Christian prayer thread-spring time!

[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- prayer that the heart problems she has are temporary and that the beast cancer will not return. Pray for dh after his op.
Aspirantpirate -studying and a new job in September
Beatrice Primrose and cupoftea poorly baby and support for the family
Bluetinkerbell- lost her beloved Sterre during her second trimester. Now pregnant again!
Caz and her baby Xander. Also for dh who does not share her faith.
CaptainDippy- busy busy busy
Chairofthebored-dh has ms and ttc number1
Creatovator ds ?asd and dd?s eczema
Dutch Oma- dh has a lung disease requiring regular trips to hospital/drs and lots of rest. Church services are not always easy due to excessive noise causing problems for Bob.
Expat's dd suffering from leukaemia. Give thanks that she has a donor for transplant and pay for a good outcome!
FriendofDorothy- for a calm, successful pregnancy
Gingercurl- things are stressful at home, studying for PhD, 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... new baby
Jan marriage, new baby and ongoing health problems
Jugglingwith?-job applications to work 1 to 1 with children and a husband who needs to appreciate all she does!
Lostmywellies- recently returned to the uk, friendships for dd and ds to settle into nursery. Possible knee op?
LoveAndPrayers. Marriage and h?s debts
Madhairday- reoccuring lung infections, dd with psoriasis/partial hearing and unhelpful school and getting bullied. Madhair is writing a book! ?or at least she should be if she weren?t on mn?
MaryB- work and relationships at church. difficult situations socially for dc's. dd getting bullied.
Notevenamousie- curently undergoing treatment as an inpatient. recently lost her mum.
Patsyplusone welcome!
PositiveAttitude- soon to be working abroad for 2 years from 17th July!. Pray for dds1,2 and 3 staying behind. prayer also for current work situation and 3 jobs! (eek). Prayers for DB and PA?s family?s relationship with sil.
SESthebrave-prayer for husbands stressful job situation, which may involve going to Dubai (not what ses wants). The last few weeks of pregnancy and work. Pray for the baby to turn the right way round.
SophieNeveau - welcome! A single parent with a disability.
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, and one friend in particular!
Tuo-dd1 and dh to be more positive about her faith
Weegie Thank God that treatment is bring some relief to her condition, chronic inflammatory.Demyelinating polyneuropathy. Ongoing prayers for more improvement and adjusting to a new way of life for both weegie and he dh dd has Perthe's syndrome , where the hip joint dies then regrows. Thank God for an improvement in her condition and further improvements so no op is needed.
welshcerys- family and a mega toothache
Wisteriawoman (phew, remembered this time!)
ZipidiSoozi- welcome back!
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.

amber

ho are you jan?

hi all - hi BES...thanks :)

Nickel so sorry about the loss of the baby - no words can describe what that must be like.

DO that sounds like a nightmare with the prescriptions, and its very draining when you have to continually phone and follow up stuff that should be done and that has implications for Bob...hope its getting sorted ok

Amber very sorry to hear about your uncle. are you very close to him? praying..

Weegie ..prayers look forward to an update

thank you for prayers for us today - very difficult session. counsellor said she felt things had not improved much since we started counselling and we both seemed 2 v unhappy people without the resources to deal with each other...i did bring up things, and she did see that he was out of order and disrespectful. he admitted it, apologised, and says this time will be different, i say youve said that tons before and how can i believe this will be different. he promised it would.

BUT. i feel she thought it was both of us. he said i was emotionally abusing him too! he said, i was controlling him, because after he upsets me, i withhold love for him cos it takes me awhile to recover. (for example, if its a really bad upset, i can have a panic attack, feel really ill and it can take me a couple of days to feel normal again -in myself, and towards him). if i am distant, or give him the cold shoulder so to speak, he can't handle it after awhile and that causes the pattern again for him to react. i explained that i couldn't love and show affection to someone who was disrespecting me, and it would take a bit of time to build this trust and love again - he didnt' really get this. i said i shouldn't have to show affection for him to treat me right.

counsellor says we are both not listening to each other, and we both need to cut each other some slack. but she said the comments he were making towards me were out of order.

so...i have left it by saying i am looking at other options. he has promised to do better. i think he means it. i think if iwas able to try to love and show affection even when he has just hurt me it will help....i think i am going to try to work it out with him. but if the pattern goes on i think a separation is wise even for awhile, for me to build myself up emotionally. im so tired!

what an awful awful email! i am so sorry. you are not responsible for your mothers happiness! i don't know what to say - others will be along soon im sure. just want to offer hug, and support and tell you that your family who love and care and respect you are in the body of Christ and we are here for you

TACP, that is just awful...hugs and prayers and and anything else that will help...

He sounds unhinged. Does your mother know about this?

Tea love, you have used real names do you want to do that?

