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A Must-Read That Will Make Your Day! "Devout Christian" Police Chief Helps Turn a Homeless Woman's Arrest into a Life-Changing Blessing

Will Maule : Mar 30, 2018  Faithwire.com

"Final Update. It has been awe inspiring to watch this family grow while receiving support from complete strangers ... 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of Mine, you did for Me.' (Matthew 25:40)" -Deputy Chief J. Glazier

(Atlanta, GA)—[Faithwire.com] When an Atlanta police officer discovered Ebony Rhodes and her children penniless, living out of their car, the department's deputy chief knew that they needed to do something. (Photo: Go Fund Me/via Faithwire)

"A lot of times I didn't sleep, because the kids were asleep," Rhodes told CNN. "I was watching to make sure nothing happened—no one tried to rob us ... so we'd just stay right there in the car."

But one day, what seemed like bad luck became a blessing. Mother-of-four, Ebony Rhodes, was pulled over for an expired tag while taking her children to the library. Well aware that her license was also not valid, she began to cry.

"She [the officer] came to the car and asked why was I crying, and I was like, 'because I know my license isn't good,'" Rhodes recalled.

The officer had no choice but to arrest her and impound the car.

Ebony Rhodes was booked into jail and her sister was called on to look after her kids. It was a pretty hopeless situation. Rhodes' youngest daughter has Lupus, an autoimmune disease, and is partially blind in one eye. And her middle son, Jaheame, was inflicted with serious burns during a tragic accident that occurred while visiting family in Florida. The mother-of-four, who also suffers from chronic health issues, was doing the best she could.

Rhodes' situation filtered through the ranks of the Atlanta Police Department all the way up to the police chief—the department felt compelled to do something about this family's situation.

"We have to do something about this," 25-year APD veteran Chief Jeff Glazier told his wife, Michelle.

Using the wealth of contacts he had accrued during his two and a half decades with the department, the devout Christian police chief put a call in with an acquaintance who runs a homeless shelter.

That single phone call would change Ebony Rhodes' life...

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