With it being Veteran's Day I'm reminded of how God provided for me through my church family when my husband had to leave for a time to go serve our country.
I am a proud Navy wife and last year my husband was deployed for eight months on a ship. This was preceded by months and weeks of training off and on prior to his deployment. The joke is that they are really deployed almost two years from the beginning of training through the completion of the actual deployment.
One of the things I will never forget during the actual eight months of deployment is how the church we belong to rose up and made sure to check in on me and our three children regularly. Not a service went by without someone asking how we were doing and if I needed anything.
God has always been my strength in time of need, and this proved true once again when the physical head of my home was absent for a time. God's provision was also displayed by the strength of friendships of the men and women in our congregation.
Remember that scripture about taking care of the widows in the Bible? Well, I learned that the church body's care of the "deployment widows" can be just as vital.
Whether it was the "How are things going?" or stopping by to check on an electrical need for me I was never left completely alone during deployment. It was so reassuring to know that at any time I could pick up the phone and call and help would be on the way if needed.
Thankfully I never really needed to call on someone to help me with any major issues, but the simple act of greetings and reminders of being in their prayers brought a strength they may never know.
I'm very proud of my husband, along with the thousands of other men and women, for serving our country, and I'm also very grateful for a church family that was there for us 24/7. It's a gift I will never forget and I hope to pay onward over and over in the future to those who continue sacrificing so that we may live in freedom.
Happy Veteran's Day and God Bless America!
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