Chapters

Life of Allison
Chapter 1
Enlistment - She joins the Army without consulting the person that knows more about her than her. Why she didn't pray about it, she'll never know, but this was definately a pivot point in her life. This marks some sort of point of no return. She was 18 years old.

Chapter 2
Deployment - After watching her parent's marriage crumble before her very eyes (actually, it had been breaking for several years), she is deployed to Afghanistan. It really wasn't a bad trade. She was severely depressed at the time. It was practically a way out. In a sleeping bag on the couch is where she spent most of her nights in the tiny two bedroom townhouse.

Chapter 3
Redeployment - Coming home from Afghanistan was another turning point in Allison's life. She made some choices while she was there that set her back in her eternal perspective. She had happiness but not joy. She hungered for joy. She wanted the peace she had when she was in primary.

Chapter 4
Final Kiss Goodbye - She departed from her old life on Christmas Eve 2006 thanks to strong friends and family to be examples in her life. Allison learned that to be strong, she needed to not rely on the arm of others.

Chapter 5
New Clothes, New Job - Allison received a new job working for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She will be assisting in their accounting department. Not only does she have this new job that will save her many pennies in gas, she is sporting a new suit case with white clothing designed for redeeming the dead. By doing this work, she has learned that she is once again in primary, once again six years old learning as a child would, starting over.

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I went to see Kung Fu Panda today, one last hurrah with Global Medical Staffing. The old turtle character said, "One often reaches their destiny on the path they use to avoid it."

I particularly like the third definition: the power that determines the course of events.

What is the destiny of the children of God?
What is the destiny of man?

Let's do some substitution.

What is the power that determines the course of events of the children of God?
What is the power that determines the course of events of man?

Simply put, it's Heavenly Father.

Did you know...

...Ruby Tuesday is a Rolling Stones song?

I didn't.