“We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that He has already thrown open His door to us.” – Romans 5:1 Message Bible
God walked into the inner parts of my life when I opened the door and invited Him in. Parts of my life I never wanted anyone to see. He came into my dirty, messed up, impoverished shack of a life not because it was anything impressive, but because of love.
In exchange, God invites me into His kingdom. Not some day when I die, but the moment I invited Him into my world he adopted me and let mr dwell with Him. What an amazing one-sided deal.
This thought alone changes my outlook and perspective on life.
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February 16, 2009 at 9:59 pm
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
strategicbookpublishing.com/StoriesOfTheStreet.html
Rev. Steve Best
Volunteer Police Chaplain (Ret.)