As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr., Day we are reminded that heroes come in all shapes, sizes and colors. Dr. King fought for the very rights endowed by God upon every human. He gave his life fighting for others. 76-year old, Dory Stoddard gave his life protecting others in the Arizona shooting last weekend.The retired construction worker used his body to protect his wife, Mavy from the gunfire of a madman in the mass shooting that took place outside a Tuscon grocery store. His pastor remembered his life during a memorial service today:
"Dory Stoddard … didn't die a hero, he lived a hero," his pastor Mike Nowak told several hundred mourners gathered for a memorial service at the Calvary Chapel in northeast Tucson."He completed his heroic act of kindness one final time with his wife, Mavy," Nowak added.
Mavy was among the 13 victims who survived the shooting that claimed six lives. Dory Stoddard didn't plan on being a human shield. However, like all heroes, he simply put others ahead of himself and acted with all the maternal instincts of a lioness putting her life on the line for her cubs. He did exactly what the Apostle Paul admonished all husbands to do in Ephesians5. And that is to live sacrificial lives that puts our wives ahead of us as Jesus did the church. Dory Stoddard gave his life so others could live. Rest in Jesus Mr. Stoddard, rest in Jesus!
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