My "on-the-street" interviews and polls in the past few days have corresponded the miracles we all saw last Thursday here in Quito. It´s unanimous: the nation stood down, put personal interests aside in name of the greater good. Competing interests joined in the high-point of the crisis to rescue the President. They counted somewhere around 17 bullet-holes in his escape vehicle.
And on Sunday, the Church stood up. I saw it in República, and heard about it too in Iñaquito. At República where I attend, the Pastor challenged us with Exequiel 22. He read the entire chapter out loud to the congregation. And when he got to the place where it says (in short) that God looked for someone to stand in the breach, and found noone... well, Pastor Porfidio asked who? more than the church should be filling that breach, interceding for this nation, govt., etc.? And at the end of the service, he asked all those who would be willing to make that committment to please stand -- and we all did. And we all sang Hosanna to Jesus, the King of Kings.
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And did you hear?? In Chile, they´re announcing anticipated rescue of the 33 trapped miners before the end of this month. The Chilean Navy has constructed and tested the capsule that will pull them out, and reports that it´s working famously. Anticipated travel time for each miner is from 6-20 minutes.
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In my eyes, these are all miracles of epic proportions. The kind that we maybe thought didn´t happen anymore. They´re both very desperate situations, that emphasize our complete helplessness here, and our total dependence on God. Had He not been on our side, all would have been lost. I have the distinct privilege of knowing, in first person, that my weakness is His strength.
Please never underestimate the power of your prayers and heartfelt collaboration with God´s work all over the world.
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