So it has begun. The long nights, the waiting anxiously to hear from my husband. It feels at times like the challenge is just to get from this day to our reuniting. The in-between is just what we endure as we wait.

That’s not good enough for me.

If he is gone 1 day or 500 days each one is still a gift. I refuse to allow those days, weeks, and months to be stolen by worry.

Each and every day I want to awake in the morning and lie down at night knowing that today… today was and is a good day.

The rest of this post was included in Finding Joy: The Year Apart That Made Me A Better Wife.

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 ESV

What is the one thing about deployment that feels the most overwhelming to you? How can you praise God for it?

(if you are having trouble with the second question try typing in the answer to the first question at www.openbible.info/topics and see what pops up)