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.

Eek, bes! Hope that goes ok.

Juggling: I got my first job offer of my grown-up life on 8th March; I think it's a good day for job applications. :)

Thank you for your support, prayers and comments. I am still feeling a bit stressed out and worried about this situation and trying to make sure we explore all our options.

BES - poor DS :( Hope GP is reassuring and DS recovers ok. It can be quite upsetting for LOs when they don't fully understand.

Juggling - glad things are better this morning. Good luck with the application.

Mary - prayers...

Grr more silly heart palpitations etc etc last evening and first thing this morning.

Prayers all round for everyone

Prayers for ambers heart and everyone else.

I'm low again today, just horribly sad. I went to work but couldn't sit on the floor with the kiddies to read. Sounds such s little thing but I missed it.

A friend of mine who also has a debilitating condition referred to "a drop of loss in an ocean of losses". That's me just now!

Hi weegie

Sorry you're feeling sad. What sort of work do you do ? Sounds like you have an interesting job. I can understand you missing getting down to the children's level on the floor - but maybe they can cuddle up next to you in a big chair or on a bench with cozy cushions ?

There's a great poem about loss that I'll try and look out for us all. Basically saying that in our lifetimes we have to lose so many things. It's not exactly cheery, but good in a philosophical sort of way

Weegie. I know. It's sometimes in those seemingly small moments when it all hits you and you just feel overwhelmed. Prayers that you will feel some comfort today.

SES - that's a hard situation. Don't have any words of wisdom really. Praying that things will be harmonious between you and dh as you work things out.

BES, how is DS now? Poor love.

Amber - praying your heart will do more normal stuff for you!! You;re such an inspiration, with your positive attitude :)

Thanks for prayers - pain is much better today, thankfully. Maxed on codeine so a little zonked, but feeling much happier. Some days it's just like that. I should just be thankful for better days.

I've started writing my book now and so have so much going round in my head. Reading a book called The Bible, Disability and the Church which is v interesting and providing me with lots of food for thought about healing, sickness, being sensitive, having faith, and how disability is sometimes intrinsically who someone is....lots of stuff going round. How to get it all down coherently now...

Oh no, amber - and off the herceptin, too!

bes - how's the wee one? And who suffered a worse ordeal today, him or you...?

Juggling - been thinking about you today; how did the application go?

Poor weegie - have a good stomp and pout about the unfairness of it all. And then pamper yourself in some way to help you feel better. Chocolate works well for me... or can you have a ?

mhd - well done for starting the book and hope the ideas continue to flow and submit to being organised. :o

I had a good hospital appointment today. There is a 70-80% chance that I won't need further surgery - well, not the big op, anyway, I'm going to have a small one, day surgery, which is fine. I like general anaesthetic as it sends me woozy for ages afterwards and it's enforced daytime sleeping which is looovely.

Also praying for SES, Mary, jan, jaffa and mousie. Sorry for anyone I've missed.

Hi wellies - thanks for asking,

I got it done quite early in the day and will take it in to the school tomorrow morning. Quite like my accompanying letter but hope the more boring parts of the form (like work history) have been done adequately. Problem is I'm so long in the tooth I've got about quite a bit over the years and it's just difficult to get it all down on paper.

Hopefully they might give me an interview ... we'll see.

Anyway, I'm away for the weekend on a Quaker conference, so looking forward to that, though feeling nervous too for some reason (perhaps the traveling with dd coming with me)

Great you can feel so positive about your small op. I wish I had half the positivity of some of you guys !!

So many people needing prayer - praying for health, healing, strength and support for everyone who needs it.

weegie - feeing sad is part of the process of grieving for what you've lost and it's probably more healthy to acknowledge and show the sadness. It took me many months to realise this.

Interesting discussion at Lent group this morning about gay marriage....I was the only one out of seven who had no problem with gay couples being married in church.

I'm glad to hear someone else say they have no problem with it, Sweetest! I'm sure that the Bible writers had no awareness of such a thing as a committed same-sex relationship - the stuff they were appalled at was lust-driven, not lifelong-love-focussed. It's like the contentious good-wifey passages - you need to understand the context in which they were written, not just read the words and apply the interpretation which seems obvious to the reader. Unfortunately, the context is often hard to find out about from this distance.

lostmywellies, there was a definite element of 'There is no such thing as a gay marriage -it's an oxymoron, it doesn't exist'. I think you are spot on - those who told and wrote down what became the Bible didn't think such things existed, so it wasn't an issue to consider. I reckon that if Jesus was here today, he'd probably be out there campaigning for gay marriage to be recognised.

For the church to be seen as relevant today, we need to respond to the world we live in now, with all its wonderful possibilities and potential damage.

ds is not too bad. he stayed off nursery as he was still bleeding a bit over night. (spots) but given the enormous quantities last night, i did not risk sending him to nursery as he has a wandering finger that likes to find a home in a cool dark, damp nostril... i did not fancy school having to deal with a rrepeat performance as it was so difficult to stop. i am feeling shakey too. just had to explain to h why he had a day off for just a nose bleed. dd and ds have had nosebleed s that go on for a bit and last nights was not just a nose bleed.

he has been given antibiotic cream and the gp said that if he refuses to have his nose squeezed (which he did, loudly) then he could go to a and e and have his nose packed.

I am a bit vulnerrable at the moment as the neighbour I call on in emergencies is still in hospital up north.

How is he today BES?

I have a sore throat just in time for the weekend but am going out for coffee anyway with Giraffes from MN so looking forward to that!

Feeling a little more positive in outlook today. It's a hard road, but there are plenty of nice stops along the way.

Glad you're going out today weegie?

Hope ds is OK today BES.

Praying for everyone. Amber, how's the heart doing today? Juggling, hope you get the interview. Lost - good news on the hospital front - praying you won't need any more surgery.

Off to the NW womens day tomorrow with Blue, so excited. Not feeling my best but not worst so can hopefully go :)

That should be an !, not a ?, not sure where that came from weegie

Anyone heard from jaffa?

No, I was thinking of jaffa too mhd

• but most likely she's just out of internet connection in some 1950s style hospital ward (they don't exactly encourage contact with the outside world, do they !) - hopefully snuggled up with her new LO. Prayers for you jaffa from us all x

Good to hear you sounding positive, weegie - enjoy that coffee. :)

Enjoy the day, mhd and say hi to blue; hope she's doing well.

Yay ! I've just heard I've got an interview for that rather nice school !

Let's hope it's third time lucky (as have been for two other interviews recently - good practice perhaps !!)

When's the interview Juggling?
Definitely prayers for MHD and Blue. And also of course prayers for Jaffa that all is well with her and the new baby.

Oh, it's on Thursday at 1pm, thanks !

It's definitely lifted my spirits, especially for my weekend at Quaker conference beginning this evening !

Thanks to all for all your encouragement - and my thoughts and prayers for you all too x

Wearing 48 hr heart monitor. Seems my heart electrics are on the blink.
Prayers all round.

oh heck amber.

amber - prayers that your heart will calm down and this is a temporary blip. Are you back at the hospital on Monday?

MHD - prayers for you and Blue for this weekend.

Juggling - prayers of thanks for your interview and for Thursday

weegie - great that you were able to get out today. Hope you feel like you benefitted from it.

Prayers for everyone and for good weekends :)

How are you this morning Amber?

Please pray for DD, she is really unhappy with what is happening at school. One girl in particular seems to be doing her best to leave DD without any friends at all, by befriending her friends then telling them lies about DD, and encouraging others to spread those lies. I've contacted the school to see what they will do.