Chaplains Corner

As I sit to write this, my final article, I cannot believe how quickly the past three years have gone by. But then again, I cannot believe how quickly these last nine years in the Army have gone by or for that matter the years since becoming a husband and father and the list goes on. I have been so blessed to be a part of the 108th Training Command Family and now I am going to USARC as the Lord has opened that door.

My thoughts move back and forth between what has been and what is yet to come. Then I am reminded of another man who had a far more pressing end to one aspect of his life while anticipating his future. That man is the apostle Paul who wrote in the book of 2 Timothy his final letter before being executed as a Christian. What is amazing to me is that even though Paul, jailed in a cold prison with very little to show for his earthly material life makes this amazing statement in chapter  4 verses 6 through 8, “For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.