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.

Prayers, Jan2011.

Prayers for you all, but especially for jan, Mousie, Weegie and a ((hug)), too and AP, hope the exams started well.

Please pray for my older DDs who will be staying here when we leave in July. I am struggling with having to let them go.

how are you doing jan?

how are you weegie?

thanks so much for prayers... praying God to meet all our needs. im doing a bit better than yesterday but still have ways to go...hubby and i are going through some things right now thanks for support

it is saturday stessed about church night, probably bought on a bit by h going out with his friend for his friend's birthday meal) and listening to him explain to dd why he was not coming tomorrow. ds has had the post daddy strops and dd's face is telling a different story to her mouth, which says she. is. FINE.

I am also discovering how far compost can be flung when 2 small children fight over a packet and spade. it comes out of the carpet surpisingly easily, just the messy mat to wipe down now. not sure the bundle of soil and twigs will actually turn into a "boo berry" but ds has been able to "dig pants" now all I have to do is wash up to make room on the kitchen worksurface for all these "pants"

Struggling on. Trying to find meaning but can't. Too tired to be angry with God any more, I'm just weary.

We're all thinking of you weegie x

Have you any plans for today ?

One day at a time seems like good MN wisdom - and I think someone else said that a long time ago too x

Prayers for you weegie. I can't think of anything remotely comforting to say, but will continue to pray that you will feel God cradling you in the palm of his great hands. You will be safe.

Prayers for everyone else too x

Prayers for everyone. How is your DH weegie?

Thanks everyone for their prayers re the baby. The c section is scheduled for tomorrow and I feel uncharacteristically upbeat about it. I'm much more excited than scared. Usually the thought of surgery would terrify me. Prayers for the surgery tomorrow would be much appreciated.

Praying for you Jaffa, and your wee one! It will be great for you to finally "meet".

Not managing detailed prayers for anything much but holding you all up to Christ in my thoughts.

Dh isn't great, he's fast asleep - he does this when he's stressed, just passes out. But the dds and I went to the local shops with me in my chair and bought nailpolish! Ds got to play on the playstation!

good luck jaffa.

Prayers all round.

Here, looks like my heart is now playing up thanks to the medication I'm on. Arrgh. Prayers would be appreciated for a swift answer. Contacting specialists tomorrow.

Ooh, thinking of you for tomorrow, jaffa !

Glad you're feeling quite excited about things -

so you should ! Meeting your baby tomorrow will be wonderful, I'm sure

I think as mothers we're co-creators - a joint project with God !

I think this is perfectly sound theology (for the purists) as God is always using people to bring about his/her purposes !

Will be thinking of you over the next few days - keep us posted when you can !

Love APs post imagining God cradling us in the palms of his great hands.

I think that's a great image for us all tonight, but of course especially for you weegie - though I'm sure you don't mind if jaffa and amber borrow it for tomorrow too ?

oh amber, that is not good news. prayed that you will get to see the specialist very soon.

Hi everyone.

So sorry it has been so long since I've posted on this thread.

Xander is doing so well, can you believe he is almost 5 months old? Where is the time going? We feel so blessed.

Next Sunday we're having a dedication service for Xander. We're so excited to be able to celebrate our baby and give thanks to God. The last time we were stood at the front of church with our baby it was Anabelle's funeral and we were handing her over to God's keeping. This is going to be so different. I've really been enjoying planning this day, its going to be so special.

Please can you pray for DH? Just that these special days are a witness to him, and that his heart will continue to soften and he'll somehow let God in. It is no secret he has agreed to this day because he knows it is important to me. He feels able to promise to support me in bringing Xander up surrounded by God's love and this is progress.

jaffa many prayers for you for tomorrow. What a special day it will be!

Haven't been around for the longest time, but popped in tonight and am so glad I did because I get to wish Jaffa luck before her c-section tomorrow. You know about the Big Pants, right? That's my best bit of c-section advice! That and to move around afterwards as much as possible, even though it will feel as though your top half has been disconnected from your bottom half and only loosely stuck back on again... it gets better the more you move.

Weegiemum... I'm so sorry that things are so tough. I wish there was something I could say, but I very much like AP's image of God cradling you in the palm of his hand.

Amber... I hope you get some answers about your heart soon, and that it's not too serious.

Everyone else... sorry for being a bit absent recently - have been struggling (just with little things) in some ways, but also quite happy in others. Will come back and write more soon when I'm less busy/hassled. For now, you are all in my prayers.

Cazbx and Tuo, prayers for you both, and for everyone else too as I'm reading and re-reading.

Tuo, sorry to hear you've been struggling, praying for a positive week.

Jaffa - wow - today is the day - praying for you, so exciting!

Great to see you Caz, I love seeing all your pics and updates on fb, so wonderful to see how happy you all are with your lovely ds. :)

weegie, I have useless words, but you know I'm praying, and I still believe in prayer, despite years of seemingly unanswered prayer. I have no idea what God is doing sometimes, and I too think it;s fine to shout, rant at God about it all. Somehow, God is in it. I think we can struggle to find a purpose for it all where there may not be one, it is just simply a case of fallen world = broken bodies. That's almost where I've got with mine. I can't see how a God who loves me would purpose my pain, iyswim, but I fully believe he cries in it with me - and does with you.

hope all ewent well jaffa. prayed for effectivepain relief.

Looking forward to an update, jaffa !

Hope all went well

More for jaffa. Hope it all went well. Did you ever see Victoria Wood's spoof soap Acorn Antiques? I only ask because I walked like the Julie Walters character the first week or so after my cs! Alternated between "ouch"es and giggles as I walked around the ward...

Sorry I've been away so long. It was very busy here over dd3's birthday weekend (she was 2 - I don't have any babies any more!) with lots of people coming and staying and going. And then World Book Day was a major event, of course. :) Enjoyed reading your thoughts on that!

Anyway, dh is now away, so things are a lot quieter. :o He's on a work trip for 3 weeks, which is longer than we're used to. Prayers for me to stay patient with the 4 dcs (who are now 8, 6, 4 and 2!) would be appreciated. Also please pray for a hospital appointment I have on Thursday. I think I may be asked to decide whether to have a further operation on my knee. Please pray that the consultant will speak intelligibly (you know how these doctors can be) and that I will think clearly and ask the right questions while I'm there. I have a great talent in thinking of the right thing to say 24 hours too late...

Lostmywellies, yup, prayers for the right things to say and ask.
and prayers for everyone else too.
At hospital today. They took my blood pressure and heart monitoring thing, and promptly stopped my herceptin treatment, permanently. Now at home and feeling a bit unsure what to think really. Prayers for my heart situation to be a minor and temporary one would still be much appreciated. And for the 6 out of 18 herceptin doses to turn out to be enough...otherwise the breast cancer has a chance of returning again.

Prayers for all.

And to amberlight, jaffa and weegie, whose positive attitude never fails to impress.

Been to London two days running and am exhausted now - probably because I am over-thinking how people might respond to my face and also because I have been seeing people I haven't seen for some time, who are interested in what's happened so I've been replaying it with them. It's physically and emotionally tiring.

I still have no internet at home (the router apparently is in Darlington) so very grateful for an opportunity to use Margaret's computer and keep up to date with you all to inform my prayers.

Special prayers for Amber and the worry about the stopping of the Herceptin, it feels like a relief to me, but I can well understand that it is a worry that the cancer may return. Prayers that it won't.
I have just heard that my oldest sister-in-law has breast cancer too. She had a six graft bypass operation not many months ago, now she has lost her left breast (they don't hang about in Holland) and is planning to have fish tail tattoo above the scar on her breast. Typical.