Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Your thirst for this Officer Cook, will never go away. Hopefully, we can reach for the right drink to wet our whiskers. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 14, 2013

God's pantry never runs low. His wells never run dry. I doubt your parents shelves were bare, there were always cookies and milk for you and Nancy. Karen and yourself, Officer Cook, always made sure there was enough to satisfy your guests. A very happy and hospitable person you were and will forever be remembered. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 14, 2013

Come and sit and ask Him whatever is on your heart. No question is too small, no riddle too simple. He has all the time in the world. You gave your time to poignantly Officer Cook. You were right with us in thick and thin, in times of happiness or sadness. Now that the Catholic Church will soon be electing a new Pontiff to lead, let us hope and pray as you were the ever faithful servant that peace and unity will abound for the entire universe. All religions and nationalities must form one rainbow and band together to bring peace and healing to all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 14, 2013

The overflowing life does not just happen. It is only as our own deep thirst is quenched, only as we are filled ourselves, that we can be channels through which His overflow reaches other lives. Your goodness and compassion Officer Cook, has reached numerous lives, it will always stay regular and have a taste of a land flowing from milk and honey. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 14, 2013

The heart is rich when it is content, and it is always content when its desires are fixed on god. Nothing can bring greater happiness than doing God's will for the love of God. And this was your motto and Karen's, Officer Cook. It starts everyday when we awaken, after God has taken our souls to heaven and judges them and then returns them to us for us to start a new day. Your love of God was in your saving the lives of your fellow officers and the two civilians on May 16, 1979. The police department was your extended family and to this day you thought of very highly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 14, 2013

Genuine heart-hunger, accompanied by sincere seeking after eternal values, does not go unrewarded. You'll be rewarded in heaven, Officer Cook, for the excellent values of which you utilized to succeed in all you sought out to achieve. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 14, 2013

let God have you and let God love you-- and don't be surprised if your heart begins to hear music you've never heard and your feet learn to dance as never before. Your feet and hands, Officer Cook, were always doing something positive and your benevolence will not go unnoticed either. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 14, 2013

When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves... Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you. You brought the positive spiritual power, Officer Cook to work each moment and were tenacious in pursuing justice and equality for all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 14, 2013

I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life. he gave me life that I might enjoy all things. How true! How true! Officer Cook, you were a God-send for twenty-five wonderful years and I'm certain you and your family and when you brought Karen into your family, happiness rained supreme. You were happy and healthy doing the job, the profession you dreamed of that one day would be your career. You achieved the pinnacle of success and that one awful day that you made the ultimate sacrifice on our behalf, still shouldn't subtract all the wonderful things you accomplished in a joyful manner. Everything done by you was done with grace, charisma and dignity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 14, 2013

I'm feeling terrible-I couldn't feel worse! Get me on my feet again. You promised, remember? When I told my story, you responded; train me well in your deep wisdom. Help me understand these things inside and out so I can ponder your miracle wonders. My sad life's dilapidated, a falling-down barn; build me up again by Your Word. Barricade the road that goes nowhere; grace me with your clear revelation. I choose the true road to somewhere. I post your road signs at every curve and corner. I grasp and cling to whatever You tell me; God, don't let me down! I'll run the course You lay out for me if you'll just show me how. You indeed, Officer Cook, showed us how to run straight and do things in an honorable and dignified manner. The baton has now been passed on to us to follow in your wonderful legacy. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. If we think pleasant thoughts of you, Officer Cook, this will enable us to survive each day as it comes.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 14, 2013

Now comfort me so that I can live, really live; your revelation is the tune I dance to. We should all live and be well Officer Cook and forever dance to your tunes and that is to promote peace and good will among each other. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero and continue letting your soul dance to the beats of good will that you help Him deliver into this world.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 13, 2013

The crashing wave finally reaches peace as it breaks upon the land...so our turbulent spirits find rest, as we break upon the vast shoreline of God's love. So true indeed. The oceans that you and Karen would go to cool off from time to time, Officer Cook, are reminders that your spirit is all around us and never stops its movements. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 13, 2013

The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land... You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. For all the tears shed over your passing, Officer Cook, it probably would be sufficient to keep moist many fields over. We can still shed tears and be emotional, you would not mind and of course it is normal to be this way, the only thing you ask of us is that we compose ourselves with honor and dignity everyday of our lives as we try to carry on with our them as you so faithfully did. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 13, 2013

Faith is letting go, an abandonment, an abiding rest in God that nothing can disturb. Officer Cook, my neighbor, friend and hero as you rest in peace, nothing can bother your priestly soul or being that returned to Our Creator who gives life to all. We didn't want to let go of you, God had another masterful plan for you as part of His Police department manned by over twenty-thousand of your fellow officers who were welcomed into the ranks by God alone.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 13, 2013

