Im not always the strong one....

So ive learned over the last several months just what it means to be tough and commited.. ive always thought of myself as being a tough one, i came from a tough mother and ive delivered two babies, and im married to jonathan walker, of course im tough.. lol...

But there are days, especially nights when im laying in bed all alone, that i just cry.. just break on down. Now i know that some people have it so much worse than me, some wive's husbands never came home and they will spend the rest of their lives with that sense of longing to see him. But i suffer just like them. I dont cry in front of my girls because it makes them sad too, and i dont want them to think that mama is cracking, and i try not to cry in front of jonathan because i think it hurts his feelings too.... But thats apart of being human, not to mention a woman. God knew even before i was born that i was destined to be a military wife and i truely believe he has put obstacles in my life to teach me patience, and to show me that I dont always have to pretend that im heartless, its okay to cry. Even Jesus wept when he prayed to God in the garden before the guards took him to be slain for us. He wept to God and prayed and prayed. God knew that Jesus needed him at that time, and He was with Him even until the end. God puts heartache in our lives for reasons, whether to teach us to come to Him when times get rough rather than fixing it ourselves, or just to show us that we are not invincible. I think today about a friend, that suffered a great loss a few years ago. Somebody she loved was taken from her, and i just cant imagine how much pain she must have felt, but God was with her. Today shes SO happy, shes been blessed with a wonderful husband, precious little boy, and so much opportunity. God prepared her a long time ago to be tough and to keep pushing on even when it seemed like she wouldnt be able to face another day. IT IS OKAY TO CRY.... God gave us tears for expression, and He knows every tear that hits the ground and why it was there to start with. Deployments are hard, and some of the strongest women in the world, are military wives and girlfriends. God has a special place in His heart for us, because we sacrifice our lives for people that we barely know, now thats commitment to country. So go ahead and cry, and look forward to the day when tears of sorrow will not be nessessary anymore, only the joy of Heaven and being with our Savior will be all we ever think about.  I hope everyone has a great day...

Got you a verse..

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”   Rev 21:4

Now if thats not something to look forward too.. i dont know what is....

With all my love....
Meg

What 9/11 meant to me....

I sat in the livingroom with my two sweet little girls this morning and watched ABC's coverage of the 9/11 memorial. As many of you might have child that was not here at that time, Macy was glued to the TV, asking questions that i did my best to answer. I explained to Macy that this is a reason why daddy is gone right now, because he has to keep things like this from happening again. She responded that she was proud that daddy took the time to see about others..lol. 10 years have come and gone, i can still see myself sitting in 10th grade english watching it on the TV, our lives as a nation were changed forever... 3,000 people perished that day, and some stood by and wondered.. Where is God? Why is He allowing this to happen to us? Why wont He help us? God was with each and everyone that day, from the ones that came from the rubble, to the people sitting at home watching it on TV, He never forgot us, and im sure that when it all happened, His heart was breaking. 9/11 changed my life as well, but not until almost 5 years later when i married a soldier from Hickory, MS. I always feared that he would be sent away, and he has, but just as i told Macy this morning... daddy has a very important job to do, and this is why. 9/11 may have shattered our spirit, but only for a moment. We are a mighty nation that has simply lost its way,and its sad that it takes a tragedy to make us realize how much we need to help each other and do what we have to do to make our nation stronger. Please continue to pray for our troops overseas, because of them we have the freedom to keep the people we lost on 9/11 alive without being harassed. God bless America, and God bless the 204th!!!

With love... Meg

Why i appreciate my soldier....

Great to be back, i was sick at the first of the week but feeling a little better now, i think i might have caught a teeny tiny bug, so watch out now.. lol

