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

Praying fir you and bob a lot, DO, as I always do. Hope nose continues to heal.

I'm very very sore today, shooting pains in my extremities, especially my feet! So prayers for a decent nights sleep would be much appreciated!!

Oh no, weegie - feeling in your feet is no good if it's painful! Prayers for a good night and more comfortable morrow.

musicposy - great to hear from you again. Continued prayers...

Juggling - sorry to hear it's been a difficult day. Hope things improve and you and DH manage to get a bit more productive communication.

weegie - prayers for a good nights sleep for you and also prayers for your remarkable DH.

DO - continued prayers for you and Bob

MomeRaths - I've looked at those links today and actually it made me appreciate my DH more. It's sometimes all too easy to moan and miss the good. I may need to remind myself of this over the next few weeks with a newborn as I know we found it hard last time.

Prayers also for PA, Lost, Jan, TUO and anyone else in need.

Will be 40+10 tomorrow so you can imagine the frustration. The number of classic comments from various people is growing.... one of DH's friends gets married on Thursday and I got a FB post from his fiancee asking whether we'd be there as they need to sort out the right payment; mum just said on the phone "At least it will be a fully formed baby when it comes out" (I don't often swear, but WTAF?! - that's quite offensive!)
Prayers to avoid the induction on Friday by baby coming sooner please! Oh and I guess prayers for my sanity and restraint when dealing with comments!

Am (and have been) lurking and praying as usual.

Oh dear... I'm having a bit of a wobble. Have worked hard these last few days, but basically just running to catch up with myself... and haven't written a word of what I wanted to write. Now I'm feeling sad and frustrated and a bit rubbish. Think I'm going to go to bed. Tomorrow is another day and I can and will work this out. DH is back tomorrow, and although I like being on my own, I will be pleased to have some company again. (Oh, and I feel a bit pathetic now, too, as I know that there are many people worse off than me. Must get a grip!)

Praying for weegie for a good night's sleep without pain.

Also for SES that that baby puts in an appearance soon. (Very very spicy hot Thai curry followed by fresh pineapple worked for me! But I suspect that other people's 'how to get labour going' ideas are nearly as annoying as their 'Haven't you had it yet' comments, so please feel free to ignore!)

And for Bob, for healing for his nose, rest and recuperation.

And for musicposy, for the rash to go away and for you to feel better.

And for MomeRaths (like the name), jan, Juggling and anyone with relationship issues.

And for gingercurl... because we know you're there!

And for everyone who needs prayers tonight. I'm going to repost that prayer of St Augustine which I posted on an earlier thread, just because I find it comforting:

Watch, dear Lord, with those who wake , or watch, or weep tonight, and let your angels protect those who sleep. Tend the sick. Refresh the weary. Sustain the dying. Calm the suffering. Pity the distressed. We ask this for the sake of your love. Amen.

Thanks for the beautiful prayer Tuo - Refresh the weary - that's me this morning ! Thanks for everyone's kind thoughts - sometimes I don't know where this relationship is going, but I feel a commitment to raise our two lovely DCs together. I don't know about what happens after that. But maybe that's enough of a goal for now ? That will be 8 more years until youngest, DS, might leave home. Even 5 will pretty much see them through their teenage years. Does anyone else ever think like that ? Relationships, especially with difficult people, can be such hard work (And yes, I know he thinks I'm difficult too - but I'm not )

Prayers for all of you kind people too. SES - prayers for your baby to be born before Friday The Thai curry and fresh pineapple sounds rather good ! And good to see you collecting the outrageous comments as classics ! Mine were both late too so I know the sort of thing you'll be getting

My friend just called and we're meeting up in the park for lunch - I told her maybe a four day weekend was a bit long for us as a family and she sympathized (as she has a tricky DH too) - So that will be good. Later today I'm driving down to my parents for a couple of days with the children. Perhaps a short break will make a nice change.

Prayers for all with tougher challenges - I do try to be thankful

Juggling do you have any insight in what your dh thinks about those goals?

I don't think he knows I sometimes think like that DO - but maybe it's like if you were running a marathon and setting yourself little goals along the way to keep you going ... like only 3 miles to the Cutty Sark .... round the corner and up the Mall to the finish line ! If we can raise two happy children til they're ready to fly the nest then that will be an achievement to be proud of, that's all I'm saying

He just phoned from work to sort out some minor problem, so was nice to have an ordinary chat about something, and we were able to resolve the problem so that was good.

Could I have some prayers for my sister please? She is currently 33 weeks pregnant, but the baby is very small for his gestation, she has to go for weekly scans and check up from now on and the baby might have to come early...
So prayers for her and my future godson would be appreciated!

Been praying as I read through!

That must be quite an anxious time for you as well, Blue, not being so far behind her.I'll pray that all will be well with the next scan and that she can go the full term.
We didn't have such a good day. It started well enough with a meeting of the visitors' team of our old people's home, Bethany Homestead. But when I got home I had a call from the pharmacy to say that nobody has a prescription fo the thickening powder that Bob needs to have in his drinks and nobody was answering the phone anywhere.
On top of that the pharmacy brought a whole load of stuff that we had already agreed should stay where it was until we needed it, I don't like having half the pharmacy at home.

At the Brompton they came with a huge bag of medecines, most of which we already had plenty of at home and said:"Oh we thought you might like some spares." They were quite disappointed when we said we didn't want them.
But a tin of Nutilis which we do want we can't have because nobody has written a prescription for it.

