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