Choose Life

I've been praying for the folks at Ft. Hood in the aftermath of the terrifying killings. Already the challenges stretch those families too far and now this grief and fear.
A memory emerges of a woman whose husband was posted at Ft. Hood. A young mother whose child was sick ... she was ovewhelmed by all of it: the heat, the incessant crying of her baby, the strange surroundings of a new military culture. One night she climbed on the roof of their base housing and wept in despair. She wanted to run away. She wanted to end it all. She wanted to do so many things. But she chose to climb down, go back in the house and hold her baby.
So many people face unacceptable challenges with faith, hope and love. Thank God for their witness.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life ... Deuteronomy 30: 19