Message of the Day - The Supporters of those who Support us

Good Morning,

 

This past evening I was privileged to hear a speech from a veteran speaker at Toastmasters who shared with us some of his personal experiences working as a Chaplain for a local Fire Department. The speech was so captivating that during the perfectly timed pauses, the only sound you could hear was the pen of the evaluator taking notes.

 

As a society, recently we have been supportive of our police, fire and military (which is a great thing). We see the men and women who go to the front lines and risk their lives day in and day out. To those folks I share how brave I know them to be. In 1995 I ran into a shaking building to get the support braces in place to keep it from completely collapsing. The building fell shortly afterwards, nearly killing me, and leaving both of my legs broken. I know it would be a very rare time that I would do that again. These folks do it daily. That is brave.

 

What happens when those who go to the front lines need help when they see the atrocities of life:

·         When their resolve is weakened, when they have fears.

·         When their hearts ache and cry out.

·         When a wounded firefighter is told that there is nothing more they can do, even though there is a child still in harms way.

·         When someone has to tell a family that their daddy won't be coming home again, ever.

 

That's when people like chaplains and councilors go in and helps out the police, the firefighters and military.

 

These people face the difficult situations day in and day out and help our bravest and finest deal with it as well. I could not imagine having to face all that heartache and pain, and worse yet, being on 24x7x365 notice to face those gut wrenching situations again.

 

What I am thankful for is that there are people like that that out there right now. They are there for you, they are there for me, and they are there for those who chose to be in harms way. Life is not fair and when the unspeakable happens, these people help make sense out of it, and help others who are having troubles through it as well.

 

I have a new-found respect for the chaplains, counselors who do what needs to be done to both keep our police, firefighters and military going strong.

 

This evening, I gave this man a hearty thank you, but he and his ilk deserve so much more.

 

Let's give them all a thank you, knowing when their pager goes off next, it could be for us or one of our loved ones.

 

Thank you!

 

 

Sanford Berenberg

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