This week has been busy and sometimes we bring grief on ourselves. Thursday was busy as I volunteered to help with taking a group of Republicans from Cobb county to their Legislative Luncheon at the State Captial Driving the bus for them. What a great chance to meet and hear legislators up close. All went well till I returned to the Church with the bus and was leaving when I discovered I had lost my keys to my Motorcycle. This is a real BOTHER as Winner the Pooh would say.
The losing of the only key I had of course led to the calling of a Locksmith. G& W Locksmith hooked me up with Scott Garvin who is the BROTHER. We had the chance to talk and share a little as he did his majic to make me a key for the bike. As we talked most of you know me well the talk came around to our relationship with God and we extablished the fact Kevin knew the Lord and so did his wife and family. But much more came on our. Scott asked me to pray for his wife, Hope. She has had a bout with cancer and has had surgery and was in the hospital over Christmas this year. She is doing well and Praise the Lord her numbers on her blood work look good and is continuing with Chemo. I asked Scott if I could write this and ask all the readers to pray so if you would lift up Hope today. The part that excited me was that Scott said that they would not have gotten to where they are without prayer and they needed all they could get. Scott and I prayed together and that was neat. He had forsaken his regular Friday morning prayer group to come help me out. He acknowleged God had just sent him to a differnt prayer group for this one day.
We have so many opportunites to share and pray and give God Glory even wthen something bothers or troubles us. I am just glad this one was real special. Pray for Scott and Hope Garvin for God's complete healing. Pray for all of us as Christ followers that every opportunity Good or Bad will be used to encourage others and exalt the Savior.
Stories of the Street: Images of the Human Condition is a personal collection of stories I witnessed as a police chaplain on patrol with sworn police patrol officers.
The intent of this book is to amplify the variety of incidents to which police officers are dispatched and their encounters with tragedy, crime, and abuse. The focus is on the daily shift life and the human emotions of officers and citizens involved in significant and symptomatic events. Stories of the Street: Images of the Human Condition illuminate a normal police patrol shift that captures and personifies the realities of the street.
The book is intended to provide police families and the community with a broader insight and understanding into an average day for patrol officers serving their communities with honor, courage, and integrity. Having a resource that gives family members an insight into a day’s work of their loved one will undoubtedly help in understanding the stressors that “their officer” encounters daily.
The true-life stories demonstrate the real emotion officers and citizens feel when they encounter tragedy, crime and abuse. They capture and personify the heart wrenching realities of the street providing insights into an average day of service filled with honor, courage and integrity.
“As the wife of a veteran police officer, this book has opened my eyes and my heart to the emotional roller-coaster police officers are faced with every day they go to work.” Police officer spouse
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Rev. Steve Best
Volunteer Police Chaplain (Ret.)
Posted by: Rev. Chaplain Steve Best | February 16, 2009 at 04:49 PM