So its military appreciation week, and a certain soldier, that i appreciate SO SO much comes to mind, he left his family behind to journey to a new land with a mission that must be completed... i rememeber the day he left, and it still hurts.. Did you guess who?? yeah that man i call husband, the boss, my other half, Sgt Jonathan Walker.
 I think about the courage that it takes to do what he does, to go far away from the only place you have called home into a dangerous situation and put your life on the line for people that dont know him or anything about him, and i appreciate that. Theres no way to truely express the gratitude that i and others have for the things he has done in the military, he makes us SO proud. But theres another side that i appreciate, the civilan side. Jonathan is not perfect, although he thinks he needs to be, but i think hes perfect just the way he is. Theres never been a time, that me and my girls didnt have what we needed, and he has given everything to make us happy. He always took out the garbage and cut the grass and fix the things that were broken, even went and worked on a river boat for a month at a time. Hes a provider, a wonderful husband and father, a man... and i appreciate that.
This week there are SO many soldiers that are away from home, both male and female, that certainly miss family members back home. Babies are being born, birthdays and anniversaries are being celebrated, life in general is continuing on without those brave men and women that protect and serve our country with honor. I know that the 204th are gone and its kinda hard to shake their hands this week, but if you have a facebook and you know a soldier, write them and tell them how much you appreciate the sacrifice they go through everyday. I appreciate my soldier, and the whole 204th. We are a family, and we go through deployment together as one. THANK YOU military men and women for ALL you do. We would have nothing without you.....

Lemme leave you with this....
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11

Everyone have a great week....

With all my love...
Meg

Lord, teach me to forgive....

This week, i find myself thinking about alot of things that went wrong in the past, that i wish would have went differently, but for some reason ended sharply with alot of regret. I once had a very close friend that thought i wronged her by doing the ultimate damage to a friendship, and that is lose trust. Ill never forget the day, she looked me in the face and called me a liar... OH how it stung. I couldnt convince her that i would never and had not ever done anything to her to hurt her.... and based on the situation at hand, i dont blame her for how she acted. No details are needed here, just know that ive always felt a little piece of my heart broke off that day. Betrayal can ruin everything you have with someone, when you lose trust, you basically lose everything you ever worked for in a relationship. Friendships are based on trust.. period, but also forgiveness... I really feel that God has helped my relationship in Him grow, and when i used to sit here and think, "how dare she accuse me?" or " how dare she act that way..." i now know that in order to free myself from a long lasting wound, i must forgive her and move on. I watch her life from a distance, and i know she watches mine. Im sure that we think of each other from time to time and all the great memories we shared.  Ill never be able to truely express how much she meant to me... but time has passed and so has the anger and resentment. I just hope at some point, she forgave me. Please Please Please, if youre struggling in a heartache, or youre just plain mad at somebody, pray that God will help you forgive them and move on. We are to love one another, even our enemies, and even those that were never meant to be enemies in the first place. Jonathan seems to be doing well, last time i talked to him he said he was SO sleepy that his eyes hurt... yeah thats pretty sleepy... Continue to pray for them, time is ticking down and we cant wait till they get home......

Ill leave you with as always, an inspiration...

For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." Matthew 6:14-15

With all the love i got.....

Meg

We were never meant to worry.

I watch the news just like everybody else, even after my love specifically told me not to, i do. Its in the papers as well, its all around us. I try not to think about the worst of things, because after all, if we give it all to the Lord, he will get us through. Worrying is human nature and it is something that we do on a regular basis... but did you know that we were never meant to worry about anything? Thats what putting your faith in the Lord is about, letting him take the wheel and take control of our lives, because we cannot do this alone. The world right now is a scary place, and the Bible talks about the end of days and what the world will be like when that time comes, but yet we are not to worry. If my mamaw were here today, i know that she would tell me that we are in those days, wars amongst nations, pursecution of Christians, sin and evil everywhere, and our men and women are now over in some of the biggest points of violence on earth, but yet we are not to worry. God is STILL in control, and maybe we have tried to take the wheel back and drive our own way, but you cant. When jonathan comes home, it will be a blessing to my family, my life, and my soul. i sit up at night and WORRY about if he is okay, and if he will even come home at all. But i have to keep telling myself, just dont worry, God is in control. My point tonight is this..... LET GOD TAKE CONTROL... if we let Him comfort our hearts, we will know that no matter what the best thing, the right thing, will happen and we can take comfort in that. Thanks for all the support the last few months, i find it amazing that God listens to every prayer, and knows all their names and who they are meant to be. He will bring us through, and theres nothing that the evil ways of this world can do to change that....

let me leave you with a favorite, that calms my worry right on down...

Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Amen to that..... love you all so very much...

Meg

I sure hope theres light at the end of this tunnel...