(((hugs)))

that is a very spiteful email. he is trying to hit you where it hurts, in severral places.

yes Chistians are supposed to honour their father and mother, but there is also a verse swiftly following one of those commands that fathers are not suppposed to exasperate their children... I seem to remember this from when I was a teenager! can't possibly think why

Well I sent her a text, so she will by now. Apparently last time she saw me I said I had to go to an appointment and then on fb I was at the playground. I don't remember doing that. I do remember trying to keep her visit short, as I find them stressful but not the rest of it. I wouldn't want to upset her.

Many months ago now I did ask for some space. I explained how stressful I found things when we met etc. She was hurt but understood. But thinking about it she has been pushing for a visit for a while now and in my pathetic passive aggressive attempts not to hurt her I've tried to avoid getting back to her about it

I never sent MIL a mothers day card. Heck I was alone all day myself and didn't get any cards.

My Dad can hold a grudge for years. I grew up in a house ruled by anger and treading on egg shells. I thought I was free of that but my Dad has form for sending these e-mails. My brother John has been on the receiving end in the past too

I definitely didn't want to go to Scotland I was coerced into it and did my best to make the best of it. Feel like I get it on all sides rom both sets of grandparents

I'll ask mn to delete it later after you have all seen and prayed into it. Thankfully my Dad doesn't use mn I did paste it in a hurry though and should have changed names first.

I would be thinking whether it's a serious threat that should involve the police?

How utterly dreadful tea I am so sorry. Your parents sound toxic! I think you are very brave not to see them when you dont want to/cant cope with it...I was wish I was as brave sometimes!

I report this FB message to the police...it is a threat and not very veiled either. I would also - and I am deadly serious having deleted my own account due to passive agrsssuve comments from family members - delete your FB account. I am guessing anyone who you want to contact you can do so without FB??

Seen gynae, had 2 scans which have left me feeling a bit sore and winded Had to come straight in, stop the dc from arguing over the Wii, and start dinner. I have just sat down and I still have the dishes to do before the church AGM.

Sigh. Just once, to have a meal made for me would be so lovely.

Meh. Am just feeling sorry for myself

This isn't unusual for him. But he doesn't carry them out. Not physically. What he'll do is demand I pay back the loan on the car I suspect. Hit me where it hurts. My wallet.

Set up an alternative FB account without problematic people on it, or block them, or remove them from your FB friends list? It doesn't matter whether he carries out threats or not - he is threatening you and being abusive to you, and you shouldn't have to put up with that. A free half hour of legal advice might be useful to see what they recommend about putting distance between you and him? More prayers...

Tacp, that is absolutely awful :(

I am lost for words. He sounds off the planet. I feel so sad for you.

Praying, that despite your earthly father being so very toxic that you will know the overwhelming love and safety of your heavenly Father. xx

madhairday is right i hope you can understand Gods love despite what your earthly father is treating you like. God is the opposite and your his princess daughter, his darling, the apple of his eye. He will be the one to comfort and cherish and love you.

when people are letting me down and i have noone to turn to i pray God be everything to me - be my all in all. i pray God will be everything to you teacakes

It's escalating with abusive texts now. My head is spinning. Please pray

will pray tea :( for you

praying for everyone else too!

tea switch your phone off go and put it somewhere and don't look at it until you have been able to have a bit of time to think about today and cope with it all....thinking of you so sorry you are going through this

What support can you muster, in RL?

tea, turn your phone off!! And at the very least, defriend him - but I think getting right off fb sounds a pretty good idea.

And don't listen to his doublespeak. There are no "good" and "bad" Christians, just ones who are eternally loved and accepted by their patient, good, faithful heavenly Father.

I don't want anyone to know in RL. Only the chap I'm dating knows and he is trying to support me. Alas he told me to stop replying to texts and e-mails and I didn't listen and now things are worse. I was trying to clear my name and made it worse

TACP, goodness! what a horrible email! I've read it trhough a few times trying to make sense of it and he sounds derranged! Agree with what others have said: defriend/block on FB, switch off phone and get RL support, including legal advice if need be. You may want to show the text to the police.
(BTW, does he treat your mother in the same way? Is she at risk/in danger in any way?)
Dreadful
praying.

No he has a quick temper but most of the time he's fine. I think he is defending Mum and how much she misses seeing me and he's cross with me but it has got horribly out of hand and now I cannot arrange to see Mum as things need to cool off

Continuing to pray, tea....I think the blocking on fb/phone is a good plan.

I'm upset. DS came home from cubs with a nasty bruise where an older boy had pinched him repeatedly. DS told a leader and he didn't do anything, the other boy denied it. This boy has been like this for months now but not just with DS. Some parents have actually taken their dc out of the cub pack because of it. DS was crying and saying he didn't want to go again. I talked to the leader who encouraged ds to tell him (the leader he told was a junior) and he reassured me he would keep an eye. But he said this last time. AIBU to think they should be doing more? Not a week goes by without this boy shoving, hitting or pinching someone. DS gets it because he is very little for 8 and also cries easily :( Feel awful and not sure what to do because apart from this boy ds loves cubs so much.