Identity Crisis

A couple of months have passed since I've posted.  Transition is an on-going process for most of us.  Some soldiers are able to adapt quickly others don't.  Unfortunately we fall under the category "don't"!

Although my husband has been home for 15 months, it's been very challenging for all of us.  He is now a retired veteran.  It's been very difficult for him to embrace that his career as an infantry soldier is over.  While others would be rejoicing about their retirement, he's not.

My husband has been in the military since he was 18 yrs old.  He is now 46.  Army life is all he's known.  Despite the dangers he faced, there was a sense of purpose that kept him going.  Being that he is now retired, he feels he has no purpose.  He is facing an identity crisis.  

I know who God made him to be but it's a matter of my husband recognizing it once again.  When I met my husband he was a man on fire for the LORD.  He is a worshiper and called to shepherd (Pastor).  He is God's soldier!

His identity has been stolen by the enemy and has deceived my husband that he will never be who God says he is.  But the devil is a liar!  

So this is one of the battles that I am fighting on my knees.  There are many women who are in this position as well.  Let us lock arms and fight this together in prayer.  Amen?