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Story Archives: Weekly devotional and church listings: May 3, 2012


Weekly devotional and church listings: May 3, 2012
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By Gary Andrews
gary@gadevotionals.com

Over the past few months I have seen many advertisements for life alert systems, whether they are necklaces, bracelets, or of some other form. Most of the targeted audience for these ads is senior citizens.

These are great items to have. I whole-heartedly recommend these life alert systems because no one ever knows when they are going to need one. A couple of months ago I witnessed an elderly lady out in her yard working and she seemed to be in good health and good spirit. As I went about my business I noticed that police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances came rushing to her home which was very surprising to her also.

I quickly dropped what I was doing and ran across the street to see what the problem was. Knowing the fire chief I asked him about the situation and he told me her life alert necklace had gone off, unknowingly to her. When all of the emergency personnel arrived they went to her only to find out it had been triggered from a limb of a bush she was pruning.
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