And my God will supply all your needs,
according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
When
our son joined the Marine Corps, I had to face every parent’s biggest fear,
that one of my children might die. I knew he’d face deployment in the Middle
East—that was why he’d joined—and that I couldn’t keep him safe. This was
tough, because keeping him (along with my other two sons) safe had been my goal
for a long time. And all things counted, I hadn’t done too bad a job of it.
But facing
his deployment made me examine my belief that I’d spent the last 18 years
keeping him safe. Could I really claim that? I’d given him the tools to make
wise decisions, and I’d been around to prevent some mishaps, but not many. Had
I truly equipped him to face what was ahead?