This week has certainly been an emotional one for me. Im finding that dealing with the stresses of deployment are at their worst. Macy getting on the school bus, and her daddy missing it all, Baylee tryin to tell me what she wants in jibber jabber all the while staring at me with her daddys baby blue eyes, just missing his presence in general. Its ceratinly amazing what you miss when someone that holds half your heart in their hands is gone so... far..... away. I had not heard from him since like 4 this morning, and then i worried all day cause i didnt hear from him, and a 2 min conversation on Facebook that ended with the internet messing up, and me not getting to tell him that i loved him... again. But from what i hear, thats just another day in paradise for a military wife. I know that, soon this deployment will be over, and in the end i will be a stronger woman, mother, and wife. I know that even though we are separated by distance, we are still under the same sky, the same stars and moon. I know that God loves each and everyone of them, and he knows their heartaches as well as ours. I pray that my heart will be strong and my courage will grow, and the day i stand there and watch him get off the bus... i hope to be 30 lbs lighter, because i can promise, ima jump on his bad self!! ;))
May God bless all the families of the 204th and our soldiers, who we love with all our hearts.....

I leave this with our hearts for our troops.....

The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 118:6

With love..... Meg

25 was a birthday to remember.....

So yeah i hit the quarter of a century mark, pretty awesome. I wanna thank everyone that thought of me and gave me well wishes on this day... My mama texted me this morning at 5:30, and told me "Happy Birthday Meg, you were born at 8:30 on a Friday, wide awake and hungry." Yeah that was me alright, because if you know me, im always lively and i like to eat.
This birthday had SO many big events for me, some happy and another sad. Jonathan left the states today headed for Iraq and he took half my heart with him, i miss that piece, because that piece is him. I will never forget this day because of this reason, and i pray and hope that he will come home safe to me, so for number 26 he will be here.
My sweet first born child Macy started kindergarten today, she loved it, and im happy that shes happy. I take myself back to that day in May 2006, when i learned what true love really was. Ive watched her grow into a little lady, who is the mirror image of her mother. He has her daddys dimples in the bottom of her back, and her mama's smile. A single piece of Heaven sent just for us. I thank the Good Lord everyday for blessing me with her life, and for all the years i hope to enjoy raising her for His glory.
i got many gifts that i will treasure for the rest of my life, some that i can pass on to my daughters one day, and to their daughters. The people that mean the most to me in my life truely showed me how much they care.
God blesses us with every year, and we take that for granted. Some never saw their 25th birthday, and yet they are so much better off than us. Im thankful that God has allowed me to be here, and experience all that i have and all that i hope to see and do.
To all my military wives, dont let your hearts and minds be troubled. For the bible tells in John 15:13 that it is a great thing for a man to lay down his life for his friends.... My birthday has been great, thanks to all of you.... May God bless yall, and may God bless the 204th and the USA!!!!!

A birthday verse to live by....
Psalm 71:6From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother's womb. I will ever praise you. (NIV)

With love...
Meg

The day he left.....

Naturally im up because i cannot sleep. i woke up this morning tearful, and find myself in the same position yet again tonight. My daughter was laying in her bed earlier, pondering the first day of kindergarten tomorrow, and she herself is feeling the stress of daddy being gone. I even sat in church today and listen to a wonderful message, and a wonderful song sang by Mrs Stacey Cook. But i feel as if the message really spoke to me today, like Bro Guy was taking directly to me. He talked about how awesome our God is, and played several songs that truly exemplify His glory. He brings us through so much, and without Him there would be no way to make it. I know that He knows my heart, and He's watching over all the 204th with loving eyes. He knows that we sacrifice for the good of man, and I think He's loves our soldiers, and that he would never punish us by taking their lives. I heard a song by Casting Crowns called " I will praise you even this storm." and it truely spoke to me. He wants us to turn to Him when we are afraid, lonely, scared, anxious, whatever the need.  Let me give you some of the lyrics:

And I'll praise you in this storm
and I will lift my hands
for You are who You are
no matter where I am
and every tear I've cried
You hold in your hand
You never left my side
and though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

Powerful right???? i know. I know that God hears their cries, He knows their fears, and He will strengthen them and give them the courage they need to press on. I just talked to Jonathan, he's landed safely in Maine, will be departing soon... PLEASE pray for Macy and Baylee, all the families of the 204th and our soldiers, may this year fly..... oh yeah, and in about an hour, happy birthday to me!!!

With love,
Meg

Getting old means your blessed.

