Archive for military life – Page 2

The Blessings We Take for Granted

My managing editor, Jessica, posted this article on AGreaterFreedom.com and I thought I’d share… It Took a War to Bless a ChildSpc. Jodi Krause BAGHDAD, Iraq – “I guess the old Persian adage; ‘I wept because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.’ is an appropriate summary of this

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A Passionate Heart

One of the most important things we can do as we strive to keep God first in our lives is to develop a passion for Him. Passion means having strong feelings for something or someone-there is no lukewarm “mmm, let me think about it” here! When we have passion for someone, there is an intensity

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Keeping God First

We talked last week about our marriages and toward the end of the week I mentioned the issue of relational idolatry – where we put someone – our husbands, maybe a friend, maybe even our children – where God should be. We depend, and expect, that person or persons to fulfill expectations that really have

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Taking the Me Out of We

When we were going through our deployment last year, I was determined to be the best, supportive wife that I could be. I was going to shower my husband with care packages, be sweet and loving every time he called, not mind at all dropping everything I was doing to talk (and of course I

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God Prepares Us

I wanted to take a few minutes this morning to share something God just put on my heart. First, I know my posts have been sparse lately – there has just been so much going on! We had a regional event here in Nashville for Wives of Faith September 15th, I have been trying to

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“Sharing” During Deployment

I had a military wife email me through Facebook this past week with a question that I think a lot of us can relate to. Here’s what she asked: My husband and I are nearing our third month in our deployment as he continues to serve in Iraq. We have been able to communicate fairly

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The Murphy Law of ATs and Deployment

Be careful when you try to plan out how something will go. It will probably not happen that way. Sorry for my absence the past many days – I have literally been sick with a “bronchial infection” for the majority of the time Cliff has been gone. There went my plans to work out almost

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