Never get too Comfortable

No, it was not an April Fool's joke and that's the sad part.

I woke this morning to find an email from our unit saying that our brigade had suffered a casualty during the night. This is the first loss we've had since last October. I suppose with our soldiers' redeployment so close we've all become a little too comfortable in that knowledge, as if nothing bad can touch them now that they're this close to home.

But for one family the knock on the door they received was not a terrible April Fool's joke. It was tragically real and sad and painful. My prayers are with that family. How heart-breaking it must be to be nearing the end of a horrible 14 month deployment, feeling energized that it is almost over, anticipating the reunion, to have those dreams ripped away from you.

The worst can happen at anytime so live each day as if it is your last, always aware that it very well could be. And have faith that God will see you through.