Spiritual Support for Military Wives

by Kathy Guzzo

Have you ever wondered if God is really listening to you, or felt like your prayers were bouncing off the ceiling? I know I have. However, according to Psalm 91:15 God promises he will answer the cries of those who truly love him and call out to him. The real problem for most of us is that although we love him, we can’t always accept that he may not answer our cries the way we’d like him too.

I can look back to many troubling situations in my own life where I felt God got it wrong because a specific prayer didn’t get answered the way I felt it should, but now I can look back at those same situations and see how God’s solution was exceedingly better than my plan. We all need to remember is that if he hears us call out to him, and we know he does, he will answer, so we must trust.

There are numerous times in the Bible when we see God answer a cry for help in an unexpected way. He provided a ram for Isaac; caused the walls of Jericho to fall down; closed the mouths of the lions for Daniel; David, a shepherd boy, killed Goliath; Moses led the Israelites; and Lazarus was raised from the dead. All these incidences are a result of people crying out to God for help and he answered them in the way that not only was best but that would give glory to him.

The next part of this verse promises more than rescue from trouble, he promises he will be with us in trouble. Isn’t it great to know that in the midst of a crisis in our lives, we aren’t alone, he’s walking along side us to support and guide us each step until we are delivered?

During the continual emotional ups and downs of my son’s deployments I needed my husband as well as other Blue Star moms to walk beside me, because I knew they understood the roller coaster ride I was enduring. However, as important as their presence was in my life at that time, more vital to my surviving each day was knowing that God was with me in the midst of my trouble. I was able to hold onto and trust him in a way that I couldn’t rely on my husband or other moms. Yes it was great to have others to listen to, encourage, and prayer for me as I shared my struggles, however, they had no power in themselves to fix anything. What I needed to do, hour by hour, was share those same struggles with God knowing he was not only listening, he was on the journey with me as he rescued me from all my fears.

Regardless of the prayers you are praying today don’t put God in a box. Remember he has a large variety of ways and methods to answer, protect and deliver. So, if you love God with all your heart, he’s always walking beside you waiting for you to cry out to him so he can lovingly and patiently rescue you while answering your prayers in the way only he knows is best.

Psalm 91:15 “He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him…”

1 John 5:14-15 “ This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

About the Author:
Kathy Guzzo is the mother of four adult children and the author of several articles for military families, including the brochure, “Deployment: What’s A Family To Do?” She is a contributor to Faith Deployed. . . Again: More Daily Encouragement for Military Wives (Moody Publishers 2011). Her son served in the USMC from 2004-2008, which included deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan. She is the coordinator for Hope at Home Ministry in Rockford, Illinois, serving women with loved ones in the military. She also writes a bi-weekly newsletter sharing encouragement and resources with women across the country. Kathy and her husband of thirty-two years, Mickey, live in Rockford, Illinois.

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