08/27/2024
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Three..
That’s the number of Deputy’s shot in the line of duty in Georgia within the past week.
While two perished, we are lucky that the third came out alive.
24 hours a day, those reading this locally are protected by the men & women of the Bleckley County Sheriff’s Office, who don body armor, slip into a uniform and leave their family to come protect yours.
In an instance, their life could change, just like the three from this week.
It’s not a job taken lightly, by them, nor me.
I ask a lot of them, I require a lot of them, and yet daily I pray for a simple quiet shift and a hedge of protection for our Deputies as they patrol our county, for no call and no traffic stop is “routine”.
Many days and many nights of the course of my career, I’ve ended a shift and thought to myself…”man, this shift could’ve been my last one”, for a multitude of reasons… despite us being a small community, we’re far from Mayberry.
If you happen to encounter one of our Deputies in the near future, or our city Officers, I ask that you too pray & request a hedge of safety to surround and follow them… it’s not an easy job.
Looking back when I thought about hanging up the badge and gun I always heard this read in the background
"I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?
Then said I, Here am I; send me."
Isaiah 6:8-
The imagery of a kneeling and praying law enforcement officer is powerful.
It conveys the loss that the department and the family endures after a line of duty death. It also shows a deep reverence for the officer as the kneeling officer places a rose for a memorial.
We must always remember the Sacrifice of the law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty for they are mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, and dear friends…the good guys (and girls) who gave their life to preserve another.
