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Rescued
from Rubble
American
journalist Frank Thorp was in an area about 6 hours
north of
Port-au-Prince
when the earthquake occurred in
Haiti
last Tuesday afternoon.
He felt the ground shake where he was, but he
assumed that it was just a small quake.
He soon learned, however, that it was a
7.0-magnitude tremor that caused massive destruction
in the Haitian capital – where his wife Jillian was
located!
Then
Frank received a terrifying ten-second phone call from
his wife. She
told him that she was trapped beneath the rubble of
their home. That
was all of the message that she was able to
communicate! Frank
immediately got into his car to make the journey home
as quickly as possible, unsure of the condition of his
wife.
When
he finally arrived at his home, he discovered that it
had collapsed to ground level and his wife was still
trapped underneath along with a co-worker.
Frank immediately joined some Haitian workers
as they tried to dig them out of the rubble.
He saw Jillian’s hand and heard her voice
telling him to keep it together and get her out.
“We
had to pull bricks and bricks and bricks and wood and
doors and metal away for at least an hour before we
were able to get her and her co-worker out,” he
said.
After
being trapped beneath the rubble for about 10 hours,
Jillian was finally rescued by her loving husband.
This
successful rescue in the midst of the current
devastation and desperation in
Haiti
reminds us of another search and rescue mission…
Because
of our wrong choices, YOU and I were trapped in the
rubble of sin, destined to die!
But
God, knowing our plight, sent His son Jesus to save us
from sin.
His journey was of too great a distance to
measure in miles or hours, because He came from heaven
to earth, from immortality to mortality, from
tranquility to trouble.
Please read Philippians 2:5-8.
In
order to rescue us from the wreckage of sin, Jesus had
to give His life
for us. He
died as payment for our redemption from sin (Ephesians
1:7). He
has promised to redeem those who believe
and trust Him (Acts 16:30-31), turn from sin
in repentance
(Acts 17:30-31), confess
Him before men (Romans 10:9-10), and are baptized
(immersed) in His name for the forgiveness of sins
(Acts 2:38).
While
WE are pinned under the condemnation of sin, God
reaches out His saving hand to us through Jesus.
Won’t
YOU take His hand in
trusting obedience and be rescued?
David
A. Sargent, Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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