{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"West Side Church of Christ - Elkton Ky","title":"Gratitude Dilutes Negativity(From Our 9-22-24 Worship)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1608,"description":"Watch The Video Version Here: https://youtu.be/5aBhahbwrYY\nTranscript:\nIt's taller up here. \nIt was New Year's Day two thousand and sixteen  and Matthew South Carolina police officer Quincy Smith  was on duty.  This was the first time this year that he would be on patrol and  for a long while, it would be the last time he would be on patrol.  He received a call about an attempted burglary that had happened. \ncall. Come in the 911 and, and a description was given.  And when he got on the scene  to his surprise, standing literally behind the building  was a guy who matched the description of the suspect.  And he was standing there talking on the cell phone.  Now,  officer smith didn't think much of this. He just figured it was somebody you'd have a little too much celebration. \nSo he goes and he gets out of his police car and he rolls up on this guy  and he's talking with his cell phone in one hand and he has his other hand  in his coat pocket.  Officer Smith asked him to remove his hand from his pocket and he won't.  He asked him again.  He asked him again.  And the fourth time  the man finally turns in anger. \nand removes his hand from his coat. And in his hand is a 38 caliber.  He opens fire on Officer Smith.  Four shots rang out.  All four of them hit him.  There's video of him making it back to the car  and talking to dispatch  him sitting there thinking that he was not going to make it.  Well, the last things he said before he passed out was  Tell my family I love them \nmost time. A situation like that ends in tragedy. But in this case, it did not  be taking a little over a year and a half. But Officer Smith would fully recover from his injuries  and nobody would have blamed him if he got out of law enforcement business.  But he didn't hop out. He hopped back in.  He went right back on patrol as soon as he could. \nAnd there's a reason why this story did not end in tragedy.  Because that morning,  before he answered that call,  Officer Smith had went, and he...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lvjrvJQzIzEamCIrdKMIrIgeJhJiQm_6B3NGmBkvnkU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMTFj/NDA4ZDU1M2YyMDdj/ZWFiZjA0MDU1MDE2/NWNmNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}