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MN Christian Prayer Thread - Dippy's Back! Prayers for New Beginnings as a New Academic Year Commences ......

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CaptainDippy · 25/08/2011 08:27

Grin

I know I would appreciate prayers as I face the prospect that the Littlest Dippy starts school in a few short weeks (w/c 12th Sept to be precise). Feeling a little wobbly to say the least ......

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madhairday · 08/11/2011 18:43

PLease pray for a dear friends son and DIL, they had a 20 week scan which showed the baby's heart had not developed so have to go in for a termination tomorrow :(

SweetestThing · 08/11/2011 18:50

Prayers for all as I read through, from poorly toes to loss of a beloved baby. Thank you for all your prayers for our friend Carl - funeral is on Thursday but I won't be up to going, so DH will represent us both.

Got a phone call from the Marsden today to confirm I am officially in remission and that they don't need to scan me to confirm. have blogged here. I know I should be elated and giving thanks but somehow I don't feel like it - it doesn't feel real somehow and that makes me feel terribly ungrateful to everyone, my family, the wonderful medical staff and to God.

Bluetinkerbell · 08/11/2011 18:51

I will pray mhd so sad :( brings back all the memories... if they need someone to talk about it let me know!

ZipadiSoozi · 08/11/2011 20:06

madhairday - such sad news, prayers as your friends go through their personal trauma.

Sweetest - Wow, may I say congratulations, but don't worry about feeling 'ungrateful' you deserve to feel how you like, you have been through so much, I'm not surprised you have mixed feelings, you are also dealing with someone who has died, so your mind has understandably bitter sweet moments.

I know of someone who felt bereft after having cancer, it was her cancer and in an extreme way she felt lost without it, it had been her lifestyle for a long time, she had been through so much, she couldn't explain why she wasn't as happy as she thought she might be, plus she said the worry doesn't stop, although she felt it was the beginning of a new different lifestyle a sort of second chance to get things the way she wanted in life. Can I just add that was 7 years ago and she is absolutely fine.

Prayers for you Sweetest as you adjust to being well, I don't know if amber can help you with your feelings Smile I hope I haven't spoke out of term xx

DutchOma · 08/11/2011 21:01

Oh Sweetest, I am pleased for you, but can very well understand that it hasn't sunk in. Take your feelings gently, don't rush to feel one thing or another, but try and stay close to the Lord, take some time.
MHD what very sad news, praying for your friends and for you too Blue, everything wil come flooding back for you and your grief will be raw again as you grieve for friends of friends.

blackeyedsusan · 08/11/2011 22:13

sweetest, that is great news. it will take a while to sink in though after being on tenter hooks for so long.

mhd Sad

parents are going to the funeral tomorrow. it is like they are on an island and bits of it keep falling off into the sea. not sure when their bit will drop off. Mum has lost 2 sisters who died suddenly and one of their husbands. dad has lost 3 siblings now and a couple of the spouses. one of dads siblings is not expected to live. also lost a cousin. both my parents have had cancer or cancer scares recently and their cardiovascular systems are a bit dodgy one way or another. I am slightly stressed over the whole issue.

TotallyUnheardOf · 08/11/2011 22:31

MHD - that is so very sad. Your poor friends. I am praying that they find the strength to get through this awful time.

Blue - prayers for you too. It must be so hard to be taken back to your own sorrow. And how wonderful you are to think of what you can do to help others through your own grief.

Sweetest - I am so pleased that you are officially in remission. I guess it will sink in slowly. But you have been through so much that it's hardly surprising that you have mixed feelings today. Prayers for your continued recovery.

Susan - So sorry to hear of your losses and your worries for your parents. Praying for good health for them, and peace of mind for you.

DutchOma · 09/11/2011 07:17

BES did you manage to see the doctor? What you say is all about loss and you have suffered so much of it lately and not only loss of relatives. How is the church situation now?

madhairday · 09/11/2011 09:21

Dearest Blue, it is so lovely and so typical of you to think of others amidst your own grieving, thankyou. I think they have a lot of support, but it must be the most terrible of days :( Praying for you too.x

Sweetest - just to join with the others to say I am so pleased to hear you are in remisssion, but yes you will have mixed feelings about it, when you live with an illness it necessarily becomes like a part of you, not particularly a wanted or embraced part but a part nonetheless, and it would be hard I think to begin to seperate yourself from this identity. Take it slowly and be kind to yourself, don't berate yourself for these feelings. You have been through such a lot.

