Boom Boom, I do not know what to say... I really do not see it as giving one vocation up. I think that God was calling me to be a Priest, which allowed Steph to relax around me. This is what needed to happen for us to get as close as we did. I am still considering becoming a deacon, but we will see where I am when I am 35. If you would like I could call you on a regular basis to make sure that you are home... I doubt it will be as comforting as someone actually waiting for you to be home. Are all the officers in your company married? Surely not... You should find a group of bachelors and set up a rotating dinner schedule, or drinking schedule whatever the case may be. Or perhaps a workout schedule where you and your fellow officers workout everyday at 5:00 or 5:30. Just some thoughts. As strange as it is most of us need some type of structure in our life to avoid depression. I wish you the best of luck. Call me if you need to talk.
Greetings from down under
anonymous
May 8 2007, 12:15:10 UTC
(obviously I don't indulge in any after dark activities else I'd be out getting tippled. Like you and Bruce and Andy did all the time :). Glad to see I am in their hallowed company :)
Hang in there bud. You're homesick and you're grieving the loss of the life you knew, the life where you grew and blossomed. I have a sense once you've come to Cola and then left agian, it might be a little better.
The deeper questions will always remain -- and the central thing: your relationship with God -- will be crucial as you transition to full-time military life.
What you're going through is a kind of death. But death for Christians is not the end but the beginning of new life. Possibly cold comfort now, but think about it.
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I do not know what to say... I really do not see it as giving one vocation up. I think that God was calling me to be a Priest, which allowed Steph to relax around me. This is what needed to happen for us to get as close as we did. I am still considering becoming a deacon, but we will see where I am when I am 35. If you would like I could call you on a regular basis to make sure that you are home... I doubt it will be as comforting as someone actually waiting for you to be home. Are all the officers in your company married? Surely not... You should find a group of bachelors and set up a rotating dinner schedule, or drinking schedule whatever the case may be. Or perhaps a workout schedule where you and your fellow officers workout everyday at 5:00 or 5:30. Just some thoughts. As strange as it is most of us need some type of structure in our life to avoid depression. I wish you the best of luck. Call me if you need to talk.
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Hang in there bud. You're homesick and you're grieving the loss of the life you knew, the life where you grew and blossomed. I have a sense once you've come to Cola and then left agian, it might be a little better.
The deeper questions will always remain -- and the central thing: your relationship with God -- will be crucial as you transition to full-time military life.
What you're going through is a kind of death. But death for Christians is not the end but the beginning of new life. Possibly cold comfort now, but think about it.
Peace out,
G
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