Today was my father in law Johnny Walkers birthday... i wont reveal his age, but lets just say that he has certainly "seen a few sun ups and sun downs" in his day... But really thats not bad, thats a blessing. I got to thinking, since i myself am approaching a birthday in August when i will turn the milestone of 25 young just how much a number means to our lives. And how getting older, or doing something or being apart of something for a really long is actually a good thing. Its a blessing that we live as long as we do, and we certainly should not worry about the wrinkles and putting on a little weight and moving a little slower, because under neath, we're still that same person inside. One of the cruelties of nature is aging, and yeah i certainly do not look forward to getting old and not being able to do the things i do now, but at least Lord willing, i will still be here to see it. I can think of so many that are not with us today that we taken to be with the Lord in the prime of their lives. Young and full of life.. but we must remember that this is not our home, and death was never meant to be a bad thing. We should thank the good Lord that we have our love ones that are on in the their 80's and 90's. I think about my mamaw Mrs Freda Laird, and although she was only 72, she lived her life like she was 25 again. She was outgoing, wonderful, and loved the Lord. I tended to think that God took her home too early, but she was suffering, i watched her suffer in the hospital, and im glad that her suffering is over. I wish she was still here to watch my children grow, and to just have conversation with me again. But i also know that her knees dont hurt anymore when it rains, the cancer is gone, and she probably feels 25 again.  My husbands grandmother Mrs Grace has broke an ankle and a tailbone, and is in her 80's, and im willing to bet she could outrun me in a heartbeat if she needed to. So.... heres to aging, every blessed year of it, and the blessed assurance that we will see our love ones again some day, and we will all feel 25 again. Happy Birthday Papaw Johnny and may you have many more.  Have a great evening, and please continue to pray for Sgt Jonathan Walker and the 204th.....

Isaiah 46:4 (NIV) "Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you."

Proverbs 16:31 (NIV) "Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life."

With love...
Meg

Bye Bye Fried Chicken... i will miss you

The notorious diet has begun again, and i really dislike the first few weeks of getting back into the swing of things... Adjusting to getting up in the morning and running 2 miles, eating right, and keeping track of what i eat will be worth.... Not to mention when my husband comes home from war, i dont want him to fall backwards when i jump on him, dont wanna injure him ya know. :) But i know that i will feel better, look better, and have more confidence than i have ever had if i can get rid of the extra 60 im carrying around. Adjusting to new things is certainly hard, all of our lives change with reason, and all we can do is follow the path and learn to adapt. I truely think that God likes to test us, to see what we will do in certain situations, whether it will benefit us spiritually or hurt us. We grow in our relationship with him just by making the right decisions and living like he wants us to do. Never be afraid to change, sometimes change is good. As i said about faith in an earlier post, its something we believe without actually having to see for ourselves. Change is scary because we dont know what will happen, whether it be good or bad. But trust that God is in control, and that even if our lives change for the better or worse, it will ALWAYS work itself out. As for the diet, im doing it not only for me, but for Jonathan. I wanna spend as many years as possible with him... i wanna be here, and if i have to give up fried chicken for it, i guess i just will...... Continue to pray for Jonathan and all the 204th... less than 300 days to go.

"And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change
and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."Matthew 18:3 (NIV)

With alotta love....
Meg

Now is the time to be brave

Well the time is quickly approaching, thankfully leave is only about 11 days away. I feel the anxiety building as i prepare for the leave and saying my final goodbyes before deployment. I think often about, when i dont see him and get to talk to him everyday, how will i make it through? Theres so much that we depend on them for, and when they are gone, what do we do? Now is the time for courage. Difficult days are ahead, we will sit alone and wonder what they are doing, or lay in the bed at night and cry.. The worry will seem to overwhelm us, and we will struggle to get through the day. But please remember, that we sacrifice our lives for the greater love in our hearts. There are innocent people in country that need our soldiers, and are always proud to see them coming. God knows what we are going through, and in times of struggle, he wants us to seek refuge in Him. We are not alone although we may feel like we are. The message at Hickory Baptist Church this morning was about God's grace. His love and mercy is at its greatest when we are at our weakest. I hope that we all pull together, cry on each other's shoulders, and look forward to the coming home ceremony. I think about today, a young lady i know that is a childhood friend, her name is Brittany McNeal. She is in her 3rd and final trimester of pregnancy, and her husband who is a Marine, Jared, is overseas and not expected to make the birth of their baby girl. But she presses on, although shes pregnant and at the house all alone, she presses on. Shes an encouragement to me. Courage, pray for it. And pray for Sgt Jonathan Walker and the whole 204th.  Ill leave you with the words of the Lion on the Wizard of Oz, talking about courage... have a great day every body!!!!


