Faith Deployed
FAITH DEPLOYED: Daily Encouragement for Military Wives Paperback, 272 pages Jocelyn Green’s encouraging words will resonate with you as you experience daily the unique demands of military life – in a culture that largely does not understand your stressful lifestyle. She’s been there. And she knows both the privileges and hardships that come with being a military wife. Endorsements for Faith Deployed Faith Deployed should be essential reading for everyone whose husband serves in uniform. – Tom Neven, editorial director, Focus on the Family; Marine Corps veteran, and author of On the Frontline. One of those rare books that totally delivers what it promises – daily encouragement for those brave, unsung heroes who are called to be military wives. – Ron Holecheck, director, The Navigators Military Ministry; vice president, The U.S. Navigators. I’m excited for all those who needed such a a book as this – who knows what new heights it can bring to our relationships with God, our husbands, and our communities? – Starlett Henderson, coauthor of Field Problems and cohost of Army Wife Talk Radio. Excerpts from Faith Deployed Choosing Hope Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 What is it that you hope for? Perhaps it is the safety of your husband, 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 that your faith is giving way to doubt, you are not alone. The theme of hope runs throughout both the Old and New Testaments. Hebrews 11 honors heroes of the faith for righteousness even when they could not see the end result. Verse 11 says, “By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of her life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.” If you remember the story as it is told in Genesis, you will recall that Sarah had such a hard time allowing herself to hope that God would keep His promise of giving her a son, that she gave her handmaiden Hagar to Abraham to have a son through her. She took the matter into her own hands before the Lord’s plan came to fruition. And yet, after she had waited for years, God still kept His promise and allowed her to give birth to Isaac, who would be the father of countless generations. In our darkest hours, what we believe about God is the only thing that can sustain us. Our hope should be placed in God’s character not in our outward circumstances. When we have no answers to the “Why” questions, it is our answer to “Who” – our knowledge of God and assurance that He is sovereign – that keeps us going. “In all my trials, it has become quite clear that I have a choice,” says Army Chaplain wife Rebekah Benimoff. “I could take all my pain and grief and unanswered questions and truthfully, honestly submit them to El-Shaddai, ‘The God Who is Sufficient for His People,’ or I could choose to turn away from Him and become resentful. I could choose Hope – or I could choose to walk away from hope. How could I choose hopelessness, when there is such HOPE to be found? I find myself crying out to Him, saying, ‘God, I cannot do this on my own.’ I choose hope despite what I cannot understand. I choose to believe that God is who He says He is, despite what my circumstances are.” Ask Pray |
