The Ultimate Firefighter

The red light started flashing in the fire station.  There was a fire at a house nearby.  Some children had started their house on fire while playing with the matches that Dad said not to play with.

The firemen moved very quickly getting their special fire suits on.   Then they all got in the fire truck and headed to the burning house.

One of the firefighter's, Emmanuel, was the greatest of them all.  He had rescued so many people from all kinds of burning buildings.  Emmanuel was very courageous.  No one on earth had as much courage as Emmanuel.  Even though we saw Emmanuel as strong and courage he saw himself as weak and could easily get discouraged.  Since Emmanuel saw himself this way he would often pray to God His Father for strength to do his job.  This job was no exception so Emmanuel bowed his head, closed his eyes and prayed.

When the fire truck got to the burning house, fire and smoke were everywhere.   Two children were trapped in the hall way upstairs and one was already passed out because of the smoke.

When Emmanuel saw how much the house was on fire.  The chances of getting out once he went in were slim.  But Emmanuel thought more of the children inside than he did about himself getting hurt.   Emmanuel quickly and yet cautiously went inside the burning house as the firemen got out the hoses.





Emmanuel found the children very fast because the children were low to the ground and crying.   When Emmanuel got upstairs he saw the children who were trapped.  They could hardly breathe and nearly passed out because of the smoke.  Emmanuel saw that the whole roof was on fire and about to fall down.



Emmanuel had to think and move fast.   The roof of the whole house was about to come crashing down.  And this fire was different.  Emmanuel knew that this fire was hotter than any other fire in the world.  Yet He still risked his life to save the children from the dreadful fire.  So Emmanuel threw himself on top of the children guarding them from the flames.   Emmanuel had saved the children from the fiery roof, but didn't save himself from taking the full heat of the fire.

The fire was no ordinary fire, it was so hot that they burnt Emmanuel's suit right up in an instant.  The heat entered Emmanuel body, but He did not burn up and neither did the children.  The fire did not destroy Emmanuel but it sure did hurt.  So bad that he cried out in pain.

The other firefighters couldn't do anything because the flames were just to powerful.  Emmanuel and the children would have to wait until the fire stopped before they could get out.

The house continued to burn for what seemed like forever for Emmanuel.  The two girls where safe because somehow Emmanuel's body felt the pain but he did not burn.  Another amazing thing was that even though the whole roof fell on top of Emmanuel, none of his bones were broken. The children had stopped crying because they realized that they were safe now because Emmanuel let himself experience the heat of the fiercest fire any had ever seen so that they would not have to.

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