Thursday’s Musings: My Evening With a Cop

Psalm 139:13-14  You are the one who created my innermost parts; you knit me together while I was still in my mother’s womb. I give thanks to you that I was marvelously set apart. Your works are wonderful—I know that very well.

Tuesday night I rode along with one of Hapeville’s fine police officers. A lot happened in the four hours I was there as part of the Citizens’ Police Academy training.   “We” arrested a man who had a warrant out on him for violation of probation.  After he was handcuffed and put into the back seat the officer remained parked where we picked him up. When the arrested man and I both asked why stay there, he remarked that we were waiting on an answer as to when and where we’d make the transfer to Fulton County authorities.  A few houses up a young woman stood in her front yard as she talked on the cell phone.  Eventually she approached the car. The officer told me that they always drive with their window either down or cracked so they can hear if people call out to them. The woman said to the officer, “Would you like to see my baby’s ultrasound picture?  Someone needs to see it because its daddy doesn’t want to look at it.” That made me so sad for her. She showed us the picture she was carrying in her hand.  The officer asked how far along she was and she said, “five months.”  He then kindly told her that he hoped all went well for her. As she walked back home, I said a prayer for her and the baby.  The Psalmist reminds us that every child is a creation of God and known by God, no matter how the parents might feel about it.  I hope that all does go well for this one.

Father God, Help us to remember that you are the First parent that you love us even if our parents didn’t and you care for our children as if they were your own.  We pray in your one true Son’s name. Amen.

Have a lovely day,
Paige

PS.  I wrote this Musings last night.  This morning as I was walking at the ball fields I saw a young couple standing on the sidewalk ahead chatting with a Hapeville employee who had stopped in his truck.  As I passed I realized it was this girl.  I turned back and ask if she remembered me and asked how she felt.  We talked a moment as I explained to both men how I had met her and who I was.  I told her that I prayed for her the other night and she responded that she prayed for people every day, too.  She introduced me to her boyfriend.  As I neared my house I saw them once again.  He reached out and took her hand and they walked by me hand in hand.  I think this encounter was a God appointment.  Praises to Him always.