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.

Hi Jan and all,

Your verse reminds me of this that has been coming to mind & helping me keep some perspective recently -

"Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home"

Then that reminds me of Jesus words not to worry about the future
"Take no heed for tomorrow" as I think the old versions put it.

"Consider the lilies of the field ..." ( & there are certainly many beautiful flowers all around us now spring is here )
"For each day has enough worries of it's own"

These have been some of my favourite verses in the bible since childhood ...
I think I've always been a bit prone to worrying, but equally see the sense in not doing so !

Love those verses Juggling. Hope you're having a better time?

Morning everyone :)

tea, you should have given him a ne toy to distract him hen the trays had to go up and it would not have been bouncing off the head of someone 3 rows in frront one nano second later, oh no, not like ds at all

Sufficient unto the day is the weevil thereof.
Please help me in my prayers for Bob. He had an awful night, didn't dare go to sleep as he couldn't breathe unless he kept breathing very fast. I have asked for a GP's home visit and just got a call back asking whether he "could pop down to the surgery". Not very pleased when I said that I didn't think that was possible. So she said that "somebody would pop down (why all this 'popping'?) when they had the time". He is asleep at the moment

Oh DO, hope someone is with you soon.

Praying DO.

New toy? My bank account has taken a beating this month and I couldn't stretch to that for the flight.

DS has cabin fever and is playing up. It's raining and PIL are doing house jobs and letting kids watch tv but DS isn't interested. After watching him for 2 hours I've wandered upstairs do they get a taste of exactly what it's like with a 3 year old confined to a house with no toys apart from a few cars

Woops! " so"

Praying for Bob...

Tea Praying. Have you got waterproofs with you? You and the DCs could escape to the play park.

DO praying for bob too.

Loving the verses. Been thinking about taking each day as it comes lots recently. I'm not feeling very passionate about anything at the moment, but I'm not sure why.

DS had a friend over for a play date this morning which is a huge step forward for him. It all went well, DC didn't hijack the playtime, everything went well and DS has had an invitation back to his friend's. . I arranged it all last night after feeling a strong nudge that it was the right thing to do. A real answer to prayer.

Doctor came to see Bob. She can hear 'something' on his lungs, had a word with the consultant at the hospital who said there was not much point in him coming in in the day, when all was relatively quiet, but if it happened again in the night to ring for an ambulance and to go straight in. Also to start on the 'spare' course of Augmentin just in case there is an element of infection there.
So, thank you for your prayers, we have had as much help as we need and know what to do next.

Lurking and praying....

DO - prayers for you and Bob. Hope someone manages to "pop" round soon.

Teaandcake - don't blame you for taking a bit of time for yourself. Are there any neighbours with young children you could make friends with?

Thank you all for sharing verses & reflections. Easter is fantastic in many ways and on many levels :)
I was disappointed that DH didn't come to church with me and DS on Easter Sunday - he normally joins us on Christmas Day and Easter Sunday. However, I made our marriage the focus of my prayers on Easter Sunday and yesterday we had a lovely family day. The rain forced us to do a bit more as a family, the 3 of us, and it was nothing special but good :)

I think prayer is currently helping with baby's position too as it definitely feels in a different place to DS. Still plenty of time for it to move but would appreciate continued prayers. Scan in 2 weeks will reveal all!

Oh meant to share with you this poem about marriage that I found in our Christian Bookshop:

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread, but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone.
Even as the strings of a lute are alone
Though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

I really like it - particularly the lute comparison. I like it because I find society often seems to equate a good marriage as one where you do everything together. This reinforces the importance of remaining 2 distinct individuals within a love for each other. I think this is one of the reasons why marriage can be so hard. We need to accept our differences and turn them into strength that will in turn make the marriage stronger because of the differences - eg the distinct strings of the lute needing to remain separate and unique to produce the overall beauty.

Not sure if that makes sense or if it is a long meaningless ramble!

Back to work for me now! Catch you all later :)

DO - glad you've been given a clear course of action. Prayers that the Augmentin will do the trick.

That's a wonderful poem SES. Hopefully baby will put him/herself in a favourable position to be born

Thanks for the update, DO. Let us know what happens. In the meantime, try to get some rest and take care of yourself. We can't have you getting ill as well. We will continue to pray for both of you.

DO, praying for Bob and that the abs will kick in quickly, does he have a nebuliser if he goes downhill in the night? lots of love.

Lovely poem SES :)

Off to my brothers for a few days so won't get on much as hate MNing from my phone, may keep an eye though so love to all if I don't get back on before tomorrow (unlikely)

DO,prayers aplenty...and for everyone else too

MHD no, nobody has ever suggested a nebuliser or any inhalers. Never understood why not, but then there is so much that I don't understand.
I must admit that I feel incredibly tired and don't really fancy the idea of having to phone for an ambulance in the middle of the night.

We have waterproofs. It is possible to walk to a playground if the rain isn't sheeting down and the wind whipping it. We managed to get out to a soft play for a while today. Drive to Dundee (40 mins).

There are no neighbours with children

Tomorrow a friend is popping by for a bit. Thursday both FIL and MIL are busy with work related things, so I hope the weather is good enough to get out

I keep wishing the week would go faster but then thinking I should make the most of it. I am also missing a certain nice man I am dating, but it's very casual as he is away a lot with work. He's away until the 23rd and it's pants He is unlikely to call or e-mail whilst away, as we're casual I keep thinking and praying about it asking for wisdom. It's stupid and not good for me but I keep thinking a little of him, is better than nothing.

When we first started dating it went really well but then things got a lot more complicated with his ExW and a pending court case (he is a Christian btw) and we agreed to reset the relationship. He's lovely

Someone needs to slap some sense into me, don't they?

I am reading the prayer requests I between my moaning

Anyway I may ask for that message to be deleted in a bit, as it is very recognisable who I am discussing, and who I am, from it. But I thought some more info might help.

Tea I'm in Scotland with a big car and freeish tomorrow with my DCs. If you're central belt we could maybe meet up. Praying about your casual relationship.

DO glad things are a bit better. Praying for a good night and strength for you both.

SES lovely poem.

I'm in Montrose, Angus.

Ok. Checking google to see how long it would take me to get there.

Actually MIL seemed a put out that I'd agreed to meet up tomorrow morning with an old friend, but they have their own things to do whilst I'm here and have invited over an Aunty today of theirs to also stay, so I have no idea really where I stand or what they want. MIL is passive aggressive and doesn't say. I tried earlier today Just said it was fine, but I know it's not really iyswim?