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Chaplain's Report
November
2011
TIMESTAMP
You’ll have to excuse my tardiness in
writing this letter, I haven’t been able to
sit and think for a while.
At times I feel like I don’t have
enough time in the day to finish my daily
goals, but I do thank God for all the time
He gives me.
Maybe it’s my poor time management
skills, there is a reason He gave us 24
hours in a day.
I’m not sure if you’ve ever heard
this, but TIME is the hardest thing to
manage.
Anyway, as I recall on the morning of
September 5, 2011, I remember pulling into
Station 184 thinking this is going to be a
quiet and restful Labor Day.
It was quiet…right up until about
13:30 or so.
I may be a little off in my time, but
for the next seven days, every person in our
MVFD family was working hard to protect our
community.
Through the work and tireless effort,
I saw a community come together like no
other.
In the event of our “Tri-County
Fire”, the day of September 11th came and
went.
Through the chaos, distractions and
mass cleanup, 9/11 was on the hearts of
every Firefighter.
Has the word “TIMESTAMP” ever come to
your mind.
It’s a word that you might not use
very often, but is very important in our
profession.
Every Fire or EMS response made there
is a timestamp.
Every time you talk on the radio
there is a timestamp.
Each moment in our lives is forever
stamped by time that we can never re-gain.
Here are a few bigger examples that
may have more significance:
Your Birth Day, Wedding day, July 4,
1776, September 11, 2001 and September 5,
2011.
Dates and times are so significant in
our life that we sometimes let the little
opportunities of time pass us by.
James 4:14 says…”yet you do not know
what tomorrow will bring.
What is your life?
For you are a mist that appears for a
little time and then vanishes.”
I think James is pretty cut and dry
on this, don’t take time for granted.
As we approach the end of the year,
let’s not forget our thankfulness to God and
his many blessings in the Thanksgiving and
Christmas season.
Every 9/11, I remember the
firefighters that gave their all and now for
9/5, the heart of the Magnolia community
that came together to show their faith in
action, to one another and in God.
Thank You,
Mark
Akers,Chaplain
Magnolia
Volunteer Fire Department
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