Christian prayer thread- Easter on the way

[blackeyedsusan]

All welcome to join

Here is a list of all those who popped in or were regulars on the last thread. I hope I have not missed anyone!!

Amberlight- being treated for breast cancer. side effects may damage her heart.
Beatrice Primrose and cupoftea poorly baby and support for the family
Bluetinkerbell - ttc after losing the beloved Sterre during her second trimester
CaptainDippy- busy busy busy
Chairofthebored -dh has ms and ttc number1
Doodlealley -popped in to ask for prayer re breast cancer.
DutchOma- dh has a lung disease requiring regular trips to hospital/drs and lots of rest
Expat's dd suffering from leukaemia
Fink- recent single parent- husband left
FriendofDorothy- ttc -appointment soon. poorly cat.
Gingercurl - things are stressful at home, studying, high blood pressure
Issypeach - work situation insecure for h and Issy. Prayer requested for the dcs one of whom has gone awol and the other at uni
Jaffacakes ... when is/was your due date?
Jugglingwithsnowballs-job applications to work 1 to 1 with children
Lostmywellies - recently returned to the uk, currently freezing due to heating problems. frriendships for dd and ds to settle into nursery
Madhairday - reoccuring lung infections, dd with psoriasis/partial hearing and unhelpful school
MaryB - work and relationships at church. difficult situations socially for dc's
Notevenamousie - curently undergoing treatment as an inpatient. recently lost her mum.
PositiveAttitude- soon to be working abroad for 2 years. prayer also for current work situation and 3 jobs! (eek) pray for protection and continuing recovery of dd3 just out of hospital and battles for dla
SESthebrave -prayer for husbands stessful job situation and high blood pressure. pray for her quadraplegic friend suffering from pressure sores
Springydaffs-prayer for the truth to be known and a reconciliation with family
SweetestThing- just got the all clear from cancer and officially in remission. however, still has to deal with the after effects of surgery.
Teaandcakesplease - single parent to 2 young children. unsupportive parents re ds "being a toddler." prayer for new reliable friends.
Tuo -dd1 and dh to be more positive about her faith
Weegie atypical variant Guillain Barre syndrome has left her with no sensation in her legs below the knees or arms below the elbows, including hands and feet and the lower part of her face. she can do practically nothing for herself.
Welshcerys- family
ZipidiSoozi- things aren't so easy at the moment. we would love to hear from you.
and finally (I hope)
Blackeyedsusan - mad as a hatter! single parent to 2 youngish children, separated after dv. pray for friends and a new church. ds's behaviour and toddler diarrhoea. dd, niggling health problems.

hmm, yes ... aibu to whack dh over the head with a frying pan because he... ? reply: yes, violence is never acceptable... even though it is bloody tempting.
reply2: has any one said leave the bastard yet?
reply 3; leave the bastard....

ah yes happy days of aibu!

Oh, and in the midst of all of this I have a tired and emotional dd1 who started her period at the weekend ..........

Prayers for her too, if you can. She's in shock a little I think. She's still at primary school (primary 7 - year 6) but due to the different way school entry is calculated in Scotland, she was 12 in February. The immature boys in her class are driving her insane and she's a bit what my Gran would have called "wabbit" - pale and delicate and a bit withdrawn. I've never had to deal with this before and my mum had left and didn't deal with it with me (my poor, poor Dad!) so I feel like I'm grasping in space a bit!

hey
sounds like a lot going on for you weegie..thinking of you, hope your dd1 is coping ok im sure you are doing just great with her

dh is just being so mean. thats a good plan about doing the AIBU in my head...i know im not but i do take things to heart and am extremely sensitive and these things really get to my confidence. dd is 6 months. she has been up feeding tonight and woudn't go back down - i asked dh for some help and he is just a nightmare,.. being very rude to me and saying that he hasn't had any sleep etc - im just at the end of my tether as ive been up every single night doing multiple feeds myself and i get hell soon as i ask for any help during the night. sigh

Oh Jan....have a resounding YANBU and some and a

Praying things will be better today and you are able to talk with dh and he is more reasonable.

SES - yes, you're so right, it's good to look at that passage and think yes, we do need to call on God and God will hear us.

weegie - ah poor dd. Praying for her and for you. My dd - 11.5 - is just starting to 'develop' in tiny ways and it's most disconcerting! Hope hospital goes ok today and seeing the professor tomorrow.

