and having seen whose neighbour we are to do what we are able out of our plenty to meet their needs.

In so doing we bring hope to their despair.