Will last longer than 40 days. Not unlike Christ, I am in the wilderness away from those I love and hold dear. The reason for this is the Army which has sent me to Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri for what will be five months of training as an Engineer Officer.
This post is one of the most isolated in the Army and perhaps, that is appropriate considering the season that is upon us. The surrounding area, time available, and absence of most distractions presents a unique opportunity for discernment and spritiual growth. Lessons already learned include the fact that I have grown beyond whoever it is I once was. My family is the focus of my life, their absence is a source of pain, pain that hopefully will also purify and bring into greater focus my love for and responsibility to my wife and children.
So now I turn my time to prayer, discernment, internal development, and spending time with my family in whatever way I am able. A time of prayer and purification awaits.
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