Hey all!
Today's study was entitled "Give Thanks In Want". The readings were from Habakkuk 3:17-19, Romans 8: 35-39, 2 Corinthians 4: 7-18.
I enjoyed reading this one because this is what I have been focusing on doing daily since Zach left. I have been trying to give thanks for my blessings during this time while I'm wanting him to be with me so badly.
For me it's been easiest to look around at others and see how they have it worse. Someone will always have it worse, you just have to look around enough and open your heart to others. My 'others' are all the women who loose their husbands. Some spouses don't have the hope any longer of seeing their husbands again when they return from deployment. I also think about the wives whose husband's have violated their marriage while they've been away. They will never have the bond they did before deployment again. This is such a hard road that we're on, but there are still others who have it worse. After you've found someone that has it worse, pray for them.
I've always loved Romans 8: 35-39, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: 'For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.' No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Nothing that could ever happen to us can ever separate us from the love God.
Much Love,
Ashley
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