While You Were Sleeping

I worked an eight-hour shift yesterday. In that time, I spoke to a woman who had been in a car accident, a mother whose baby was having a seizure, a teenage girl who had locked herself in a bathroom while strangers were in her home downstairs, an elderly gentleman who was angry about holiday drivers, and a father whose teenage daughter was getting annoying phone calls from a boyfriend, just to name a few.

My friend took a call from a neighbor who discovered the murdered body of her 64 year-old girlfriend. It was a busy day.

While driving home, I couldn't help but think about everyone I had spoken to. I've been enjoying a new song by Casting Crowns, "While You Were Sleeping". It has been the song this Christmas season, causing me to ponder about my God and my fellow Americans.

I love my job. I love the girls I work with, and I love having an opportunity each time I go into work, to be the voice on the other end of a 911 call. I love to help people.

But, my help is temporary.

I pray for so many hurting this season.

I pray they won't be sleeping.