Third Monday of Advent, 2011

Monday, December 12, 2011


I left off last week expressing how this year has challenged and inspired me to take a closer look at my relationships and myself. It's been a few days since I have read and reflected on the scriptures Advent has brought forth; naturally, I figured I would do it today and write another blog.

It seems that most of this years’ readings are from the book of Isaiah. What is interesting to me about this is that I have now come across three scriptures that found me earlier in the year. When my husband had been deployed for about a week, I prayed for something I could give to him that he could reflect on when he was having a rough day. This is what I was given:

"but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." -Isaiah 40:31


I started to include this and a few other scriptures, into the letters I wrote him. Despite the distance, emotional roller coaster, fear, loneliness and stress (amongst other things) that grace us all during deployments, I feel that having written it every day helped me to think about it. Thinking about it led me to acting on it; and acting on it gave me the strength and desire to be steadfast and patient.

Having come across this again as the year comes to an end; I can’t help but think how much I unknowingly needed that scripture. Andrew and I have spent most of the year apart; a few months of it only being able to talk every three weeks. There were so many days where I was exhausted and frustrated that I could not talk to him when I really needed to. God has shown me that no matter how tough the road is, no matter how tired and impatient I am, that He will make me the rock my family needs me to be.