May time-Christian prayer thread

[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.
Aspirantpiate-studying and a new job in September
Bafana, Thesober-single parent to teen/preteen Pray for a friend who has a brain tumour
Becaroooo- ongoing health problems that are now starting to be investigated
Beatrice Primrose and cupoftea poorly baby and support for the family
birdofthenorth prray for comfort and support after the loss of her baby at 8 weeks of pregnancy
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
Don in killerheels-hous
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- pray that the pregnancy will stick and bleeding to stop.
Gingercurl- things are stressful at home, studying for PhD, high blood pressure
heyyyo-dd with health issues.
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
Lovelyman access arrangements and maintenance. (and his SO prefers kissing wookies? eeuuu)
Madhairday- reoccuring lung infections, dd with psoriasis/partial hearing and unhelpful school and getting bullied. SATs week. 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.
MrsMcCave -hello!
Nanniejo- family and weddings abroad
Nickelhasababy pray for friends who have lost babies.
Notevenamousie- curently undergoing treatment as an inpatient. recently lost her mum.
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.
Starwisher-pray for a job for dh
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
ZipidiSoozi- welcome back! GCSE season for ds
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. Parents poorly, mum collapsed- investigations to find out why. Mil with lifelimiting cancer

Oh PA that is so very hard. But good that you were all together in church and could start praying straight away. Small consolation, I know.

We are still struggling somewhat. They warned us in the Brompton that there was a chance that the mask would caue a pressure sore on Bob's nose and to try and avoid that as it would be slow to heal. They gave us a bit of jelly like material to put between his nose and the mask and he did, but obviously too late as the skin is broken and it looks a mess. And no-one around to ask what to do of course. He is eating better though and having lots of snacks. Also he is not hating the thickened fluids too much and it may even be that he finds it a comfort to know that it doesn't go where it shouldn't

Praying, praying, praying...
... for the young woman from PA's congregation, for her family and friends, and all who knew her; may they know strength and comfort in their sadness, and may she rest in peace;
... for DO and Bob, for swift healing for Bob's nose and for it not to get any worse; and thanks for better eating and drinking;
... for SES, for her beautiful baby to put in an appearance soon (and for people to stop hassling her about it) and for all to go smoothly;
... for Blue, for a reassuring scan and continued smooth progress in the pregnancy;
... for jan for a more peaceful few days;
... for TaCP, for the next few days not to be too exhausting;
... for MHD, BES and anyone on holiday this week, that the weather improves and doesn't put too much of a damper on things (especially not on MHD's lungs);
... and for all the others on this thread, and beyond, especially anyone who's unwell, depressed or in difficulty.

I didn't achieve much today, and am a bit cross with myself. I did go to church twice, though (two different churches: the band that I play with - think 'brass' rather than anything funky! - was providing the music for a jubilee service this afternoon, and then I went to a rather lovely and uplifting choral Eucharist in the cathedral a bit later).

Offering this prayer, which was used during the cathedral service, for myself (i.e. that I get on my my work and finish it!) and for anyone else who needs encouragement and support to do what they need to do - whatever that may be.

A PRAYER OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
Lord God, when you call your servants to endeavour any great matter, grant us also to know that it is not the beginning, but the continuing of the same, until it be thoroughly finished, which yields the true glory; through him who, for the finishing of your work, laid down his life for us, our Redeemer, Jesus Christ.

reading & praying

Having a low day about LM, he sent a text this morning basically saying he was too old fashioned to accept any help towards fuel when he visits and so he won't be seeing me for a while fedup.com

I love the fact he's old fashioned usually. Not today. I feel like his ExW is robbing him of his future right now.

hey tea..sorry to hear that. he should accept it especially if it makes you happier and means you can see him. nothing like a mans pride!
also having a low day - dh and me having background issues, and also my family have upset me a bit.

Maybe it's more about needing space and cave time? Things are so incredibly hard for him right now

Hugs and prayers for those having man-trouble. Everyone deserves an honest, open and gentle love from their partner in life.

maybe there is no such a thing amber - unless you last for about 50 years in marriage and then suddenly you love each other and are used to one another? i just want jesus to come back today. Lord save all our loved ones and come back today

No they do exist lovely Jan, look at page 1 and then page 2 of this and have a think: www.freedomprogramme.co.uk/docs/mrgoodbad.pdf

The second page person exists, many of my friends are married to these types of people. Sending you lots and lots of love today and praying for you x

Oh and a good father respects the mother of his children.

