What a week of intense battles here...as I write this I got to welcome back so many of my Soldiers...I cant say how many went on this mission for OP SEC reasons, but they all came back. I cant tell you how much I have prayed for their well being.
Rest seems to be a re-occurring theme in my life...I remember writing racing to rest a year ago, and here I am tonight, very weary from the pace of life, and yet so excited at what God is doing that I don't seem to mind. But I wanted to share my devotion this month with you, it is borrowed from Sarah Young's Jesus is Calling
Rest in me, my child. This time devoted to Me is meant to be peaceful, not stressful. You don't have to perform in order to receive my love. I have boundless, unconditional Love for you. How it grieves Me to see My children working for Love: trying harder and harder, yet never feeling good enough to be loved.
Be careful that your devotion to Me does not become another form of works. I want you to come into my presence joyfully and confidently. You have nothing to fear, for you wear my own righteousness. Gaze into My Eyes, and you will see no condemnation, only love and delight in the one I see. Be blessed as my face shines radiantly upon you, giving you peace.
As I reflect on these thoughts it has repeatedly occurred to me, that not a bullet, not a bomb, not a bad guy, can take my life without the one who holds it granting them permission. While I do wear my body armor, (I am not an idiot) I do not place my faith in it to save me while I walk the streets of J-Bad or Nangahar.
As I prepare to start traveling up North into the "the Valley of the Shadow" I truly fear no evil...and that just makes everything so okay.
I have gazed into the eyes of my Lord..he has looked back at me with love acceptance and forgiveness...and to that I say Hooah...now where exactly is that water pistol as we charge hell...oh well who needs it anyway....BY COURAGE AND ARMS!
Be Blessed my friends, for I am!
My God has shown me my future..and it is hand in hand with him in this life enjoying the goodness of His Gift to me!
Just Troy
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