This has become my new chant when times get tough :) Just kidding, but it was what the world chanted when 33 Chilean miners emerged from underground last week. I too got caught up in the historic news and I must admit that I've followed their story closely since then, wondering how their return to "life" has unraveled.
One recent article I found caught my attention and reminded me of the power and control God has over our lives and the situations that encompass us. Whether we are called by His name or not, He holds the power over life. I've attached the link to the article at the bottom and want to share it with you. If you don't have time to read it, I'll summarize it in a nutshell--because it's just that powerful!
Campus Crusade for Christ is a Christian organization that has many ministries, one being The Jesus Film Project. On the international side of that, their country director for Chile contacted the miners and asked if they could send The Jesus Film down to them for them to watch. The contact said yes and wrote a letter of thanks for the film. In the letter the contact mentioned that he was sure this would be of great encouragement for each of them and thanked the director again. He said that he was fine because Christ lived in him. At the end of the letter, he said goodbye leaving a verse behind. That verse is to follow.
In His hands are the depths of the Earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.
Psalm 95:4
Such a fitting verse for their very unusual, but traumatic situation. T-shirts were made and were the very shirts that many of the miners wore as they were rescued last week. On them was the same verse.
I'm reminded that no matter what situation our lives are in, whether we're unemployed, going through a divorce, sick or even trapped in a mine, God holds the depths of the Earth in His hands. What would make us think that He isn't with us during our darkest hours? We can rejoice because He is in control, holding us in His hands.
One recent article I found caught my attention and reminded me of the power and control God has over our lives and the situations that encompass us. Whether we are called by His name or not, He holds the power over life. I've attached the link to the article at the bottom and want to share it with you. If you don't have time to read it, I'll summarize it in a nutshell--because it's just that powerful!
Campus Crusade for Christ is a Christian organization that has many ministries, one being The Jesus Film Project. On the international side of that, their country director for Chile contacted the miners and asked if they could send The Jesus Film down to them for them to watch. The contact said yes and wrote a letter of thanks for the film. In the letter the contact mentioned that he was sure this would be of great encouragement for each of them and thanked the director again. He said that he was fine because Christ lived in him. At the end of the letter, he said goodbye leaving a verse behind. That verse is to follow.
In His hands are the depths of the Earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.
Psalm 95:4
Such a fitting verse for their very unusual, but traumatic situation. T-shirts were made and were the very shirts that many of the miners wore as they were rescued last week. On them was the same verse.
I'm reminded that no matter what situation our lives are in, whether we're unemployed, going through a divorce, sick or even trapped in a mine, God holds the depths of the Earth in His hands. What would make us think that He isn't with us during our darkest hours? We can rejoice because He is in control, holding us in His hands.
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