I am OK - very tired today, probably overdid it yesterday but it was worth it with the dcs reaction to me taking them for a walk - such a little thing but so precious really. dh back tomorrow! yay! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Sorry Jan that should be

just to cheer you up. :)

Thinking of you and your dd weegie

I'm a bit nervous about my dd starting her periods - she'll be 13 next week and I'm thinking it may happen quite soon. I hope I'll say the right things and we'll all take it in our stride. Keep meaning to make sure she has some provisions in her school bag but haven't got round to it yet. Any advice welcome from anyone who's been through this stage already. How did it go for you and yours ?

Love to all on this beautiful Spring day - I'm having lunch with a friend in the park although there's probably other things I ought to be doing - but maybe as long as I do them sometime this week before we break up for Easter !

thanks peeps for thinkng of me. dh apologised this morning...still feel low but the beautiful day hopefully will help. thinking of all the needs. i didn't start my period till 16 btw! :)

have a lovely time in the park juggling..its not often we get the weather so make the most of it and the other things can wait. hugs to everyone - ever feel like u just need one? well heres one (((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))) in the body of Christ near and far.

DD is 13 in October, and has a "womanly" figure (this time last year - so different!!!), and I'm expecting her periods to start soon... every time she complains of a stomach ache in fact! She is nearly as tall as I am too, 5'5"!!!

Hope everyone has a lovely and peaceful day :)

Thanks jan (((( hugs )))) and to you too. Enjoy your dd today and the lovely Spring time - perhaps you can get out in the sunshine at some point too today ? Truly hope things settle down with DH too - mine can be extremely tricky at times too so I do sympathise. Raising a family can be a real challenge as can sustaining a partnership/ marriage.

Thanks for your thoughts too, Mary

• Nice to hear from you. Hope you have a good day too

Good morning everyone,

MHD - Woohoo you are nearly there!! I was so pleased to read of your lovely walk yesterday. Prayers for a trouble free journey for your DH tomorrow.

Jan Prayers for you to have energy and feel more able to enjoy life with your little one, rather than be too tired for anything. My Dh was always useless overnight, too. Perhaps you could do a calm discussion with him in daylight about how you are feeling.

Am at work, and VERY short on time, so just a quickie on the periods discussion. Having had 4 DDs go through this, they have all reacted very differently. One was fine and didnt bat an eyelid, one would not mention it and refused point blank to discuss it at all, one was hugely embarrassed, the other somewhere between the lot!! I always made it a positive thing, ie: wow you are growing into such a lovely young lady already! Etc and saved the feelings that I had about it all to myself.

Must dash, prayers for you all as I drive over to my next job.

we had a minor (just five minutes) melt down followed by whimpering ... because he is not wearing a vest. I have got through to someone though and rearranged an appointment. I have also arranged an appointment to catch up on his vaccinations which he didn't have at christmas because it was christmas... and they had no appointments available.

Hmph, jan, sounds like my dh - always apologised the next morning when it was too late. Hey ho. My dh is annoying me again today. I remembered something in the book on prayer I'm currently reading about The Little Way - some long-ago nun had a habit of looking out for small things to do for people that weren't likely to get thanks. Stuff that nobody notices, or doing something for someone that annoys you. Sounded a good way to serve God, that. So I have been helping dh out with some stuff this morning. Sure enough, there's been no thanks.

Apparently, this nun found one person intensely annoying, and went out of her way to be nice to her. Many years later the nun died and the annoying person said to a friend, "You know, I really think I was able to make her happy." Author reckons the nun would've been happy to hear that. Wow! Challenging stuff! I get to that bit in the story and I just want to say, "No, you idiot, you're sooo annoying!"

We've been getting grumpy about lack of sleep too. DS1 has started waking up with the noise from DD1 (wow, that's the first time I've typed that!) but takes longer to settle than she does. The result is that everyone is grumpy. How old is DD Jan? I found the boys slept much better once they were on solids, although I know some babies are earlier and others later.

Weegie - glad the hospital trip went well. Good luck tomorrow.

I'm starting to feel a bit better. The first set of antibiotics didn't get rid of the chest infection so I'm now on a second set. Getting a little stronger each day though and hoping to be back to normal next week.

