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.

Praying, Jan x

Jan - prayers

Jan, prayers.

i think in situations like this morning, where it was six of one and half a dozen of the othe you need a standard response along the lines of... we both could have done it and i do not want to argue about it any more.

it seems he has not got the concept of acting as a team.

praying Jan, and DO.

well, thank you for all your prayers. We exchanged!! And will move on Friday! Praise the Lord!

Yey !!

Hello!

Been meaning to pop on for a while but never seemed to get round to it

About me; I am 39, married with 2 ds's (aged 8 and 3) and have just started going back to church regularly since moving back to my home village.

I am happy to be back there, and have been really welcomed back - they know me well, I lived here for 26 years prior to marriage and we got married at the church and ds1 was christened there.

I dont think I am a particularly good christian...I dont agree with some of tennets of the church, but I hope that doesnt matter. I hope that by quiet prayer and thought I will get closer to God.

Thank you x

...could I ask for prayers for my cousin Bridget who died last week after a long battle with MS. She was 51.

Also for me! I have to go to the GP tomorrow for some blood test results...health has been pretty bad since having ds2 3.5 yrs ago (I think he broke me!! ) I am a bit anxious about it.

Thanks x

Welcome Becarooo and prayers for your family at this time and for you for your health problems. I don't think anyone is the best of christians - we generally all just muddle along day to day with some better and worse times :)

Panda, yay, what a fab answer to prayer, thrilled! :) :)

Hurray for Panda I know we should still have trusted the Lord if you hadn't excahnged, but it is lovely to have prayer answered in the way you want.
Welcome Beccarooo(how many os?), I don't think we any of us are very good Christians and I always distrust someone who intimates that (s)he is, even if they don't say so outright.
Well we saw our GP today and he is as stumped as we are. He does not think there is much anybody can do, the damage is done and that's it. He is going to ask the Brompton whether there is any benefit in this sleep and ventilation clinic, but I don't hold out much hope that we will get an answer before the 1st May.
Bob is quite low, he has not said anything much and neither have I.

So sorry DO. It's so very hard when there are just no answers and not much help forthcoming. Hope that the clinic can do some good. Even where damage is done there is much to be done to limit further damage - that's how my consultants see it. The Brompton should be very proactive about it really. Prayers for you and Bob.

Argh re the answer from the doc, DO. More prayers.
Becaroo, plenty for you too.

DO, so sorry. Praying.
And for Becaroo.
Yay, Panda!

How are things with Bob, DO ? I'm sorry you have to wait so long for next appointment at the Brompton, but perhaps when you do see them they can be more helpful and as mhd says, possibly more pro-active. How did you feel about what the GP said - I'm wondering if his bedside manner could have been better ?
Guess it's quite hard being a doctor too though. Love and prayers to you both x

He is as confused and confuddled as we are and not particulalry pro-active. In the end I get the impression that nobody cares what happens to us, it's just paying lip service and hoping that we will go away. Which, of course is what will happen.
I know we are not the only patients in the world and a lot of people are worse off that we are, but I am really struggling with the totally negative attitude and the slowness of the service.
We had a blood test booked for today which is why I was so grateful that the GP appointment could be on the same day but guess what: the blood test had been booked for next week and could not POSSIBLY be done today.
What did the GP say? "Oh really? Well you have to come back next week then, it doesn't matter".

I found this on the internet. It is most likely a scam, but I have sent the link off to the GP.

I'm so sorry you got the feeling that nobody cares DO
Feel your GP really ought to take phrases like "it doesn't matter" out of his vocabulary. He may well feel that it's a little thing - having to come back next week for the blood test - but little things matter when you're worried about your health and that of those you love.
Well done for sending the link to your GP. I think it's always good to be pro-active and if nothing else may remind him that he could be more so too.

Thank you everyone.

Its been a tough week all in all...trying to settle ds2 into pre school and its been...erm...interesting! Been tied up in knots all week!

DO Oh, how disappointing for you and your dh...I have also had the "there's nothing we can do for you anymore" line from the GP and its harsh to hear My way of dealing with it has been to go to a better another GP!!!

