This past week the world watched as thirty-three miners were pulled from a dark "safe room" around a half mile below the surface to safety. After seventy days they were reunited with their families. The news coverage was extensive. And some of the comments before they reached the "real world" were anything but positive.
A few experts said life as they knew it was changed forever. Reuniting with their families would consist of getting to know each other again. They'd be in the media spotlight and offered more money than they'd know what to do with. Movie and book deals would follow. The attention would be overwhelming.
I'm not an expert. I can't imagine what is in store for these men and their families. But naysayers really bug me. Can we look at the positive? None of these experts mentioned that. These men endured more than two months of hardship like few people I have ever known. They are survivors. They became family-lifting one another up when things were bleak. One of the men is from Bolivia. The president of his country of origin visited him in the hospital offering him land and a job if he came home. He graciously rejected the offer. He said he wanted to stay in his new home with his brothers. Doesn't sound like this particular gentlemen was swayed by money. He was swayed by his underground family.
Another man said he met God and the devil. God won. Yes, God won. Hopefully He won over all those men's hearts as they survived so far below. He lifted them up while they were still stuck down there. He kept them safe. He kept them safer as they traveled up to meet their families in that cramped little capsule. The walls of the tunnel held. The whole story is indeed a miracle. Do people see God in that? I really hope so. I know the miners did.
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