Those that know me or have read this blog, you know that in a former life I was a gold and coal miner. There are two occupations where you are required to wear a tag on your body so others can identify you if you are killed; one is the military the other is an underground miner. Which makes this one of the most difficult occupations on the planet, and for 33 miners in Chile it just got a lot more difficult.
You may noticed on the news that there was an explosion sealing 33 men inside an underground gold/copper mine in Chile. For 19 days nobody knew if they were alive or dead. They have be found alive, that news is awesome. The bad news is; it is going to take up to 4 months to drill a hole big enough to get the men out. There has never been a successful rescue after than long of a time frame.
This will be very difficult, physically, emotionally and psychologically for these men. These men will need our prayers and lots of them. Until these men are freed, I am going to say a little prayer for these men every time I turn on a light switch. I just need a reminder and I thought a fitting reminder would be to turn the dark to light using the resources provided by an underground miner.
That story made me pause yesterday as well.
ReplyDeleteYou have a great idea about the prayer and the light switch. I'll pass that along.
John