Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Make level paths for your feet and only take ways that are firm...Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. He who heeds discipline shows the way to life. Where there is no vision, the people perish. You took directions Officer cook, very well and were able to lead other officers because of your proper code of conduct and outstanding performance. I think you would have made an excellent K-9 officer and it goes without saying you would have preceded up the ranks of your department. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You were a gentleman of inspiration and quality vision.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 22, 2013

Set personal goals for yourself-don't wait for others to do them for you. You always knew your pathway in life, Officer Cook. You did not need to declare in public your loyalties. Your loved ones knew where you would hang your police uniform and cap. Your effort was solid at all times, as was your preservation of the lives and properties you watched over. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 22, 2013

When we are serving Our King, being dressed in the proper uniform or garb is of the utmost importance. Police officers such as you, Officer Cook are important public servants in that they carry out a special mission to serve and protect our interests. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 22, 2013

Are you soaring like an eagle, with your wings carried by the breeze? Or are you crawling like an inchworm and cannot see the forest for the trees? Rise up, valiant one, child of the King! Your beloved Lord calls you today, to run to His presence for wisdom and strength and from His abundance show others the way. As one of God's beautiful angels, Officer Cook, it is up to your very soul to lead us in the forests of wisdom and strength that made you wiser than most of your peers and helped you overcome challenges of your position from time to time. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. The bigger your dreams, the more help you will need. Reaching your highest vision requires more than talk! You provided the action based incentive to achieve beyond anyone's wildest dreams.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 21, 2013

Faith is leaping across the gaps between the known and the unknown... The actual and the possible. The grasp and the reach. There is always a chasm between where you are and where you are going. By faith, make the leap forward! Give Me 100 people who fear nothing but God and hate nothing but sin and we will change the world. Give us 100 Officers as you were Officer Cook and we can definitely make a huge dent in crime across this great country: The United States of America. Confidence come sin many forms and you my neighbor, friend and hero were supremely confident in your abilities and it showed in your performance ratings. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 21, 2013

Focusing Prayer: A Passion For Purpose Lord God, I praise You that You have not left me alone, wondering about life. Your holy word is full of insights and principles that will empower me to honor You and fulfill my destiny in the Kingdom of God. I want my life to say thank you for all You have done for me, I ask that all my attitudes and actions, all my praying and playing bring You joy. Help me to spend personal time with You everyday, listening to Your Holy Spirit, reading Your word and praying for others as well as myself. help me to remember who I am before You, even when the boss gets mad or my spouse is insensitive. Help me to honor You in every success, knowing it is Your power and wisdom at work. Lord, help me to love myself in a healthy way, appreciating Your love for me and my unique gifts and talents. Open my eyes to opportunities to serve others who cannot return the favor. Keep my heart tender and my hands generous to the infirm and the poor. Awaken my spirit to special moments when I can share the gospel with others, in word or deed. Give me a burden for those who are not yet believers. help me to share Your eternal love and to live each day with gratitude in my soul. Amen. Until you make the first move, God will not show you the next step. Officer Cook, you always had your life-motivated and inspirational compass pointed in all of these directions: loyalty, honesty, dignity and integrity. I know you never uttered anything from your holy lips that was insensitive or rude. Your sense of humor as I read was infectious. Your existence was entrenched in assisting all people from all backgrounds, races and whether or not they were affiliated or not. You deserve all the accolades due to a truly compassionate human being who dedicated his life to making us feel wanted and protected. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 21, 2013

Approach each day with child-like curiosity and you'll see god's touch all around you.. You live in my heart, you have from the start, you have always been there, and I have been too blind to see, that it's not about me. It's all about your love, that;s the reason we're here, to give us the life you hold dear and surrender to your love, will I ever let go, trying to master this show, on a stage made of sand. And now that I know what's true, am I ready to give, all of myself to you, or hold on to this pain that I feel, when I hold back giving my love to you, and yes, I've made my decision, I'm not turning back, as weak as I am, because I know, I know in my heart, it's all about your love. It's all about your love. It's all about your love. This sums up your life, Officer Cook, devotion to God, faith, hard work, and all achieved through the years with honor, dignity and integrity so help me God. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Words that can make a person cry, but so very true.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

