What people see in the ordained

Who or what do people see in the ordained? Tonight I had my first experience of being at a call as a deacon in my roman collar. It was quite interesting. I was coming back from having dinner with the last two of my guests, whom were in town for the ordination, and their sister. The pager went off and I was only about a half mile away. I pull up and the police officer was waiting in his car for the ambulance so I pulled past to the next property and waited for the ambulance. Once they arrived we went in and I was standing back just being present in case they needed anything. I did a couple of menial things, not to much. One of the police officers came up and asked me if I was Catholic and ordained. I told him I was and we started started chatting about my ordination and general chaplain stuff. Once the call was over, we went outside and I was chatting with the officers and this officer whom had talked to me earlier asked me to bless his recently received challange coin that he had received, which had an image of St. Michael the Archangel on it. I agreed and blessed the image and then he asked me to bless him. I gave him a blessing and his eyes twinkled and he thanked me.
What did that officer see in me? He saw Christ, I hope. The reason deacons and priests are ordained is to serve the people of God in a special way. What do I bring to an emergency scene? I bring Christ, the comforter, the compasionate. That is who I bring. Christ is who people yearn to come in contact with, I am a conduit for them. I am a reminder of what Christ has called us all to be and do. I hope I run into that officer again on a future call. He is doing his part for the city of Mundelein as a police officer, as a christian. I pray that as I begin to minister as Christ has called me, that He will use me as an instrument of peace and compassion for all that I come in contact with.