Relax, everything's going to be all right; rest, everything's coming together; open your hearts, love is on the way! It sure is Officer Cook. We don't have to dial long distance! You're there when we want to converse with you forever. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 13, 2013

Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in Him, for He shields him all day long and the one the Lord loves rests between His shoulders. You rest squarely on God's shoulders, Officer Cook. Now we visualize your giving spirit, that contributed to the welfare of society. We cannot see you physically anymore, but nevertheless we who knew you can remember your bright smile that lit up a room and from this is how your legacy will sustain us in times of trouble and despair. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 13, 2013

I want you woven into a tapestry of love, in touch with everything there is to know of God. Then you will have minds confident and at rest, focused on God's great mystery. All the richest treasures of wisdom and knowledge are embedded in that mystery and nowhere else. And we've been shown the mystery! Wiser than most, Officer Cook, you took something from an ordinary pattern and fashioned into special. This was your brilliant career and its worth was priceless as was your very life that you placed in the line of duty to combat evil. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero and help God weave the finest of art, while we observe you works firsthand.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 13, 2013

From the heart of God comes the strongest rhythm-the rhythm of love. Without His love reverberating in us, whatever we will come across like a noisy gong or clanging symbol. And so is the work of the human heart, it seems to me, is to listen for that music and pick up on its rhythm. I'm sure you and Karen, Officer Cook, enjoyed listening to good music and its good vibrations from time to time. What was played at your Inspector's Funeral, "Amazing Grace" and our National Anthem are words that are sorrow and yet their meanings can touch the very heart of each person who attended your service that day of May 19, 1979. Your physical being is very much missed today, but we know your lovely spirit is stirring around in heaven waiting to greet us one day with its everlasting grace. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 13, 2013

God knows the rhythm of my spirit and knows my heart thoughts. he is as close as breathing. With every breath you took, Officer Cook, you climbed each rung up the ladder toward the pursuit of your dreams. That was for you to be the finest Metro-Dade Police Officer one could be. Your resourcefulness was very instrumental in creating who you were and how you took responsibility in serving the public. The rhythm of your devoted spirit will continue to channel energy in us as you rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 13, 2013

Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has become God's child and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. God always tries to love His people. Officer Cook, as one of God's children, He know loves you more than ever and because of your sacrifice to save others, he know and forever shines His grace upon your cherished soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 13, 2013

In those times I can't seen to find God, I rest in the assurance that He knows how to find me. We know where and how to locate you, Officer Cook. Speaking to you may seem a bit perplexing at first, but if we give it the old college try, I'm sure your spirit will impart sagely advice on how to continue this daunting task you left for us to conquer in this world. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 11, 2013

What matters supremely is not the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it-the fact that He knows me. I am graven on the palms of His hands. I am never out of His mind. All my knowledge of Him depends on His sustained initiative in knowing me. I know Him because he first knew me and continues to know me. We knew you, Officer Cook and you are resting in peace my neighbor, friend and hero in God's sacred palm. You and Karen recognized the fact, Officer Cook, that God would carry you through your days regardless of the outcome. He sustains your family this day and forever more.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 11, 2013

Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love and the future to His Providence. We all trust in God's divine mercy that He is watching over your soul, Officer Cook. You would have wanted us to keep us the battle over evil and comport ourselves as you did. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 11, 2013

If you believe in God, it is not too difficult to believe that He is concerned about the universe and all the events on this earth. But the really staggering message of the Bible is that this same God cares deeply about you and your identity and the events of your life... We have missed the full impact of the gospel if we have not discovered what it is to be ourselves, loved by God, irreplaceable in His sight, unique among our fellow men. You were unique Officer Cook, any person who is willing to risk their lives in all conditions, times and whatever it takes to fulfill their duties is indeed a very special human being. If not for law enforcement officials or firefighters, the world as we know it today and back in the day would have been filled with violence and anarchy. We need responsible, highly motivated and well trained persons such as yourself, to accept and carry on even when under siege. My neighbor, friend and hero, you were the man with the plan. You formulated ideas in your mind to become one of these special people from a young age and as you matured you began to view the entire picture of how you could make a dent or impact in our modern day society. Rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 11, 2013

Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! Do now worry then, saying,"What will we eat?" Or "What will we drink?" Or "What will we wear for clothing?" For... your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you. You sought to persevere Officer Cook, for good and bad, but yet you did it the proper way, with integrity and honor and were humble in a most loving manner. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 11, 2013