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Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Psalm 127:1-2
Every wise woman [...]

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Last week, Lee told me that he would probably be coming home a week or two after his expected arrival time. That means my counter is off by a little more than a week, but I don’t know how to fix it. I stopped removing chains from the paper chain we made until I know [...]

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I’m just a few weeks away from seeing the blessed end of my husband’s deployment. Now it feels close (2 months ago, it felt as much as when he first left). But it also seems like the hardest part.
Be not weary in well doing, for we shall reap in due season if we faint not.
I’ve [...]

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Would you believe that God put in our church a Christian Iraqi man? What are the odds of that, in our little town in the middle of nowhere?
How good is God?  Providing a family whose Christian heritage in Iraq goes back many generations? God always seems to provide gentle reminders of his lovingkindness when we [...]

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Lee leaves tomorrow for his six month deployment. I have a few more thoughts.
First, our church body isn’t a military church, so they don’t have much experience with deployments. But they are believers, and they take seriously God’s commands to lift each other up practically and spiritually. I plan to visit my parents, but I [...]

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I recently reread Psalm 78 and realized that I haven’t talked with my children about what God has done in our family’s lives. We talk about Bible stories, but God is the God of Today, not just Yesterday.
We will not hide them from their children,
but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the LORD, [...]

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Amazing how a clean house makes you feel more spiritual! I have to remember that. Today (after a long period of not doing so) I read Psalms to my children at breakfast.
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
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Lee received word last week that he is likely to go overseas for six months in January. God is in charge, and He loves me, so I know this is a good thing. This week, I’ve been thinking about this passage and it is giving me rest.
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came [...]

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This will be the first in a loosely related, occasional series.
I am the military spouse of a US Air Force officer. I sometimes hesitate to write on military matters, because as a pediatrician, my husband has overseas assignments that are typically semi-voluntary, humanitarian (not in war zones), and short (less than six weeks). Because of [...]

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Fellow blogger and new mother Chiao Chyi, is facing the first days without her husband, who left for Singaporean military training for four months. Those of my readers who are spouses of a US military member can understand a bit how she’s feeling about now. Feel free to go post some encouragement on her [...]

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