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Hope for the Home Front: Winning the Emotional and Spiritual Battles of a Military Wife by Marshele Carter Waddell explores the emotional and spiritual battlegrounds common in the experience of today’s military wife.

Hope for the Home Front speaks from the author’s personal experiences and offers Scriptural encouragement to millions of others who bear similar burdens of fear, loneliness, anger, disappointment, temptation, frequent moves, single parenting and separation from loved ones.

Endorsements for Hope for the Home Front

Hope for the Home Front should be required reading for anyone who wants their marriage to thrive under the very real pressures of military life. This 20-year successful military wife shares the secret to lasting-strength and faith. – Dr. D. Gregory Wark, executive director, Force Ministries, Inc.

To witness the work of grace that God has done in the lives of Mark and Marshele Waddell is a revelation of God’s love and power. After reading this Spirit-inspired book, I commend Marshele and Hope for the Home Front to the family members and friends of all military personnel. – Pastor Richard Jackson, pastor emeritus, North Phoenix Baptist Church

Hope for the Home Front is a timely resource for the military spouse who deals with the uncertainty and chaos of being left behind. It’s not just another book about surviving military life, but it is an encouraging exhortation to draw upon God’s loving resources. – Captain and Mrs. Bruce Scott, USNR (ret), The Navigators Military Ministry Staff

Excerpts from Hope for the Home Front

“Nearly nineteen years of marriage to a military man have brought with it many trials and crises, all opportunities to learn to trust and fear only God. His Word tells me that “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” (Job 1: 21). My husband, my children, my health, my home and my future are gifts from God for this life only. I am learning to let go of Mark and all else that is dear to me here. The safest place for my treasures is in God’s hands, not mine.
The number of Mark’s days was ordained, determined before one of them came to be, regardless if he is a gunslinger or if he sits behind a desk and pushes papers. The number and quality of all my days are equally in His loving control. Mark’s job is demanding and dangerous. The amount of danger he faces, however, in no way alters God’s sovereignty. In contrast, it serves to keep my will on the altar.”
- From Chapter One, “Facing Fear with Faith”

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