35 more days

¹ Praise be to the LORD my Rock,
who trains my hands for war,
my fingers for battle.

² He is my loving God and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples under me.

³ O LORD, what is man that you care for him,
the son of man that you think of him?

⁴ Man is like a breath;
his days are like a fleeting shadow.

⁵ Part your heavens, O LORD, and come down;
touch the mountains, so that they smoke.

⁶ Send forth lightning and scatter {the enemies};
shoot your arrows and rout them.

⁷ Reach down your hand from on high;
deliver me and rescue me
from the mighty waters,
from the hands of foreigners

⁸ whose mouths are full of lies,
whose right hands are deceitful.

⁹ I will sing a new song to you, O God;
on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,

¹⁰ to the One who gives victory to kings,
who delivers his servant Josiah1 from the deadly sword.

¹¹ Deliver me and rescue me
from the hands of foreigners
whose mouths are full of lies,
whose right hands are deceitful.

1 The Bible says David but I Remember it as something God does for me

the first 11 verses of Psalm 144 keep being playing though my mind. I pray that God would train my hands for battle, and that what I do over there would matter over here.

When something big is coming, like a trip to another part of the world, something that you know will change your like, to the point that at some times you want to back down because you know how good your life is now, that is, until you tell your self that God has a plan and that whatever happens it is for his plan. This filling is one of the most madding fillings you can have. expectation, anticipation, dread, fear, all flowing in your mind at the same time. It is at times like this that you have to let go. God knows best. As soon as you lose sight of that all the filling, and double guessing starts back up.

Besides my filling I am hoping to get promoted before I leave, all I have left to do is a PT test and one more online test. I will let people know when this happens.

God Bless, PVT Josiah A. Wallis

Two Long Days

The first thing I am going to do on each post is talk about something that God has made me think of. God has really be moving my heart with the last verse of the song, "In Christ Alone" this is one of my favorite songs, the last verse says,

No gilt in life, no fear in death

This is the power of Christ in me;

From life's first cry to final breath,

Jesus commands my destiny.

no power of hell no scheme of man

can ever pluck me from his hand;

Till He returns or calls me home,

Here in the power of Christ I'll Stand.

Going into the army as infinity this is a great song; no fear in death, I do not have to fear death, yet welcome it, if that is what God wants for me. Jesus commands my destiny, no matter what happens God is ruling. No scheme of man can ever pluck me from his hand, I am safe, and nothing can change that. This last verse of the song I have written in the front of my Bible so I will always remember it.

Most people never try to eat breakfast at 4:30 am. And there is a reason. At 4:30 you are not hungry, you just want to go to sleep. The Bacon, sausage, and potatoes that I would have enjoyed usually were so unwelcome at that hour that I felt almost like regurgitating, however I forced my self to eat them knowing that I would need the food to get past the day. As I ate I talked to my room mate. He was trying to get into the MP (military Police). He knew I am a Christian. It's strange, when you are going into the MEPS station you fell so exposed. Usually you would not think of this as a good thing, however for me it was great, why? because that means that everyone else is exposed, so I would start talking to them as we waited to see the doctor, "So what do you want to do in the army/navy/usmc/air force?" they would say something like, "I want to be an ground controller for the air force. (be the person calling in air-strikes)" and then they would have to ask me what I wanted to do, I have them now! "I believe that God is calling me to go into the infinity men." Now I did not go into a complete gospel message, why not? because that would have pushed them away, however they now know I am a Christian, and hopefully they would see the way I act backed up what I had said.

30 days later I was sitting in the same inn cafe at the same time eating more of the same food. This time however I was there to join the army, not just get over another optical. This time my room-mate was a Christian. Last night we had worked out in our room as the Penguins took down Boston 3-0. It was one of the best workout I have ever had. The next day I had another workout, this one more a workout of the mind. The Army had me going to one place just to have me go back to where I started, This lasted for about half the day. Then It was done, I was in, all that was left was to swear in, however my mom could not make it until the 1500 (3:00) swear in. So I waited. As the time came close my mom and brother showed up, then my dad and a good friend, who I knew was coming showed up with a surprise, my best friend who lived about 5 hours away. I was stunned to see him. After a little time I was called to swear in Here are the words I said...

I, Josiah A. Wallis, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.

And So I joined the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

As the name of this blog says this is a story about two army, but more importantly it's about two wars. You may be asking yourself, "Is this some sort of fiction that he is going to be telling us?" The answer in NO, this blog will be a telling of my life as I am a part of two armies. The first army is a army I am almost in, The U.S. Army, most of what I will say will be about what I do in this army. The second army is the Army of God, this army is far more imported then the first.

So why am I going in to the U.S. Army? The greatest reason is because the people are so lost, I hope to be a light to the darkness that is the 11B, or the infantry, some have asked me why no go in as a chaplain? Because by most view chaplains as "that holy guy" The Chaplain is some one who comes to them every so often and tells them about Jesus. But as one of them, I will be living with them and working with them, they will be trapped with me and there will be little they can do about it.

So now you have my reasons that I am writing this. I pray that you will keep reading as I keep posting, and that you would gain from what I write.

Josiah A. Wallis