This week’s Survival Sisters devotional made me stop and think about my priorities. A section from this week’s lesson read, “As military wives, we need other women in our lives! After God and our husbands, we need the support and encouragement of other …” This immediately made me think of Luke 10:27  “He answered: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ ; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

I’m all about loving God. I’m constantly about loving my husband. And I try to be there for my neighbors/friends in any way I can. But as a military wife, do I ever spread myself too thin? Am I taking time to not only think about me, but to LOVE me? If I’m truly called to “love my neighbor as myself” am I giving them the short end of the stick? Do I really want to be treating my friends the way I treat myself?

My answer to this questioning within myself was clear. As a military wife, it may be easy to lose focus of your personal identity. We’re used to being supportive, available, strong and sometimes, invisible. We’re used to being asked about our husbands, our family, and our unit, but often being overlooked ourselves. I believe that in order to be the strong woman I strive to be, I need to spend as much time in prayer for myself as I do for others. I need to say “no” to things that may wear me down or weigh me down. I need to think about myself for once, and by doing this, by giving myself more love, I am better equipped to love my neighbor.

I think this is what makes a great friend, a supportive spouse, and a magnetic follower of Christ. To be someone who truly knows oneself. To have confidence in who I am and who I love. And i think this is all part of my journey, my path toward my ultimate goal; to stand in front of Love Himself and hear Him say as He looks back on how I loved, “Well done my good and faithful servant!”

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