It was September 7th. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that date because it was the day before my husband was to be deployed to the Middle East. At the time, I had a 2-year-old daughter and a 3-month-old son who were really going to miss their daddy. And I already felt lost thinking about the impending separation from my one true companion in life. It was both the best and worst of days.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. — Psalm 119:105 Effective military members are good at “mission planning.” Good planning applies well thought-out doctrine and is essential to the successful operation of a…
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. — Proverbs 15:22 It has been a year since we posted a devotion on Excellent or Praiseworthy called “Good Experience” (February 4, 2008). It covers this very topic…
(Love) does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. — 1 Corinthians 13:6 When are you most proud of your spouse? Is it when they have won a well-earned award for some important accomplishment? Or is it when…
For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. — 1 Timothy 4:8 Most of us are familiar with waiting. We probably complain…
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend ca help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if…
If you have a copy of The Love Dare, and turn to Day 32, you will see that it does not say “Love Is Faithful.” It says “Love meets sexual needs.” I think you will agree, of the thirty-one days…
A man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. — Genesis 2:24 Failing to become independent of parents is not a problem we see too often in the…
“…At one time you surrendered yourselves entirely as slaves to impurity and wickedness for wicked purposes. In the same way you must now surrender yourselves entirely as slaves of righteousness for holy purposes...” — Romans 6:19 Surrender is a dirty…
Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. — John 17:11 I remember the first marriage seminar I went to at our base chapel—it was eye-opening…