On 19th September 1985 a
devastating earthquake struck Mexico city. It killed several thousand people and
caused terrible damage. Those who survived dug through the rubble to rescue as
many as possible who were trapped beneath the masonry. One man, Marcos,
nicknamed ‘The Flea’ because he was so small, less than 1.5m was able to
crawl through small openings in the surface and go into cavities in the rubble
to rescue people. He helped rescue 27 people. He had been nicknamed ‘The
Flea’ because of his small stature, which must have been hurtful for him, but
what was originally painful turned out to be a blessing during the earthquake.
It became such a blessing that he featured in a documentary that I saw on TV
recently. Can you see the similarity between Marcos and Zacchaeus? Marcos
reminds us that what counts is quality and not quanitity. A grace accompanies
every cross. Jesus rose from the dead because he carried his cross.