Between Two Worlds

A Letter to My Husband

May 5, 2010 at 8:00 am (Blogging, Deployment, Faith)

Dear Nick,

I know it’s hard to be away. It’s hard to have you away too. But this is what God planned for us. He has a bigger purpose in all of this. I’m still not entirely sure what that purpose is, but I can see the good things that He has done through these past nine months apart from each other.

We’re debt free! God has taken our desire to serve him with our finances and turned that desire into results. By His grace, we were able to pay off the truck loan. What a blessing this is! With you getting out of the military in a few months, not carrying around the burden of loan payments will be much appreciated. It means the world to me to know that you are working so hard to keep our family financially secure.

God has also done great things as far as restoring my relationships here at school. By placing me back in this house with my roommates, He has opened up doors for new friendships and solidified old ones. My friends can now see how good you are for me, and they no longer question whether us getting married when we did was what God had for us. Now they can see that we were following hard after God in all of that. What a testimony we have with them now!

God has heard our prayers. Even though the Army took you away early, gave  you the short end of the deal with leave, and generally tried to discourage your spirit, God has seen fit to speak louder than the Army. And so, answering fervent prayers from me and many of our friends, God has allowed YOUR battalion to come home early. And the Army, though not bound to the voice of God in any way we can see, heard His voice and is allowing it to happen. God is faithful. And the Army cannot go against His will!

You’re just a few more weeks away from home. This is almost over. And we’re stronger for it. God has stretched us in uncomfortable ways, challenged us to follow Him harder, and encouraged us to love each other through Him. This deployment has been hard, and life after the Army will be hard also. Our lives will be filled with challenges and situations in which we just want to give up. But if we’ve learned anything through this deployment, let it be this: God is faithful. He has good things for those who love and pursue Him. So long as we keep our gaze fixed on Christ, we will be safely carried to the land of Glory.

I love you more than words can say. You and me against the world, sweetheart. You and me.

Jenny

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