I doubt whether he will have a growth spurt though DO he has dropped on the curve since the last scan 2 weeks ago. Apparently babies who are small for their gestation have a greater risk of stillbirth too... I know they are keeping a good eye on them both, but that doesn't take my anxiety away... And I can't be there for her as much as I want to as she lives in Belgium, wish I could go to the scans with her.

I hope you can get the thickening powder soon!

I had a good sleep last night - thanks to you all for your prayers.
Dh and I are currently exploring membership of the Northumbria Community as an expression of our spirituality, and we try to say the daily office. I just felt tonight I should share a blessing we say every morning:

"May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you,
Wherever He may send you;
May He guide you through the wilderness, protect you through the storm.
May He bring you home, rejoicing, at the wonders He has shown you,
May He bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors!"

Sleep well!

That's very lovely, weegie. Thanks for sharing.

Had a better day today, so am thanking God for that.

Praying for your sister, Blue. Have they given her steroids in case the baby has to be born early? (I was in hospital, with the fear that the baby might be born at any time, from 27 weeks with dd1, so had several doses, though she actually stayed put till I had my c-section at 36 weeks.) It must be really stressful for you too, so I am also praying for you... for peace of mind and for beautiful healthy babies for both of you.

Praying for Bob, DO. I hope that the thickening powder turns up somewhere soon. Also praying for you, because you are clearly doing to much to support him and it must be exhausting for you too.

Praying for Juggling, for your relationship with your dh.

And praying for everyone on this thread, and for all the people we know who are in need of prayer, whether they are ill, or stressed, or worried, or tired, or uncertain, or just in need of God's love and peace in their lives.

Oh, and I forgot to include labour-inducing prayers for SES... very important. Come on, little one...!

Oh bother... and I can't type tonight, either... DO, I meant to write that you are doing 'SO much' to support Bob, not 'to(o) much' (of course).

ive a hosp appt this morning. dd up from 3, and has been unsettled - teething. im wrecked

Thanks for the prayers. Baby still staying put and now 40+11. 24hrs til induction! I'm still hoping & praying that something happens before then but if not, it'll be remembering to trust God and pray for a smooth quick induction!

Jan - 3am start is tough. Hope your hospital appointment goes well.

Blue - prayers for your sister, the baby and you.

DO - prayers for you and Bob and that the thickener prescription gets sorted.

weegie - thank you for sharing that, it's lovely

TUO - glad you had a better day and prayers for that to continue

Juggling - continued prayers for you and your DH

Prayers for those away on hols and for others in need.

We got the thickener sorted. I phoned the GP surgery in the end and spoke to the duty GP. He said he would write a repeat prescription for four tins. I asked if he could fax it over to the pharmacy and he said he would ask his staff to do so. The speech and language therapist also phoned to ask if we got it sorted and she will visit on the 20th June. The district nurse will call in this afternoon to have a look at the sore on Bob's nose and the team in London will send a different mask.
Haven't we all done well?
Praise and thanks go first and foremost to our mighty, enabling God.

SES praying for something to happen before induction, but otherwise for a smooth induction. I was induced with DD1 and it was fine, 4 hour labour, no complications. You hear lots of horror stories around it but it can be OK.

Dutch prayers for you and that the prescription is sorted out.

Blue for your sister and the baby, that baby keeps growing and both are fine.

jan for hospital appointment and DDs teething.

And for all the other lovely people on this thread.:)

I am definitely doing better. Rash still itchy, but much more liveable with. Steroids extended until the weekend. Still no real answers except possible drug allergy (they keep telling me in hushed tones that it's important I tell them if I have taken anything they don't know about ). Sorry to disappoint them, but I am way too boring!!

My skin still keeps prickling and I am still under the weather, but I managed to go shopping yesterday for an hour for shoes for bro's wedding on Saturday. DH drove me and sat and waited; he is being amazing. Juggling I stuck through some rubbish in my marriage for years so we were together for the children. I often said I would leave once DD2 was grown up. She's now 12 and I am sure I will be with DH at 80 (if I survive this rash ). Sometimes life evens itself out as you go along. :) Prayers for your situation.

x post, Dutch! So glad that is sorted out for you, and on repeat, too :)

Have you changed washing powder or showergel lately Music? That can set my skin off quite badly. If it is worse where your bra or knickers are i.e. very close skin contact. It maybe washing powder/ fabric softner related?

Worth a shot I thought.

No, I've been racking my brains for anything that could be different. We've used a sensitive powder for a long time as DD1 is prone to eczema and allergies. However, I did buy some Persil Bio recently just for DH's filthy stuff and although I hadn't used it on anything else, I'm keeping away from it for the time being. I am racking my brains for foodstuffs too. DD1 has severe food allergies, particularly to peanuts, so the tendency is in the family.

They think, most likely, is a small patch came up on my foot which I used a daktarin spray on it thinking it might be athletes foot. They think it's an allergy to that. What makes it more likely is I have bad scar tissue on that foot as I burned it very badly camping last summer (a whole other story!). So that foot has no resistance to anything.
But who knows really? I am

Oops posted too soon..

I am improving, though. Went out to see a friend for coffee for a couple of hours this afternoon which I couldn't even have begun to do on Monday. :)

Praying through...

Do you think the remnants of the persil in the machine with the new wash would have set you off?