Yes, I say “Our” because their spouses are doing something for us.
It is a very hard life and can be so rough on a marriage when the spouse is gone for over a year and then comes home to find out in the next few months when he or she will be going back for another tour. I have seen the hardship first hand and I was speaking with a friend tonight who had it placed on her heart to try and help the families, to let them know she is here for them.
Do these families need encouragement and an ear for someone to listen? I believe they do. But where are they going to go to get it? Will it be online or would it be at church or out with the girls or guys? I know when my husband was deployed, we lived on base and the women came together with a Bible study group named P.W.O.C. Protestant Women of the Chapel. I would help babysit when the Catholics had their C.W.O.C. It was a place to come together and pray and learn and allow the Father to listen and heal their hearts and grow in the Word. The Lord is our strength. I was involved for three years while he was gone on and off. It was like a sisterhood. A place of refuge. Would a bible study be the place you would go or maybe a coffee once a week?
Do you know a place where our families who have spouses on hardship tours can go to get encouragement? If so, please let me know… others are reading who might not want to write in and by those who do, they see something familiar and will go. Whether it is online or in our community, please don’t be silent about what you know.
As I lay my head on the pillow tonight, I will be praying for the marriages of our Military and the children without their parent.
Blessings to all.
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