A Copper's Story

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFCC80" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03f8e8e3.jpg"> <bR> <div> A man was in his house when there was a flood. A neighbour walding through the water said to him, "you'd better get out, the water's rising." The man said, "it's alright, God will look after me."</div> <div> Later he moved to the first floor as the water rose. The fire brigade were rowing a boat past the house. "Jump in the boat and we'll take you to dry land," they said. "It's alright. My God will save me."</div> <div> <IMG SRC="08c96450.gif" border=0 width="150" height="69" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The man was forced on to the roof as the waters rose even higher. A passing heicopter let down a winchman. "I'll be alright," said the man, "my God will save me."</div> <div> The helicopter left and the man drowned.</div> <div> The man woke up in heaven and asked God, "why didn't you save me?"</div> <div> God said, "I sent a neighbour, the fire brigade, a helicopter..."</div> <div> <B>The moral:</B></div> <div> <B>God uses everyday people to do His will.</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FF9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04500c82dwnjbj.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Cops and Robbers</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#3366FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>   |    <This link's target cannot be found></div> <div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stories"><U>Stories</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cops II"><U>Cops II</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cracked Image"><U>Cracked Image</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dezs story"><U>Dez's story</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Maries story"><U>Marie's story</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gram Seed"><U>Gram Seed</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Crime Prevention"><U>Crime Prevention</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Useful contacts:"><U>Useful contacts:</U></A>   |   A Copper's Story   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Letter"><U>Letter</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gods text message"><U>God's text message</U></A></div> <div> A Copper's Story</div> <div> Since I put the website together I should really give my testimony. </div> <bR> <div>  I was a police officer for 13 years in London before transferring from Wembley as a Sergeant to the Isle of Wight as a Constable. I completed 2 more years and was promoted again to sergeant, but for purely personal reasons could not move from the island, so turned down the promotion and eventually resigned.</div> <bR> <div>    I was unemployed, not an easy thing with a wife, two children, mortgage and few prospects.  One day I was walking the dog and threw a ball for him. It landed in a hedge but I couldn't find it. I looked in the hedge, round the hedge, behind the hedge - even the dog couldn't find it. I spent two hours looking, and two hours the next day. Eventually I thought 'this is silly'. The ball had to be somewhere. I remembered what my wife once said: "if you want to find out whether there is a God, pray about something".</div> <bR> <div>   I checked to make sure nobody was coming, got down on one knee, closed my eyes and said, "if there's a god, show me where the ball is". I opened my eyes and right in front of me was the ball. I thought, 'that's a coincidence' but couldn't understand why I hadn't seen the ball before I closed my eyes.</div> <bR> <div>   I went to Spring Harvest (a Christian event held at Butlins each Easter) looking for evidence of God. I realised that you have to take a step of faith. I reasoned that I didn't know what heaven was like, but if hell was anything like being unemployed with a family, mortgage and no prospects then I didn't want to go there.</div> <bR> <div>   I became a Christian just after Easter 1991 and in October that year rejoined the Metropolitan Police as a Constable. God has been faithful and true. Being a Christian is not easy, but now I have purpose, provision and hope in my life, and a very happy marriage.</div> <bR> <div> Paul Senior, February 2005</div> <bR> <div> I have now retired from the Met (October 2006) but still produce the comic under the banner of the CPA and with the continued intention of reaching young people at risk of getting involved in crime. Hopefully, these true stories will be inspirational in helping them away from crime and its consequences and on to more positive things.</div> <div>                                                                              <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cops and Robbers"><U>Cops and Robbers</U></A></div> <bR> <div>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>