Faith Over Fear

For everyone born of God overcomes the world.This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. I John 5:4 (NIV)

My daughter has been deployed as an Air Force C-130 pilot since October. Every day since the wheels of the plane lifted off the runway at Pope Air Force Base, NC, and pulled my heart out of me, I have prayed to our heavenly Father that He would protect her and bring her home safely to me.

I am extremely proud of the path she has followed, and I believe that it is God's path for her. Ever since she was three years old, she reached for the stars. For most of her childhood, she wanted to be an astronaut, and I envisioned standing at Cape Canaveral saying goodbye to her for a long mission to Mars. Right now four months seems a lot longer than seven to ten years, but somehow hearing of her exploits flying 'in the box' in old broken-down planes has not been very reassuring!

What is reassuring to me is knowing that God is watching over her, and that He will protect her. My daily prayer is Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

There is such comfort in this prayer! My husband is active duty Navy, and time and time again when our military family did not know when the next set of orders would come, or where they would send us, I took reassurance in this promise from God. And now that our daughter has been deployed to war zones on the other side of the world, His promise strengthens my faith and overcomes my fear.

Lord, Help me to know that You do care about everything we face. Let me truly believe Your Word when You say " I know the plans I have for you" Help me also to trust Your plans for "hope and a future." Amen

Randi Klein