THROWING
HIM BACK

Topics: Crime; Gratitude; Ingratitude; Rescue; Robbery; Thankfulness

References: Psalm 100:4; Luke 17:16; Colossians 1:13; 3:15; 4:2; Hebrews 12:28

A South African man surprised nine men who were robbing his home. Eight of the robbers got away, but the homeowner managed to shove one into his backyard pool.

After realizing the robber couldn’t swim, the homeowner jumped in to save him. Once out of the pool, the thief yelled to his friends to come back. Then he pulled a knife and threatened the man who had just rescued him.

The homeowner threw the thief back in the water.

—Kashiefa Ajam, “Homeowner Threatened by the Robber He Saved,” Cape Times, Cape Town, South Africa (March 23, 2004)