Am hoping the test results are something minor - anaemia come back or something of that sort - but the not knowing is a bit anxiety inducing...

panda Wishing you all the best for your move x

Thinking of you Becaroooo - I've had some minor health scares in the past which have resolved themselves/ turned out to be an all-clear ( eg was tested for rheumatoid arthritis when joints inexplicably swelled up one summer a few years ago) So, I hope very much that you will get similarly good news with your blood test. We'll be praying for you meanwhile x

So sorry to hear the sad news about your cousin too.

I have a friend my age with quite severe MS, and have known three other people with it also - with a variety of experiences with it - can be quite a variable disease I believe.

Yes it can juggling I know several people who have had MS for years and manage very well. Others like my cousin have the disease for decades and go downhill very quickly. She got pneumonia for the 4th time and it was just too much for her weakened system I cant go to her funeral either (in a big city a fair way from here and I have no childcare) which I feel bad about. I prayed and lit a candle for her on sunday at church. I am trying to imagine her walking now

Thank you for your prayers. I feel in need of them atm!

Realised I'd not been on here for ages! Praying for you as I read through the list at the start.
I'm doing ok. Just ok. I saw my consultant again and am going to get the IV immunoglobulin 4 weekly as it did seem to help last time, especially my energy levels. Mentally I'm finding it hard that this is probably forever, as the months go on the active help and interest from people has tailed off and I often feel lonely and isolated so I'm being more proactive in contacting people and going out. Am looking forward to the summer, having a holiday and visitors!

Prayers would be welcome for my mental state, for our house move in 3 weeks (especially getting the mortgage organised, there's a technical problem that took ages to sort out), and for me going for my IVIg treatment on Wed&Thurs next week.

Weegie, much prayer.

I've not been here for a few days, too, and am amazed at how many messages I had to catch up on!

jan - I learnt to do a mental disconnect when dh started pointless negative discussions - thinking to myself something like "dh is being really childish, I'm not going to provide fuel for this" - and then walking out of the room, maybe with some comment like, "This isn't helpful; let's talk about it later." (I also disconnected by not telling him when things were difficult, as I thought he didn't deserve to know. Can't say whether that was a good thing to do or not.) Try not to let him hurt you.

Praying for the various needs as I read through; and glad for the answers to prayer for Panda's house move and mhd's dd.

I have a nasty cough which is rattling around my chest and wearing me out. It's only minor and the good thing about it is that it's reminding me to pray for mhd and Bob...

Hello all. It's stupidly late and I must go to bed, but I am trying to limit my 'non-work' internet time, and have decided that I'll just pop in here (specifically to this thread) before I go to bed, and not at other times.

So here I am in the middle of the night, praying for you all.

Thinking especially of you, Jan. I think that every one of amber's posts on here have been spot-on, and I have been mentally cheering you on, amber. Unlike amber, I don't have good advice, but I am praying that you will find a way out of this hurt and sadness.

Prayers, too, for you, BES. I'm sorry that your h is making things so difficult for you. Remember that you are 'allowed' to say 'no'... especially when ever you want he is being unreasonable.

Praying for DO and Bob. I'm sorry you got such an unhelpful response from your GP. Grrrr... I am angry on your behalf. Praying that Bob feels a bit better over the next few days. Also that your cold goes away, Lost; and that you are soon in a better place mentally, Weegie. Are you getting any support or counselling? It must be so hard coming to terms with all that has happened.

Beccaroooo ... Are they testing you for hypothyroidism? I was diagnosed with that last year, but think I'd had it since I had dd2 (who's 10...!). I have it mildly, but still feel better since starting my tablets. Praying that you feel better soon. Praying for your cousin, too. I am so sorry for your loss.

So pleased that you managed to exchange, Panda. Sending prayers now for a smooth move and for happiness in your new home.

Prayers too for anyone else I've forgotten (and apologies...).

I had a rubbish day at work yesterday and was in a mad rush to pick dd up from her confirmation class, which meant that I didn't get to spend a bit of time in the cathedral on my own and light a candle for dh's aunt, as I wanted to. Oh well. On the other hand, I prayed very hard that yesterday's difficult work situation would resolve itself today and not drag on and on... and it did! So praise God for that!

Dd's confirmation is on 13th May and coincidentally it's the weekend of dd1's birthday, so my parents will be here too, which will mean that we can have a nice family celebration even if dh is po-faced about it.

I'm so glad that this thread exists. Thank you for being here!

I am going to try and get to morning communion today and will pray for you all x

Thank you, Becaroooo
Morning all