Raised Up October 16, 2015
By author Bryce A Baker
By author Bryce A Baker
Today a friend shared a video of two
very young Asian children singing the Gospel song 'You Raise Me Up'.
As I look at the state of our world, our
spiritual being can be raised up, simply by listening to these very talented
children. Their inspiration is a seed of hope that through our youth, there is
a possibility that one day we will open our eyes to a land free from the strife
WE have built for ourselves.
Yesterday, I had an encounter with a
twenty five year old native man that had passed out on a public bench. After
attempting to get a response he remained still, he was breathing but still.
When the paramedics arrived they revived him and wanted to take him to the
hospital to be checked out and recover from his consumption of alcohol.
He was resistant to cooperate
partially because of his altered capacity, but he repeatedly advised, he didn't
do anything wrong and just wanted to be left alone.
He was right about not doing anything
derogatory to the law, except public intoxication. We tried to convince him
that going to the hospital to recover was for his safety and protection. We
wanted him safe from harm.
His refusal required the paramedics
to call the police to have him taken into custody, again for his own
protection. As the responding officer and I were loading him in the cruiser, he
looked at me in tears and said, “I didn't do anything wrong.”
No matter how hard we tried to get
him to the hospital, he just couldn't understand the alterative until it was
too late.
Please... CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG!
Bryce A Baker