i'll put this out there for your opinion

[nightmare68]

In recent years since I have found GOD, I have noticed several huge changes in my life. All to the better. But I think I am finding myself being a tool ( and accepting this thankfully ) for GOD'S work. does anyone feel that way often?here's an example.

a couple years back while on patrol ( the 3 to 11 shift) on a busy saturday afternoon around 7 p.m. i stopped into the police station for no apparent reason. I got a cup of coffee and was talking to the dispatcher. Then he got a call from the 911 ring down. I could here him getting information fromt he 911 center. Then the other phone rang. Since he was busy I answered the call. A lady on the other line was scrweaming that her husband was having a heart attack to please send help. she was crying and screaming histaerically. I got her address and told her help was onb the way. at this point the dispatcher was getting off the other line. I told him I was going to the adress that the woman gave me that he needed to send a ambulance for a cardiac emergency. then I left.

I found myself at the door just a few moments later. When I knocked I heard a lady scream come in, help we are up here. I opened the door and in front of me was a large stair case. I looked up and saw a tall thin man that i believed to be in his 70's. As I walked toward the stairs the man collapsed and fell down the stairs. I ran to him, and pulled him to the bottom of the stairs. I radioed to dispatch that we had a full cardiac arrest. I did the mandatory, check for air, pulse and responsiveness, but got nothing. I thought this man just died in front of me. I began C.P.R. on the man and did it for what seemed like a month, but in reality was only about 5 to 10 minutes maybe less. Our local ambulance arrived and we all worked on this man. Suddenly the man began to thrash around so badly that he pulled the intibation tube ( not sure if I spelled this correctly) right out of his throat and mouth. We got him on the stretcher and the ambulance took him away. I gave the lady who called ( his wife) a ride to the hospital, where she hugged me and thanked me for my efforts. I then went back to my patrol car and drove off. At the first stop sign I came to, I said a prayer for this man, who i did not know his name, to survive. I prayed that he make it at least until his family could be with him and I prayed that all i did was my best effort. Well the shift ended and I went home. That next morning my wife woke me up to tell me that my boss was on the phone. I thought for sure I was about to lose my ear over something I did wrong, but instead he told me that the man I did cpr on the night before had lived and the paramedics called himto tell him that I did a good job, and possibly saved his life by starting c.p.r. as soon as I did. I thanked him for the news and hung up the phone. Now It's funny I remember answering the call, I remember knocking on the door and I remember doing C.P.R. but I don' t have the slightlistrecolection in my memory of the ride there. I truely believe GOD used me as a tool that night for that man. And I didn't know why until just this morning. I found out that the man, who I since have met along with his wife and family, had lost his wife to cancer, and that for the last year he had never left her side through the whole ordeal. Right up until GOD called her home. I think GOD may have used me for Her and him and I am proud that he chose me to be the one there. Through his grace he gave them love til the very end, and he gave me a new outlook on my own marriage. One that I will make sureto never take for Granted. I love stories like this so if anyone has one please tell it.

[CalHunter]

Amen.

[Chuck7]

Awesome,
Thanks so much for sharing...most of us have shared our stories so much that the old timers on here I beleive are weary from hearing them.so I will refrain. I was certainly touched by your testimony.
God bless brother,
C7

[Rebel Hog]

Thanks for your Testimony brother! God Bless......

[motor]

Thank you for what you did..yes God will put us in the right place at the right time and you did what was needed to be done.. God Bless you and all the other men and women in public service..my daughter is a paramedic for the Orlando, Fl. fire dept..she has been there nearly 24 years and has some wonderful stories of times when she knew God was with them..

[MOTOWNHONKEY]

Cool.