BES - praying for your parents and for you.

mufti · 09/11/2011 09:22

a prayer of thanks to GOD for the little miracle, L, born to a couple who have believed and waited so long for him.

blackeyedsusan · 09/11/2011 14:03

how are you doing blue?

do. been to the drs. got to collect more samples. she thinks that it may be too early for him to have gron out of it yet, or it is an infection as he did improve for a bit. things wwent backwards over half term. going back to the gp to see if we can get support for his behaviour after h left.

h is coming tomorrow to collect some info he needs for his job.

JentlyDoesIt · 09/11/2011 18:38

hello all :)

Goodness, I've been awol for a long time haven't I? I am so very sorry. I'm trying desperately to catch up with you all.

Sweetest - what fabulous news to return to the thread on - congratulations :)

Blue - I'm so sorry to hear about your losses. Love and prayers to you

MHD - such sad news as well. Many prayers for your friends.

Big waves to Dippy, Sooz, Darling Oma and you all.

We are ok, our merry band of 3 at the moment. The 1 year anniversary of DP's incarceration is fast approaching and I cannot believe where the time has gone. May the next year be as quick.

DS has just turned 5 and started school, such a big boy now! and DD goes with him next Sept or in her words "I go next 'member with my Bruvver" :o
Both kids are a joy and my strength.

I am giving thanks at the moment for my friend and her DP who have got to the magic 12 week mark after a MMC in May this year.

Bed time beckons, back soon for more catching up :) x

PositiveAttitude · 09/11/2011 18:53

Hi jently nice to "see" you. Smile

How are you today MHD?

Prayers for you all as I read through.

DutchOma · 09/11/2011 19:55

Lovely to hear from you Jently.

Bluetinkerbell · 09/11/2011 21:13

mhd you know me so well :) that's exactly me, always thinking of the others first! always there to help someone... and most of the time forgetting myself...
I hope your friends DS and DIL had a gentle day with lots of love and support to ease them through this difficult time. I hope they had the chance, if they wanted to, to meet their darling baby and say goodbye.

thank you bes I'm doing fine actually, and that's meant to be as in actually yes I am doing fine, not the one where people say they're fine and they're not. I still have days where I am sad or have a cry, but most of the time, I can look back to what happened and feel ok about it. I know that my darling Sterre was given to me for a purpose and although I miss her dearly and would have loved her here with me, I know she is in a good place.

I had an interesting conversation with DD this morning. She asked if she could have another baby, one that she could play with and help change nappies and help feed. So I promised her that yes one day she will have another baby but that it might take a while because it needs to grow in me first :) She talks about Sterre all the time and will always remember her. But she will be such a good big sister for a baby to keep in our arms. She is excellent with little ones. :)

This morning as well DD noticed my poppy on my coat and she said oh Mummy you'r wearing a poppy. So I asked her if she knew why people wear them. She looked at me and said yes, to remember the people who died, like Sterre. She is so clever :) makes me very proud. I did explain that it was mostly to remember people who died in wars, but think concept of war is a bit difficult to understand, so said people who fight.

jently good to see you again! been following your blog and on FB!

right, that's enough waffling!

will pray for everyone!

blackeyedsusan · 11/11/2011 07:22

h is coming back today to get more info. and to drive me insane by leaving all the lights on and left the computer while we all went out for tea and asked lots of questions just as i was leaving for school

blackeyedsusan · 11/11/2011 11:19

AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

see previous post. ^^^^

forms and h combined are not a good combination.

SweetestThing · 11/11/2011 11:24

Thank you for your understanding messages about my reaction to being in remission - chatted to my GP about it, which helped, and I am seeing my psychologist next week to go through everything.

blue reading about your DD brought tears to my eye - what a lovely post!