If you're taking on God's purposes, he will provide the power. You were provided with the resources to tackle the daily rigors of your job, Officer Cook. You put meaning into your life and now we can put meaning into your memory. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Officer Cook, you disciplined when necessary and were calm when the situation dictated. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

Well done, good and faithful servant! You, Officer Cook, have been faithful with a few things: I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share Your master's happiness. God has given you and your comrades in heaven the solemn task of looking over your comrades in this world. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

We have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve. If it is teaching, let him teach. If it is in encouraging, let him encourage. If it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously. If it is leadership, let him govern diligently. If it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. No one is a prophet, but you, Officer Cook, were a solemn man of faith. and everything that is reflected here is a firm and meaningful accounting of a life well-lived and your sacrifice is one to be spoken about for ages. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

There are different kinds of gifts, but the same spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. Women are too included in this statement and the ones who like yourself, Officer Cook, give their lives for justice are too blessed and honored for their extraordinary performances. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Each officer is different in their approaching the task at hand, but their sacrifice is very special t say the least.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. All your hard work as a police officer, Officer Cook, was for the Lord, but while serving Him, you served your community with dignity and grace. After serving in this world, as untimely as your passing was my neighbor, friend and hero, now you can reap the rewards of your due diligence. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.. Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise Your Father in heaven. And we praise you, Officer Cook, as your soul illuminates all the mountains and hills from God's heavenly porch. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

Kindness makes the difference between passion and caring. Kindness is tenderness, kindness is love, perhaps greater than love...Kindness is goodwill, kindness says, "I want you to be happy." kindness comes very close to the benevolence of God. Your charitable acts of kindness will serve as your hallmarks, Officer Cook, forever. You are now resting in peace my neighbor, friend and hero in God's loving embrace. When a person regardless of status goes beyond what is expected of them and in doing so gives up their existence, then they should be praised for all to witness.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings...I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels. We should always think kindly of brave men and women such as yourself, Officer Cook, who risk their lives each and everyday in the performance of their duties. Heaven cannot wait to receive such wonderful servants of God who now serve eternally as God's watch persons over all present officers who have to keep law and order and who try to stamp out evil. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever. You are going to forever keep a watch on us , Officer Cook, to see if we are up to God's daily tests. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it he must perish. Officer Cook, you learned all your lessons on good manners from your parents and this is what made you the man you were. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

Five things constitue perfect virtue: gravity, magnanimity, earnestness, sincerity and kindness. You were the absolute paragon of all five, Officer Cook. You utilized all of these traits on duty to make yourself the humble servant that Dade County already knew it had in their midst. It is sorrowful that you cannot express these traits today, although they are certainly found in the genes of your wonderful family members. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. All your intentions throughout your wonderful life, Officer Cook, were only for the sake of heaven. And this is preciously why you are remembered in a loving and honorable fashion. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

Man should not consider his material possessions his own, but common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need. This is what you and Karen always believed in, Officer Cook. To share and share alike. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

Kindness is a language which the uneducated can speak, the unintelligent can understand. It does not take a rocket scientist, Officer Cook, to understand the simplest way to exude kindness and be mid-mannered with people. You were a highly educated person and even if you were not an officer, you still would have given the shirt off your back to one less fortunate than yourself. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I believe with all my heart, Officer Cook, that you are watching from heaven what is taking place on this earth and you always gave people the benefit of doubt. Your calm presence still serves as an inspiration to our officers of today. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You most certainly blazed only a trail of righteous and grace personified.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

The great dominant, all controlling fact of life is in the innate bias of the human spirit, not towards evil, as the theologists tell us, but towards good. But for that bias, man would never have been man; he would only have been one more species of wild animal ranging a savage, uncultivated globe, the reeking background of sheer instinct and appetite. You were never a domineering person, Officer Cook. I believe your heart only wanted to achieve goodness, your family and friends know this. You blazed a trail for others through inspiration and motivation. We are very proud of how you carried out your duties. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013

No man giveth, but with intention of good to himself, because gift is voluntary and of all voluntary acts the object is to every man his own good. Your role as a police officer was to answer calls and you were dispatched to scenes regardless of who was calling. Obviously, your greatness as a human being was shown by your actions on May 16, 1979, when you put others safety above yours and for this God bless you as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 20, 2013