I have not posted here since the five officers were murdered in Dallas. I have been at a loss for words, like most Americans, at the ruthless, cowardly, brutal assassinations, some witnessed live, committed by someone under the cover of a Black Lives Matter protest.
Having spent well over ten years as a police officer, and having lost some fellow officers along the way, I know personally the pain that officers feel, not to mention their loved ones and friends. It is never right to shoot a police officer lawfully performing his duty, whether you agree with the way his is doing it, whether he is being rude, or whether he is not as civil as you would want him (or her) to be. The pain is even worse, I believe, when the police officer is killed by a coward from ambush just because that person does not like (actually BECAUSE the person HATES) police officers.
In the case of the massacre of Dallas officers last week, I can only say how deeply I feel sympathy for the loss that those left behind have suffered. Sadly, even since the Dallas massacre, other officers have been murdered by cowardly snipers. The loved ones, friends, and fellow officers of those murdered in Dallas are left behind to feel the sadness and loss, the frustration and the anger. The shooter is dead, and that can be both a positive thing and a negative thing for those hurting because of this animal's actions.
I commend the Dallas Police Department for first exercising restraint in their actions. Officers, knowing their friends were dead or dying, opened negotiations with the animal trying to save his life even though he had killed and was even continuing his threat by stating he had explosives planted around the city. Negotiations, for whatever reason, broke down and ultimately the taxpayers were spared the expense of listening to any further hate spewing from this animal's mouth, spared the expense of a trial, spared the expense of HAVING TO PAY FOR THIS GUY'S LAWYER, and ultimately spared the expense of feeding and caging this animal until he either died or was executed. Now I refuse to give any further space to this animal.
Trying to live Christian values is certainly difficult in these times, and as you can see from this post I am not successful all the time. But only ONE Man was, and He is in heaven now. The only thing that makes this event bearable for many people is knowing that the five Dallas Police Officers, who were peacemakers, are now with the Good Shepherd and part of the Blue Line up there. The Good Shepherd said that we are all appointed a day to die, so we ALL know our last day is coming. It is just a matter of when. And how. The Good Shepherd also said that we would have evil with us throughout our life in this world, but WOE TO THOSE WHO BRING IT. Enough said.
So the officers from Dallas are in the Comfort of the Good Shepherd, and I believe, are looking "down" on their loved ones from a Higher Plane. The comfort to their families now is that one day they will meet their Officers in heaven, and will even see and embrace the Good Shepherd himself. Until that day arrives, the families of these fallen officers will have to struggle through life suffering from the loss they feel and the loss of fellowship with their loved ones that they will not have again on this earth. I think that occasionally (I cannot back this with Scripture but I believe it) these brave men will somehow make their presence known to their loved ones at just the right time, perhaps easing the loved ones' burdens as they continue in this life.
To the slain officers, I know that you know now your lives were not a vain sacrifice, and that you are loved and missed here in this world.
Regardless of my beliefs, may God touch and bless those left behind, and may God protect the remaining men and women as they continue to work the best they can to hold the Thin Blue Line against the evil and inhumanity in this world.
And may God Bless America
Having spent well over ten years as a police officer, and having lost some fellow officers along the way, I know personally the pain that officers feel, not to mention their loved ones and friends. It is never right to shoot a police officer lawfully performing his duty, whether you agree with the way his is doing it, whether he is being rude, or whether he is not as civil as you would want him (or her) to be. The pain is even worse, I believe, when the police officer is killed by a coward from ambush just because that person does not like (actually BECAUSE the person HATES) police officers.
In the case of the massacre of Dallas officers last week, I can only say how deeply I feel sympathy for the loss that those left behind have suffered. Sadly, even since the Dallas massacre, other officers have been murdered by cowardly snipers. The loved ones, friends, and fellow officers of those murdered in Dallas are left behind to feel the sadness and loss, the frustration and the anger. The shooter is dead, and that can be both a positive thing and a negative thing for those hurting because of this animal's actions.
I commend the Dallas Police Department for first exercising restraint in their actions. Officers, knowing their friends were dead or dying, opened negotiations with the animal trying to save his life even though he had killed and was even continuing his threat by stating he had explosives planted around the city. Negotiations, for whatever reason, broke down and ultimately the taxpayers were spared the expense of listening to any further hate spewing from this animal's mouth, spared the expense of a trial, spared the expense of HAVING TO PAY FOR THIS GUY'S LAWYER, and ultimately spared the expense of feeding and caging this animal until he either died or was executed. Now I refuse to give any further space to this animal.
Trying to live Christian values is certainly difficult in these times, and as you can see from this post I am not successful all the time. But only ONE Man was, and He is in heaven now. The only thing that makes this event bearable for many people is knowing that the five Dallas Police Officers, who were peacemakers, are now with the Good Shepherd and part of the Blue Line up there. The Good Shepherd said that we are all appointed a day to die, so we ALL know our last day is coming. It is just a matter of when. And how. The Good Shepherd also said that we would have evil with us throughout our life in this world, but WOE TO THOSE WHO BRING IT. Enough said.
So the officers from Dallas are in the Comfort of the Good Shepherd, and I believe, are looking "down" on their loved ones from a Higher Plane. The comfort to their families now is that one day they will meet their Officers in heaven, and will even see and embrace the Good Shepherd himself. Until that day arrives, the families of these fallen officers will have to struggle through life suffering from the loss they feel and the loss of fellowship with their loved ones that they will not have again on this earth. I think that occasionally (I cannot back this with Scripture but I believe it) these brave men will somehow make their presence known to their loved ones at just the right time, perhaps easing the loved ones' burdens as they continue in this life.
To the slain officers, I know that you know now your lives were not a vain sacrifice, and that you are loved and missed here in this world.
Regardless of my beliefs, may God touch and bless those left behind, and may God protect the remaining men and women as they continue to work the best they can to hold the Thin Blue Line against the evil and inhumanity in this world.
And may God Bless America
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