Love: hopes all things...

A lot of times I find myself falling asleep before I end my prayer at night. Why is this, I wonder. I think it is because I hope and pray for so much everyday all day, I never quit praying. Lately my prayers have lengthened, lengthened all the way to Afghanistan. When I pray, my thoughts often stray to what Jim is doing or where he is and wondering what he'd done the day before. Well, then I get a call. Since Jim has been able to call about every two days, a coupla times on those days, it hasn't been all that bad, except knowing he's only going to get further and further away. God will provide assurance to me when He knows I need it. He will always allow me to hope and when I feel drained of hope, He refills it with a phone call. You see, I think that is how this deployment will go. When I start to worry or wonder myself into sickness, God will act. Now, I'm definitely not saying I've figured out God because that is not at all possible, but I think I'm understanding more of how God is working in my life.
Hope is beautiful, isn't it? It's something that keeps a person going from day to day, week to week, month to month.
I will never lose hope. If I do I'll worry, and if anyone else knows me like I know me...that is never good. I worry about absolutely everything. So, I think that is also something that God is wanting me to work on this year. God even says, "be anxious for nothing..." So there it is. I am not allowed to worry any longer. Well, this does not help if you watch the news on Iraq or Afghanistan, or the fact that Iran has declared itself a nuclear country. Jim has told me not to watch the news because most of what the civilian is seeing is just media subjecting the United States population to the false assumptions that the U.S. are struggling. Which, I know that cannot be. We are the strongest country. We are the most capable country.
Which brings me to my next point. All of us military wives think our husbands are the best soldiers. So, that is our hope. Our hope is in the fact that every single one of our soldiers are the most capable soldiers, the most trained, most defined, most resilient, and also have the most courage. It takes courage to walk into war willingly. With every wife thinking that of their soldier...it must be true. Therefore, our military forces are the best, strongest soldiers of the world. Think about it a minute...you'll believe it. If a man has his family behind him thinking that he is the best...he will be the best and if every family thinks that about their soldier...all of our soldiers will be the best.
This is when I ask you to stand behind our soldiers, our husbands, our sons, our fathers, our men. If you hope and believe, he'll find the opportunity to be the best. This is my husbands opportunity to be the best, so I will hope and believe that he is the best...and he'll come home safely. This is Jim's company's opportunity to be the best, so I will hope and believe that they are the best...and they'll come home safely. This is Jim's unit's opportunity to be the best, so I will hope and believe that they are the best...and they'll all come home safely. I love you, my strong soldier.
Have a little hope in every tomorrow. LOVE LOVE