Dorothy-
our Majesty, If you were King, you wouldn't be afraid of anything?
Lion-
ot nobody, not nohow!
Tin Man
Not even a rhinocerous?
Lion
Imposserous!
Dorothy
How about a hippopotamus?
Lion
Why, I'd trash him from top to bottomamus!
Dorothy
Supposin' you met an elephant?
Lion
I'd wrap him up in cellophant!
Scarecrow
What if it were a brontosaurus?
Lion
I'd show him who was King of the Forest!
All Four
How?
Lion
How?
Courage! What makes a King out of a slave?
Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave?
Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk, in the misty mist or the dusky dusk?
What makes the muskrat guard his musk?
Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder?
Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder?
Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?
What have they got that I ain't got?
All Four
Courage!
Lion
Then you can say that again!
hahah.. gotta love the lion!!!!!

"Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. - Deuteronomy 31:6

With love.... Meg

Bless all the little children...

I knew the day was coming, just watching the news can bring tears and concern... Me and Macy were watching TV last night and i just so happened to switch it to one of the news channels. They were talking about a soldier from up north that had been killed Wednesday and his body arrived back in the states yesterday. They showed his picture, which he was Army, and then his wife and children, two little boys and a little girl standing at the doors leading to the runway where the plane that carried their daddys body had just touched down... Macy turns to me, and says "Mama, why are those kids crying?" i simply told her that their daddy had gone to heaven and they were gonna miss him. She responded, "Well where was he, why was he on a plane?" I replied that he had been overseas fighting for our country and he had been killed, so they wanted to bury him here so they flew him home.. Oh the next few moments were something i had dreaded... She was quiet for a min, and looked at me when allligator tears in the corners of those eyes.... "But mama, is daddy gonna die?"

It was a hard thing to swallow, but nevertheless something that has now become a reality for my family. Some of the hardest hit people in military families are all the little children. Its not that bad for the ones that dont know whats going on, but really hard for the ones that do. In hard times, we simply must have faith. Faith is not knowing what will happen, but being confident that the best thing WILL happen, no matter what it is. I have faith that Jonathan will be okay, that he will serve his country and come home and everything will be fine. But i also have faith that if God decided to call Jonathan home on this deployment, that we would suffer through umimaginable grief, but we would be okay. Losing someone to death doesnt mean that they are gone forever, and we must have faith that we will see them again. I told Macy, that  God will take care of daddy, no matter what happens, all we can do is have faith and pray.  Think about the little children that are missing mama or daddy everyday, that God help them understand and have faith, pray for their mother or father that is still with them that cares for them everyday, that they too will have the faith to get through. PRAY for Jonathan, the 204th and all our families. 303 days to go!!!!!!!

  I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. (Psalm 34:4)

2nd place sucks....

So maybe i did something wrong, yeah maybe... Im starting to feel like, the military is invading on my time with Jonathan. I KNOW I KNOW...  "thats military life..." nada nada nada.. well how about i explain if from the military wife's side...
So Jonathan only calls me right before he goes to bed and right before he leaves from work, hes taken me from talkin several hours a day to like...... maybe 5 minutes. I know that things are changing for them and they are not as avalible as they once were. So we got into this big ol drag out about how the world doesnt revolve around me and that he knows that i dont care what they think out there but he has to deal with it... yeah yeah... but lemme say. In my eyes, my life has been put on hold, for the war. I give up what i want in life, for the war. I lose that time that i have with my husband which is not long on this earth, for the war. NOT TO MENTION, all this is going on for an ungrateful, selfish world that instead of praising efforts wanna talk about how were over there causing more trouble than good. It would suite me if they all came home and let these little mouth runners fend for themselves, OH NO, that cant happen. The world may call me selfish, but i think its pretty selfish of the world to take men and women away from their families and lives to settle disputes between people that will never change. God gave me patience, and i am trying to use it but sometimes the bottle runs low.  Patience has to mature, and God presents us with things that are out of our control to help our patience grow.... because sometimes theres nothing you can do but wait... Please continue to pray for me, the pressure is on. God bless the 204th, and the USA!!!!

