Officer Rafael Ramos, one of two police officers killed on Saturday in New York, was a believer in Jesus Christ. In fact he would have been officially commissioned as a lay chaplain on the very day he died.
Ramos, 40, who was killed alongside partner and fellow police officer Wenjian Liu, 32, viewed his law enforcement position as a form of ministry, according to the Christian Post.
New York State Chaplain Task Force president the Rev. Marcos Miranda told the outlet that Ramos had recently completed a 10-week program and was set to graduate Saturday.
“It was an honor to have [Officer Ramos]. He had just taken the 10-week course and was a faithful member of his local church, Christ Tabernacle,” Mirando told the Christian Post. “He was due to graduate this past Saturday, where we graduated 144 chaplains. Ramos would have been a lay leader and been endorsed by his denomination.”
The faith leader said that it was the officer’s kindness that he will remember most, revealing that Ramos had shared with him that he viewed his cop job as a form of ministry that allowed him to help those in need.
The vast majority of police officers are self sacrificing people who are willing to lay down their lives to protect the people in their charge. Government officials from the mayor to the president and attorney general must repent of their treatment of law enforcement or they will see the country tear itself apart.
I pray that is not what they desire.
