All 33 miners and the helpers are out alive. Unbelievable. What a great piece of technology was that rescue capsule. An  anti-Christian person on Face Book started a big discussion about why do Christians always take her attacks personally when they’re not. (She had an abusive Christian mother) I don’t normally get drawn in to these ‘debates’ but I have felt very hurt by her. Especially as she quotes from papers with an agenda against Christianity, or Newsarse, which sends up everyone. (probably not atheists though) and in my view are biased. Or they report on one crazy pastor (e.g. Terry Jones and the Burn the Koran campaign) and paint all Christians with this brush.

Anyway, someone said I shouldn’t be hurt when Jesus was criticised, as to them it was just like criticising Peter Pan. Well, feelings is feelings. If he can’t understand that, God (!) help his family, friends and colleagues. I got out of the discussion. (Actually, most participants were on the same side, re-inforcing their firmly held beliefs.)

Anyway, I headed this article with ‘Praise the Lord’. And I do praise him. I believe ‘he’ made us. We reflect some of ‘his’creative skills, and have used our intelligence to create the world as we know it today (for better and worse)

We were responsible for the mining disaster in the first place, and this time we were able to put it right. Behind it all is God, looking after us, and ultimately even death is conquered. So to me it’s logical to say ‘Praise the Lord’ whatever happens. That’s what Job did (and I know he’s mythical!) He said, ‘The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.’

So there.