Veterans/Retirees: Were you religious when you served? How did religion help you?

SPC Margaret Higgins — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:23:38 -0400

Response by SCPO David Lockwood made Sep 11 at 2015 8:08 AM

SCPO David Lockwood — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:08:28 -0400

I wasn't overly religious but I did attend church every Sunday and prayed every night. I guess the comfort in knowing that God was always there helped me get through the long deployments and the rough spots in my career.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 11 at 2015 8:08 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:08:53 -0400

I can tell you there was standing room only at the Airborne Chapel the day before our first training jump...

Response by SFC Terry Fortune made Sep 11 at 2015 10:09 AM

SFC Terry Fortune — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:09:52 -0400

Yes, It keep me going.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Sep 11 at 2015 12:28 PM

LTC Stephen F. — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:28:49 -0400

I was not really religious. However my faith in God which is based on a personal daily relationship with Him sustained me. The more I placed my faith absolutely in Him the greater He worked in my life from healing me from shingles and a prostate infection after Fort Benning doctors misdiagnosed me; He sovereignly raising my infant son from the dead at 6 months even after I argued with Him; He convinced me to not give up during the buy out in October 1992 and led me to a wonderful career plus gave me childhood dream back by allowing me to serve in the military in the USAR and get promoted to LTC after being passed over twice just in time for me to serve after 9/11/2001; and He healed me on the operating room table at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2003 after I lost 15 units of blood. Those of are some of the highlights of what God did for me as I served His people as a teacher and usher from 1989 until the present.