September 2017
By Pastor Gil Morales There are many words that people use on a day to day basis, that are a part of their everyday language. We use words, and titles that are fundamental in describing a person’s position, role, or job title. However; there is a word that stand above our common everyday lingo that causes one to pause and take notice. There is a word that defines the best in human courage, love, selflessness, and sacrifice beyond all others; that word is the word hero. Because of its nature, the word “hero” is not a word that is used with regularity; its character causes us to use it with great care, and respect. To designate someone as a hero is not randomly used in an elementary form to describe a common
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act; a hero is used to describe the actions of a person(s) who was willing to do something extraordinary, and admirable in light of everyday life. Unfortunately, referring to someone as a hero has at many times been misplaced. “Hero” has been used to define a sports figure, or an actor. “Hero” has been used to describe a musician or someone famous. Although they may be popular, referring to them as a hero may be incorrect. A hero is someone who demonstrates acts of courage or valor. It is an act of sacrifice that exists outside of the arena of everyday human experience. However rare this word may be, our communities, neighborhoods, and nation hold within it the character of everyday heroes that serve our local communities, and country.
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There are heroes in our local law enforcement communities who work to keep the public safe. Heroes who willingly put themselves in harm’s way, many times facing dangers that most would run from, they run towards. There are heroes like Deputy Andrew Everhart, and Deputy Shane Bronson who were recently shot in the line of duty. Having confronted an armed threat, at the peril of risking their own lives, they placed themselves in harm’s way for the sake of public safety. There are heroes like Deputy Dan Harris who willingly put his own life at risk and rushed in to rescue his two fellow deputies and pulled them to safety, these are heroes. There are heroes in our community who respond to medical emergencies and the
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threat of fires. These heroes face many traumatic life and death situations, they are often faced with little time to provide medical care to their patients who have been injured by accident, or some form of personal injury. They are asked to make quick decisions with the life of their patients in their hands. They are men and women whose office is not air conditioned, or carpeted, their office is anywhere they are needed, anywhere they are called. Called to face fires, they run into burning buildings with little thought to their own safety; they are called to help the hurt or suffering. These people are the heroes of our communities, who are willing to do the extraordinary whenever
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