Carl's funeral went amazingly well yesterday as a wonderful celebration of a full life, lived to the full and leaving many happy memories behind. DH couldn't even get into the crematorium, there were so many people there. His DDs were incredibly brave - one sang a solo and the other read the eulogy. What strength.

Prayers for everyone and wishing God's blessing and love on you all. I get such comfort from this thread.

amberlight · 11/11/2011 13:14

Sweetest, I can SO understand what you mean. When they told me that mine had been chemicalled to heck and surgeried to death and was effectively now gone, I think I was supposed to be filled with joy. But in reality I'm just exhausted and covered in scars and have no hair of note and can't use one arm very well. Especially with another year of preventative stuff ahead of me and all the nosebleeds and etc I'm having at the moment because of the preventative stuff. And there's no guarantees that things will stay gone/stable, so it's sort of like being in the eye of a hurricane and waiting for the next bit to whip round any moment? All whilst being Very Cheerful otherwise people get cross with me for Not Being Cheerful. Well, not everyone does, but it's scary when it happens. Confused

Hi everyone else. I do read. I'm not good at posting at the moment. I do pray, too.

SweetestThing · 11/11/2011 13:26

Amber, that is exactly how I feel - you put it into words brilliantly. I feel ungrateful that I am not jumping up and down, shouting "Yippee!" but every twinge I have makes me think it's come back or spread, and I know I have a long way to go with my facial palsy before I look anything like normal.

It's just so very tiring.

blackeyedsusan · 11/11/2011 14:36

I am so tired. it is all very hard today. tears of exhaustion and frustration have been/are being shed. a hole shed load of littlish things are really getting to me today and memories stirred up.

thejaffacakesareonme · 11/11/2011 16:15

A prayer for all those who have lost someone in conflicts, and also for those who have been injured and their friends and families. You hear so many stories of bravery and sadness at this time of year.

WisteriaWoman · 11/11/2011 20:10

Hello friends,
Can I wander in and ask for a prayer please. I have real problems with my sis
and haven't spoken to her for months because she always makes me so cross.
Eg: today she suggested to our elderly mum that my dad (suffering from dementia) is moved to a care home 50 miles away because the care is so good and its cheaper than the current home which is close me and mum. Shock I just can't understand her.
Don't know what to do - so prayers can only help. Smile
BTW last year you all kindly prayed when dad went into care - your prayers worked and he's settled in (finally) and we've all accepted it.

Thank you as always.

Jently - welcome back good to hear you've got through the first year ((( quick wave))

TotallyUnheardOf · 11/11/2011 20:34

Prayers for your mum and dad, WW. I remember him going into the care home and I'm so glad that he has settled in. Prayers too for understanding and communication with your sister.

It's good to hear from you, Jently. Well done on getting this far. Prayers that the rest of the time passes quickly for you.

Sweetest and amber... It must be such an anxious time for you, and it seems totally natural to me that you are not just jumping up and down and shouting 'Yippee'. I think that the people who think you should be may be projecting what would make them feel better. It's a long journey you are on, but you have turned a corner... and I pray that it soon feels a little less of an uphill struggle for you both.

BES - sorry you're having a tough day. Prayers for a peaceful weekend and no disturbing memories.

MHD (are you there?) - have been thinking about your dd. I pray that she has had a better week this week.

Hear hear, jaffacakes.

Still very stressed and not really on top of things at work, so could do with prayers for peace of mind to accept that I do what I can but cannot make everything right magically overnight. Also, I've just heard that an old friend, S, is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. They have caught it early, it seems, thanks to regular screening, but she is an amazing woman who has been plagued with ill health (not cancer) for some 25 years or so, seemed to be getting over that, then lost her mum earlier this year, and now this... Sad.

gingercurl · 11/11/2011 20:37

Have been lurking for a while but not posted as RL is taking all I've got and more at the moment. The situation with DH that I asked prayer for has improved tremendously. We're still both stressed and behind in our respective work (i'm quite worried about my blood pressure at the moment as a result) but at least we manage to find five minutes or so every day just to sound off and ask how the other are doing. Not ideal, but better than nothing.
Prayers for everyone.