I love good news! Don’t you? I realize it doesn’t sell papers, so most of what we read, see and hear represents various combinations of alarming, distressing and heart breaking. But Proverbs says, “Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.”
If you’re feeling a little weary, drink up:
The distant land is France. And the good news swirls around a remarkable young Muslim man from Mali named Mamoudou (mama-doo) Gassama. On Saturday night, May 26th, Mamoudou was hanging with friends in Paris when everyone began shouting and pointing across the street where a four year old boy dangled from a fourth floor balcony!
After a stunning scramble up the side of the building to rescue the boy, Mamoudou humbly said, “There were people shouting and honking their horns … I didn’t think of anything, I ran across the road directly to save him. Thank God I saved him.”
If you haven’t seen the video of Mamoudou’s climb and rescue, I think you’ll agree it’s worth the thirty seconds! (Tweet this.)
As a reward for his bravery, Mamoudou met with French president Macron who promised to give the “sans papers” migrant legal residency and citizenship as soon as possible.
Without making this a bigger deal than it is or drawing conclusions that aren’t really there, let’s just drop a pin on this and say thank you. Thank you, God, for a young boy who’s getting hugged today and not buried. And thank you, Mamoudou, for countless hours of working out to build your strength, for being sober on a Saturday night and for deciding at a critical time to lay down your life for another.
I drink my Perrier in your honor!
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