It amazes me sometimes just how the Lord works. His timing is not our timing. Darby and I have been praying that he would shoot a 300 in bowling. He went through a rather lengthy drought. Last night, God answered that prayer and Darby was able to see rain again. His 36th perfect game. I am so happy for him. It shows that God does care about the little things in our lives. God does care about our hobbies. God wants to give us smile times. Unfortunately I was not able to be with Darby for this exciting time. I had to work. I do wish I had been there, but I can still celebrate with him.
It reminds me of how privilaged I am. I have MANY friends that are military spouses, and they are seperated from their spouse a lot. In some military marriages the spouses spend more time apart than they do together. These couples (and families) make numerous sacrifices in order to serve America. As much as I love the military, and I love our military families, and I want to serve them in every way I can, I know that I am probably not strong enough to be a military spouse. Or maybe it is that I am just selfish. I like having my husband home. I already hate my work schedule because I am home while D is working, and then I go to work about the time he gets home.
Yet, I know that my husband is safe (well as safe as an accident prone person can be on a construction site). Military spouses don't always have that. I think maybe that is part of the reason why I want to serve our military families, why I focus on counseling military families. I am so thankful for what they do, for the sacrifices they make, to do their part to help keep America safe.
Just when I was feeling sorry for myself, that I couldn't be there for Darby's big moment, God reminded me of how blessed I am. I have my husband here, I can hug and kiss him. God really is the giver of little things. God is the master at reminding us of just how blessed we all are. Thank you Lord, for being the God that cares about everything.
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