I am sitting here watching the news with my mouth wide open. I cannot believe that the United States of America, which is the world’s greatest country, has a police force which does not measure up!
I am reminded of Matthew 23:27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.”
It is clear that Jesus was rebuking the Pharisees, who were the teachers of the law. He was rebuking them for their hypocrisy. The Pharisees were distinguished by strict observance of the traditional and written law. Outwardly they were very impressive but inwardly, something was wrong. For their hearts and their motives were not right; everything they did, they did for show.
This brings me to why I am here. An incident happened the other night, where a black man was shot and killed by the police at a drive-thru in Atlanta Georgia. It appears the man had a taser which he had grabbed from the police officer for fear of his life and had started to flee. As he turned and attempted to release the taser, he was shot dead. He was shot dead because he dared a police officer! This happened four days after the burial of George Floyd whose death caused shock waves all over the world. George Floyd was killed by a police officer because he had attempted to purchase a packet of cigarettes using a fake $20 note!
These are the days of our lives.
Moving on.
Gold is still gold even in the mud. This means anything genuine will never lose its value. So it is with a police officer. I don’t believe police officers go bad. Any police officer that has gone bad is not a police officer. So it’s about time real police officers stand up! For everyone would like to see you please.
Police officers are born. They are not made. To become a police officer, you must be called; the same way a doctor or a teacher is called. Otherwise you are not. Otherwise you are a wannabe.
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