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I wanted to let you know of two upcoming Bible study blog series we’ll be hosting here at Wives of Faith. Read More→
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Today is the 5th annual Celiac Awareness Day.
I might be new to this Celiac thing, but dang it… I’ve learned a lot about myself in the last month and half and I want to share it with you so you can understand more about this gluten-intolerance. 
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Today is the National Day of Encouragement. I propose we take it a step further (since I forgot to publish this earlier today) and make today the beginning of Encourage One Another Week!
1 Thessalonians 5:11 says,
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
How can you encourage another wife of faith this week? Share in the comments!
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Nine years ago today was September 11, 2001, a day that dawned bright and full of promise, as all new days do.
By the end of the day, we as a nation had drawn together in unity of heart, of purpose, and in prayer for those who were lost in New York, in the Pentagon, and in a field in Pennsylvania; their loved ones left behind; and every hero who worked so tirelessly to search and find and rescue those who miraculously survived, and those who sadly did not.
In a way, it’s quite difficult to believe that nine years have passed. Sometimes it seems like less time, and sometimes it feels like much, much more.
As military wives we’re well aware of the changes within our nation’s military. Our military forces have been tasked more and more as the war has progressed. Active duty military have a higher deployment tempo, and our Reserve and National Guard forces are being tasked again and again with nearly the same regularity as their active duty counterparts. Many of you have worked through three, four, and in some cases five deployments now, with no end in the foreseeable future.
Yet our God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He was with us nine years ago, He is with us today, and He will be with us nine years from now.
On a whim, I looked up Psalm 9:11, and I wanted to share it with you:
Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion;
proclaim among the nations what he has done.
Let’s do this today. Let’s proclaim among the nations what the Lord God has done for us.
We all have a story about 9-11-01. Where were you? How did you feel? What did you do? How did you feel the Lord’s presence on that day? Please share with us –proclaim with us, if you will–what the Lord has done. Feel free to share your story or link to your blog, in the comments.
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I am in my 2nd month of my husband’s deployment and have had a real roller coaster in terms of emotions! This is exhausting!
I started back to work a couple of weeks ago. I have no idea why I thought it would be easier and would somehow keep my mind off my husband! I mean, it does in that I am focused on work, but my mind is “tired” and distracted. I had a hard weekend as I struggled with the realization that I cannot let worry wear me out. I was short and irritable with co-workers at times, clock-watching, and I viewed my desk as a potential minefield! And it’s only the beginning of the school year!
So, I had to really take time to spend with God, worship Him and search my heart for a mustard seed’s worth of faith to sustain me. It’s easy to give into worry—worry about my husband, worry about the future, worry about moving to his post next summer, worry that I am too tired already to start this year off right—and HARD sometimes to make a conscious choice to TRUST God. And that is all it takes.
I know with my mind that God has a plan for me and knows the outcome of every single aspect of my life and my husband’s life. But when I give into worry it’s like that’s not enough. I want God to let me in on it, give me a heads-up, maybe a sneak peek at the plan to allay my fears. Is it not enough for me that He sent His Son for me and promises to be there no matter what? Am I questioning His Holiness and greatness?
I was directed to John 11 by my rector. I have read the story of Lazarus many times but there was one aspect of it that spoke to me. When Jesus talks to both the disciples and the sisters Martha and Mary, He speaks plainly to them but they still misunderstand. He tells the disciples that Lazarus has fallen asleep and He must return to Judea to wake him up. The disciples are like, Well, you don’t need to go back to Judea as you already got in trouble there and if he’s just asleep, he’ll wake up. Jesus patiently explains He is talking about death, not actual sleep. Then a similar misunderstanding as Jesus asks Martha if she believes in the resurrection and she says, Yes Lord, I know that Lazarus will be raised with the dead at the last day. Jesus is speaking of Lazarus’ actual resurrection. This struck me because our finite minds cannot comprehend His holy mind. When I worry, I am assuming I understand God’s workings and plans. Which I don’t—I can’t. All I need to know is echoed in what Jesus says next to Martha in John 11: 25-26.
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; 26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
I am just like the disciples and Martha in not really understanding what God is telling me. I don’t need to worry, I don’t need to tell God what to do, or how to do it, or that if He had been here or done this, none of this would have happened. That is not my concern. I just need to believe. I just need to know that God is there. Worry indicates I don’t trust God. Since I gave my life to Him, why wouldn’t I trust Him? This came to me as I just read and prayed and worshiped the God who is always there.
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