Thank God for...

Technology!
I was fortunate enough to talk to my husband a lot in the past few days, and I'm just so thankful that we can talk. My dad was in the Navy when I was a little girl, and my mom would have to go months on end without talking to him. I was little enough that I don't remember but I can just imagine how trying it must have been for her at times. I have 2 younger sisters and we are all 18months apart. I know that if my parents (who have been married for 26 years now) could survive that, then I can definitely survive this deployment. :)
I'm also really thankful that the man I married is a Godly man. He is by no means perfect, but he tries, and in some ways I can see how this deployment is helping our marriage grow. For years now I've been reading and using the book "Power of a Praying Wife" and this evening my husband told me he is now reading the counterpart, "Power of a Praying Husband". I can't possibly explain how happy that makes me. I hope that he gets as much out of his book as I have out of mine, and let me just say that prayer works. I honestly don't think that we would be married today, or at least we wouldn't be happily married today, without all the praying we have both done for each other and for our marriage. And we're still praying. I have every intention of being happily married to my husband for the rest of our lives, but I know that we can only accomplish that if we are both praying and seeking God first. If God is for us, then who can stand against us? :)