A goldmine of illustrations
It's obviously a happy start to the day, with the rescue of the two Australian miners down in Tasmania. We all thank God for the fact that they have been freed and restored to their family and friends.
But didn't they provide a marvellous illustration of not just rescue, but repentance? Leaving the mine shaft, coming out of the lift, and defiantly grabbing their cards to “clock off” from their two week long “shift”, and indicating their intention not to return to that way of life by not returning their cards to the other board. (At least this is how their actions were interpreted by the media.)
Having been given a miraculous salvation, joyful in walking away from death, and freed to begin a new life, it is the time to reassess and turn our backs on the old life that got us into that precarious position in the first place. Why would we go back to sin, now that we've been rescued from its dire consequences?