33 Prayers

There's a time for loves to be won and lost… At least there was for us. For 33 Chilean miners, lost below… life was simply stopped. Alive and well, but buried deep… 2,200 feet below. They had such a daunting, beautiful dream… to see the sky once more. Being hot, little water, dark, only bites of food…17 days was asking a lot. But life was true and held on strong, even when in the bowels of the earth you’re lost. With each day the hopes began to fade, always bolstered by others to be strong. Little did they know their prayers were there, were being answered in spades above. Time went on as governments stopped, to send whomever they could to help. The world looked on, every eye glued, as prayers they also imbued. For once in their lives everyone together worked, for a common cause that’s true. Building, digging, drilling, and planning… together as life below held on. No one knew the miners were truly alive, as the earth held them in a deathly grip. But faith held everyone together, for 17 days, on this fateful trip. Breaking thru a small hole to them in time was a monumental task indeed. To do it bigger again, was asking God to plow the way and give them back again. Drill bits broke, and no one slept, as dreams of home, the miners spun. Several drillings were stopped by fate, as a single one held on. Many things could have stopped those lives such as slides and after shocks. Remember the mine was unstable, or it wouldn’t have fallen at all. Everyone below was tired, hot, worn out, and sick by the time they reached their goal. One small, flimsy, missile tied from above would have to drag them to the top. Would it snag? Would the earth crumble? Could it take the buffeting there and back? The tunnel was finally reinforced. The first people went below, as we held our breath. One by one, for 24 hours they were brought up from beneath the earth. Never in the time of man, has a feat been held to so tightly for 69 days and finally won. Thank the Chilean government, it’s people, the world's and American help, for bringing them back. Then like the miners did… get on your knees and thank the God above. Yes… it was one unified, miraculous leap of faith, with God holding every ones hand. It brought back faith in many things including God and yes, even your fellow man.