Fire Fighter

Fire Fighter's Prayer

When I'm called to duty God wherever flames may rage,

give me strength to save a life whatever be its age.

Help me to embrace a little child before it is too late,

or save an older person from the horror of that fate..

Enable me to be alert to hear the weakest shout,

and quickly and efficiently to put the fire out.

I want to fill my calling and to give the best in me,

to guard my neighbor and protect his property.

And if according to your will I have to lose my life,

bless with your protecting hand my children and my wife.

-Author Unknown-

Call Waiting

I'm laying in the darkness, I cannot fall asleep.
I wonder where my husband is, I wish he'd call or beep.

I saw him leave this morning, the black boots on his feet.
He said he had to run now, and I know he's on the street.

You'll know him when You see him, his truck is very loud.
He has no time to stop now, he doesn't want a crowd.

A caller said "Please hurry!" Come quickly if you will.
A young man with a motorbike is laying very still.

A mother calls in anguish, her child limp and blue.
HURRY! Come, I need you! I don't know what to do.

I hear his key turning, he's coming in the door.
I hear him drop his boots, then footsteps on the floor.

I hear him in the kitchen, I can tell from his walk,
He'll soon come and wake me, and ask if we can talk.

We'll sit out in the moonlight, and listen to the night.
He talks about a shooting, a street gang in a fight.

A car crash, a drowning, a small child hurt at play.
The things he needs to talk about, the things he did today.

The old, the sick, the injured, some so very small.
He did all he could to help them, he answered every call.

Every day he has a mission, he knows it in his heart.
He does everything he can and always does his part.

If you are sick or injured and you need to reach my Hon,
I can tell you how to reach him, his number is ......911.

A Firefighter's Wife

This is dedicated to all the men and women who put their lives on the line each and every day, so that others may live. Let us not forget them in our prayers!