By
David A. Sargent
Four children, ages 4-11 and related to one
another, were playing on a frozen pond last Sunday, January 9, in a suburb of
Denver, Colorado, when suddenly three of them fell through the ice.
Thankfully, a 23-year-old neighbor, Dusti
Talavera, saw it happen from her window. She sprang into action. “Before I even realized it, I was out there
in the middle of the pond pulling two kids out,” she later said during a press
conference. “And that’s when I fell in.”
Talavera was able to pull a 4-year-old girl
and an 11-year-old boy out of the icy pond, but having fallen into the pond
herself, she struggled to get a 6-year-old girl out of the water. About that time, the little girl’s
16-year-old male cousin threw a rope to them and was able to pull Talavera and
the little girl to safety.
At one point the little 6-year-old girl was
unconscious and had no pulse, but Arapahoe County sheriff’s deputies and South
Metro Fire Rescue (SMFR) officials performed CPR on her and rushed her to the
hospital. She is now in good health and
reunited with her family.
When discussing the details of the rescue
with sheriff’s deputies, Talavares told them she “wasn't concerned for her
safety because they were babies and they needed help.” *
When we were drowning in sin, God saw our
need and sent His Son to rescue us. In
order to save us from sin, Jesus had to die on the cross to pay the price for
our redemption (Ephesians 1:7).
James Rowe described what the Savior did
for him and for us in the words of a beloved song, Love Lifted Me:
I was sinking deep in sin,
far from the peaceful shore,
Very deeply stained within,
sinking to rise no more,
But the Master of the sea
heard my despairing cry,
From the waters lifted me,
now safe am I.
Love lifted me!
Love lifted me!
When nothing else could help,
Love lifted me!
Rowe
wrote this song in the early 1900s, but his lyrics remind us that the Savior’s
offer of salvation is still available:
Souls in danger, look above,
Jesus completely saves;
He will lift you by His love
Out of the angry waves.
God
will lift from the angry waves of sin and give eternal life to those who place
their faith and trust in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from their sins in
repentance (Acts 17:30-31), confess Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and are
baptized (immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). He will continue to cleanse from sin those
who continue to walk in the light of His Word (1 John 1:7-9).
Struggling soul, look to Jesus and accept
His offer of salvation on His terms.
Then joyously join in singing the refrain, “Love lifted me… now safe am
I!”
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