As many of you know I have a heart for the US military. I have always been a patriotic person, I tear up when I hear the Star Spangled Banner and I get up and put my hand over my heart (even when watching a DVD at home). I am so very thankful to be an American, and to live in a country where hundreds of thousands of men and women voluntarily give up their rights and freedoms to protect mine and to protect the ideals and spread the ideals around the world.
Having a lot of friends in the military is not always an easy thing. Military life is tough. It is tough for the military person and for those that love them and that live the lifestyle with them (spouses and kids). Right now our military members are under attack by the evil one (Satan). The suicide rate is sky-rocketing and that is just one of the myriad of reasons that I'm pursuing my PhD.
I'll graduate on May 9 with my M.A. in Pastoral Counseling and I plan to start right on working toward my PhD in Pastoral Counseling with a focus on military crisis intervention. I'm really excited that God is opening these doors for me, because I whole heartedly believe that our military members need and have earned the right to better psychological care. It is also my way of reaching to a people group that needs the Lord.
So as I work toward my degrees and I learn even more about the military and I hang out with my military friends I have to say that they are an inspiring group, and they have taught me so much about service, duty, dedication and love. For all that they do for us, each day I just want to say THANKS and GOD BLESS THE USA!!!!
The economy is taking the majority of time on the news, but let us not forget the sacrifices that are being quietly made by our military family each and every day.
-Paige-
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