Praying that you make a full recovery this time, jaffa. The weeks with a small baby are tiring enough without illness to contend with as well!

weegi -thanks for praying for everyone in hospital. thats a great way to spend the time - and i once heard that if you pray for others to receive what YOU need, you will get it (reaping what you sow) so since you are praying for others healing, im sure the lord has your own healing on his heart (not saying we have to DO anything to receive - hope you understand what i mean)

positive thanks for your thoughts and prayers - you sound very busy with 2 jobs, how do you keep it all up with 2 LO's? i am not working and find it hard enough!

lostmywellies that is very challenging and a very good idea. i have a marriage book and on the times i have read it, i have noticed its about making efforts in the small things, and doing things to benefit the other person when you don't feel like it, and about love being about giving, just for the sake of giving not anything else. and the hardest things will bring the most reward. so when they are the MOST irritating, and the MOST grumpy - if we can show unconditional love and support in those times then we are well on the way of it and God will see and be pleased. i am a long way off! thanks for sharing i needed to hear that today(preparing for when dh comes home grumpy and 'ill')

thejaffa i am sorry everyone is grumpy and tired in your house too.. i hope tonight is a better night for you. my dd is 6 months...i have been trying to start her on solids, all different kinds, baby led and puree and she has pretty much no interest. its very frustrating!

I was just texting a church friend about our Tues night group and she signed off her final text saying "cherish yourself, God does". How wonderful is that :)

I would say the same to all you lovely ladies :)

Yes, so often we 'know' that God loves us, but are we fully convinced that he approves of us? Cherishes us? Likes us even?

he delight in us and rejoices over us with singing.... hard to take in...its hard yo learn to love yourself when you continualy make mistakes

Easy to make 'mistakes' Jan when you are continually exhausted. Keep repeating that to yourself, it's quite true

Those are very encouraging thoughts - was reading similar things in an email I was sent about a talk being given by a famous Buddhist teacher (forget his name Thich something ?)

... Anyway he said the best way to serve God was to love others and ourselves and that has been on my mind today ... along with the idea of enjoying being in the park with my friend and being a bit gentle with myself, and not putting myself under too much pressure about what job I'm going to get next.

Love to all. Hope no-one minds the Buddhist thoughts ... in Quakers we say it's good to be open to new light from wherever it comes !

And it seems to chime well with what others were saying here. I especially like jan's thought about being rejoiced over with singing DOs thoughts too about being approved of and liked.

Makes you realise too that we should cherish one another, both here and in RL

SES - I have just text my friend who is having a really tough time at the moment and I put that at the end of it. Thank you for sharing.

Jan - Yep, life is rather hectic here. I have 3 jobs and 5 DCs!! Never dull, anyway.

Prayers for a good nights sleep for all of you tonight. When mine were little I used to spend my awake times praying for my husband, who was not a Christian at the time. I took the opportunity and prayed so hard ever single night. He became a Christian and is now the most spiritual person I know, he is on the leadership team of the church and we are off to be missionaries. Its all beyond my wildest dreams. Just wanted to share this with you. Perhaps think of someone that you could earnestly pray for while you are awake, feeling like death and just wanting to sleep!

excellent idea positive. i wish i could be like you...managing 5 kids, 3 jobs. i struggle to keep afloat as i am. things like getting even part time work seem like a big task. that is excellent you are off to be missionaries :)

pa, it is the most i can do to force one eye open and stagger around as if drunk with tiredness... I am waiting for the washing to finish washing tomorows uniforms. (oops) I think I may lie on the floor and sleep til then. we had a picnic in the garden after school and a play on the grass followed by exploring and doing some homework... pictures mainly.

Jan, I am 8 years further down the line than you and part-time work is only just starting to feel manageable - in a year or two, maybe. :)

And you are still adjusting to probably the biggest change in your life. Your life is not your own any more, you have 24/7 responsibility for another person, plus your marriage, which was probably fairly equal before has suddenly become incredibly unequal. That's parenthood for you! Of course you need time to adjust to all that (took me about 3 years :) ) before you start looking around at others and wishing you could do what they do.

bes, praying for some good nights' sleep - I remember you saying before how difficult sleep has been for a long time. Also praying for your new-church search.