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We are who God says we are, not the words the world uses to label us. After I left home and got married to a man in the military, everywhere I went, I was labeled as a “military wife.” I wasn’t sure at first what that meant, but I quickly found out that I would be alone a lot, learn to be independent in new places and basically a single mother for much of the childrearing years. I learned that that label carries with it sacrifice and a lot of tears. But I also learned that it led me to lean closer to God. He was my husband when my spouse was deployed, sometimes a year at a time. God was the One I clung to when the children were in the ER. And He always sent a friend to stand beside me, taking me to the ER or even to the maternity ward when I was having a baby while my husband was thousands of miles away. So, when the world said I was “only a military wife”, I knew that meant I was honored to be a part of the mission that my husband was on, keeping the things at home stable for the children and for him when he got home again. We do what God has set before us to do, knowing that God gives us the label of His precious child and that He will look over us in spite of life’s challenges. The label of “military wife” did not define me; rather, it challenged me to be the best military wife I could be as I threw myself into volunteer work, caring for our three children, packing and unpacking twenty five times and all while doing my best to nurture the children in loving the Lord and seeing His hand in our moves and their opportunity to meet new friends. Whatever label the world puts on you, don’t let it define you but rather let it be the impetus to be exactly what God created you to be, a Christian with a vision and a mission.