Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Editor's Note: We are pleased to post a devotion from Faith Deployed: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives. While this particular writing by Jocelyn Green is specifically for wives, the "question…
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Editor’s Note: This article is written by Sherrey Dennis and re-posted by permission of “Wives in Bloom—The Online Magazine of Christian Military Wives Ministry” found at wivesinbloom.com and edited by…
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of…
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and…
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. — Matthew 5:3,4 In just about every…
What is it that you hope for? Perhaps it is the safety of your spouse, or for an easy transition after deployment, or for a certain assignment. Or could it be that you have been walking in difficulty for so long that you are finding it difficult to hope at all? If you find your faith giving way to doubt, you are not alone.
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. ‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.’ — Jeremiah…
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests,…
“Hi, I’m Jocelyn.” I was one of several new military wives being welcomed to the unit with a potluck luncheon. Already unsure of myself in this “new” world, I was completely taken aback when my introduction of myself was countered with, “Oh, don’t bother telling us your name. You’re the XO’s (Executive Officer) wife, and that’s all you’ll ever be to us.” She then suggested that she would buy a T-shirt for me emblazoned with “XO’s wife” so no one would ever need to wonder. My husband’s title had just branded me for the duration of my time in this tiny town in Alaska. Perhaps I should have expected it, but I was frustrated. I wanted to be identified for who I was, not for what my husband did for a living.
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Editor’s Note: Several months ago, my husband and I attended a briefing given by a high-ranking Navy chaplain to a group of local pastors. He told them, “The best thing…