Our Soldier

This morning my son in law boarded a plane in Chattanooga Tennessee bound for Fort Dix, New Jersey and then to Iraq. He is deploying for one year. He is attached to the Army National Guard 252 MP company. This unit will be helping train the Iraqi police force.
Even though you know soemthing like this is coming nothing prepares you for it. You can’t be prepared because it is a leap into the unknown. An unknown place, a unknown people, an unknown enemy. When you face the unknown it produces worry and fear. The level of worry is deep because it involves the life of someone you love and admire dearly. It is a precious life put constantly in harms way.
As a Christian I know that faith is a key element when you face the unknown. Even though it is difficult to put the worry aside faith brings a calm and peace. Faith enables one to live and take one day at a time. As Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount-”Why worry about tommorrow. each day has enough worry of it’s own”.

Allan Jenkins