This book is well worth a read, as well as Lundy Bancroft's my love: www.amazon.co.uk/Not-Under-Bondage-Biblical-Desertion/dp/0980355346/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338816893&sr=1-1

Hi

Not much to say. Doing really well after last treatment, felt the cold tiles on the bathroom floor today!!
Tired, though. Dh very tired too, he's been dealing with terminal patients (he's a GP with a specialist interest in palliative care) and is emotionally worn out by several recent difficult cases, including one he couldn't keep at home as the symptoms got too severe, even though it was what the patient wanted (dh is a home-hospice provider so this was a " failure" - his first - to him).

So I'm dealing with my fatigue, pain and muscle twitching as well as a somewhat morose dh.

Please pray for us!

Prayers for everyone

Hello all... sending prayers everyone's way: especially...
for TaCP and her LM... for a resolution to the difficult situation you're both in right now;
for jan... for her relationship with her h and with her family;
for DO and Bob... for healing, breathing, eating, drinking and general health;
for Weegie... for continued improvement with the feeling coming back, and for your dh. It must be exhausting and saddening for him when he can't give his patients the end that they want; but I pray that he takes comfort from the knowledge that he has done his best for them and been there for them when needed. I hope that he can see that, in cases where he can't keep a patient at home it's not a 'failure' but just that he has to respond to the patient's needs;
for EmphaticMaybe, whom I was talking to earlier on another thread... for a church where she feels at home and able to let go of her doubts;
for expat's dd, for CupofTea's Beatrice, and for UA's ds;
and for everyone here, regulars, occasional posters and lurkers.

your dh sounds amazing weegie - prayers for him. tuo i hope you manage to get the work you need to do done - prayers for everyone and thats lovely idea to pray for lurkers too God sees every need and cares about all of them great and small

Much prayer for each of you, and all the situations you're in.

Jan, mine is a lovely dh. Not perfect - no-one is. But goodness me he's fantastic. They do exist.

Up early this morning and praying for you all - feel a special need to pray for those with relationship problems today, so am doing so!!

Thanks for the link to the 2 page illustrations in the freedom programme tea and cake and for the prayers for relationships weegie

I think I might show those to DH and use as the basis for a conversation about respect in our relationship - Wish me luck - or keep me in your prayers !

I can see elements of my DH in both the men shown

yes sorry forgot teaandcakes to say it was v helpful to me too. hope it goes well juggling....thanks weegie for prayers, and amber - so glad you have lovely dh

The Saint document is used a lot by Restored and I find it helpful too.

I think I'm going to change my mn nickname permanently to this. Is that too confusing? There are so many tea type nicknames on mn now

Such a long name, but I agree about the tea.

Call me MomeRaths for short

DD is watching Disneys Alice in Wonderland repeatedly at the moment.

Day not going so great with DH and I haven't even shown him the "Mrgoodbad" summary. (But the stuff in it has been on my mind) Actually I'm not sure I can ATM/ just yet.
Trouble is the Mr Bad does contain some really horrible stuff and I'm not saying he's that bad ... Just for me it gave me a lot to think about, and I think if he could be open enough to the ideas in it it could give him some helpful insights too. But looking at ourselves and facing up to criticism is never easy for anyone is it ?

Hi everyone and thank you so much for the prayers. Still have the rash, maybe a bit more under control but still spreading. On steroids - not sure if they are helping or not. Was feeling better but a blip with temperaturey and very fast pulse again this afternoon. Hopefully can get to see GP tomorrow and they will have some test results or a way forward. DD passed one of her skate tests, not the other, but she can retake that and seems to have got over it now. The one she passed was the field moves which is the better way round to do it (passing the other alone would have disqualified her from competing under the weird rules they have!). Looking back to Friday - I don't think I feel quite as ill as I did then :) It's been wonderful thinking people are praying for me - I'm much calmer over it all, as even though I've no answers yet, I feel it is being taken care of. Thank you, all. I'd be so grateful for continued prayers.

Will read through carefully and pray for all the lovely people on here :)

Be assured of my prayers Musicposy, glad you feel a bit better.
We are doing a bit better here, although we are both still shattered. A nursing friend came this morning and thought Bob's nose was healing up lovely. Thank you for all yoru prayers.