  I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. - Psalm 40:1

May patience bring us through.......

Meg

Dont let the door hit you on the way out!!!

Afternoon afternoon...
I thought alot about the last few months, with lots of changes and rearranges going on, lemme just reflect.
So i didnt get into nursing school this year, and i thought that i had everything i needed to get me there... and still nothing... God shut the door.. (for now)
I thought about reconnecting with an old friend, and its pretty obvious that we have grown up and in different directions so... God shut the door
Didnt understand what happened with another friend, and the carelessness behavior that this friend takes part in now doesnt fit my wife and mother status (God shut the door)
Theres more but im giving examples..... now my thought
God closes doors for a reason, and sometimes we wanna push against the door and keep it open when the cold pleasant air is rushing out. Yeah we feel comfortable in that situation and wanna stay but then God puts us outside where we gotta sweat out the new atmosphere. I got adjusted to married life and having Jonathan here all the time, but it changed. Perhaps God feels we are at our best when we have been apart for a while, because after all... absense makes the heart grow fonder. Just because we got kicked out the house into the sunshine doesnt mean that what we want wont happen, maybe its gonna happen a little differently than we wanted. This is how He shows us that no matter what, he is still in control. I know that God knows what is best for me right now, and it wasnt what i wanted but if its meant to be then it will happen. I dont want Jonathan to go overseas where he is in danger, but God saw it fit, so it happened, and dont bother trying to change it. Be thankful i told myself, that im alive, and breathing.... But just like a mothers love, God knows that we can only stay in the heat for so long, and one day, he will open a door, maybe not the front porch door we got kicked out of, but the back door thats been unlocked all this time, we just didnt know till we stopped thinking about getting back through the front...  Have a great day everybody!!!! Continue to pray for Jonathan and the 204th....

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us"- Alexander Graham Bell

All the blessings of rain....

I got up this morning to the usual... waking up to a 15 month old jonathan walker look a like waving at me from her crib, with bed head and a diaper that prolly weighed more than she does. Her sister sleeping sideways with her legs propped up on me. Coffee always makes the morning better, along with cartoons, cartoons, cartoons...  I enjoyed lunch with my father in law and Jonathans grandparents and the girls, came home and got ready to cut grass. I got to thinking while i pushed and pushed and sweat ran down my face how much i really felt "hot and wore out" in so many situations. Theres so many things that we dont wanna do, but we know that if we dont it wont get done. My grass, that was usually cut by my husband, has become my job along with taking out the garbage and other things that he always did. Sometimes you just gotta take care of business all by yourself. Not long after, when we thought it couldnt get any hotter, a big dark rain cloud rumbling overhead. And did it ever rain. When we feel overwhelmed, "hot and wore out", depressed, like we cant breathe, God sends us blessings of relief, just like the rain. It cools the soul, replinishes the mind, and eases the worry and stress that life brings. And we can all take comfort in that...

Tomorrow's another day, and im thirsty anyway, so bring on the rain.- Jodee Messina

Have a great day, thanks for reading, and continue to pray for Jonathan and the 204th...

308 days to go

Meg

Last min thought...

I started watching "surprise homecomings" on TLC, which is a show about soldiers coming home to surprise their families... WOW... cried through the whole thing.... This show gives me so much to look forward to, and strength is something i truely ask God for.. Ive called on Him for strength in so many situations, the death of my mamaw, a recent problem between me and jonathan earlier last year, taking care of my children, practically everything i do.... So ill leave you with a verse that always gives me hope and strength....

" I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Phil 4:13

Prayers for the 204th tonight. My husband, and all military personnal and their families... May God continue to send his grace over them....

Meg

Just another day in paradise....

So my husband has been gone for almost 50 days.... woohoo... I remember the very day that i found out, i was washing dishes and he had just gotten home a few days earlier from his regular job on the towboat. I remember feeling just this overwhelming burden on my shoulders. Oh no, am i gonna be one of those "army wives" with the yellow ribbons on the trees and the worrying and stress... well of course. But you know, I know that God does all things with purpose, and He never gives us more than we can handle, so this opportunity He has given me to draw closer to Him... We are 56 days in.... 309 days to go, on the upside, leave is coming in the near future. And i just got back from where the guys and gals are and lemme say... pray for them. Once again, pray for my family, and all the families of the 204th.

Meg