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

DO, that's all that's keeping me hanging on in there. What are the options? I can't walk away, I know it's real. I just am not sure if God loves me any more. I love my children, I wouldn't let them go through this if I could help it!

As it says in ecclesiastes bird - there is a time to grieve.

Maybe it is good to accept that today is a day to reflect and grieve and definitely a day to hug DD.

You seem very strong. Keep holding on as Oma says, and thinking of you too, weegie x

Prayers for all

oh DO. hugs. and may the lord hold you in his arms and support you through this crisis

Hello everyone, its Caz, I namechanged a few weeks back.

I haven't read back yet, so sorry I'm not adding my prayers for you all.

A family at church desperately needs much prayer. Very distressed to have been told this morning that one of our Mums killed herself during the week. I feel utterly sick about it, for her, her DH and their two young girls, aged around 6 and 3. How will they ever recover from such a traumatic event in their little lives?

I'm so shocked, I didn't know her overly well, just enough to speak to on the Sundays she was in church but from the little I did know I would never have known she was so desperately unhappy. I can't helping feeling or wondering if we as a church failed her?

Dear lady I hope you knew Jesus amongst all your pain and that you are now wrapped in his arms and the hurt has been taken away.

Father God wrap your arms around this family, be their strength and comfort them in their time of distress, now and in the years to come.

bird, it is not silly to grieve for Phoebe who should have been here sometime around now. She was a real baby, who did not survive long enough for you to meet and anniversaries are hard, very hard and receiving a stark reminder of what could have been today makes it harder.

hi everyone

wow that is terrible fioled. how devastating for the family. praying...
praying also for DO, Weegie, Bird, and anyone i have missed out who is also going through the valley of darkness - that God will shine his light soon again, that you WILL know his presence peace and joy soon - i heard today that God doesn't bring us out of things he brings us THROUGH things - to the other side, he will not leave us in the place that we are in. he will finish the journey we are on, we will not be stuck or abandoned. praying for your hearts to lift, and for Gods favour on you.

dds blessing we well today, she kept pulling on the microphone lead while the pastor said the prayer, and started joining in the prayer! it was nice, we went for lunch after with the families and im glad to just get back and wind down.

gingercurl im glad the calpol worked for you - i am also using it, and just bought nurofen as well. i only give it sparingly, and thanks for the reminder about overdosing, ill be sure to check if dh has given any to her just incase. she hasn't got nappy rash but ill look out for it - i didn't know they were related.

weegie, god does love you, even if it doesn't feel like it and in your circumstances I would find it extremely difficult to remember and have shiouted and rranted at God for far less

it is crap that you have to go through what you are going through and there may be no explanation for it. I hope that we can support you through it, even just a little bit.

Oh you do. A lot. I just want to know why? And how can God do this? Either cause it, or let it happen to me? Is He not omnipotent? Can't he protect His children? And don't even get me started on third world poverty etc .......
I just find it hard to reconcile the God I thought I knew with the world in which I have to live!

Weegie, the nearest I get to it is that it's a very real planet on which very real things happen. Jesus was whipped and tortured and abandoned and was hungry and thirsty and mocked and stripped and hanged on a cross to die, and he is God. So much for our notion that if we're faithful, nothing bad will happen to us.
But we're on this planet for (say) 75-80 years ...and heaven is an eternity. Not just 80 years but billions of years. A heaven in which God wipes away all tears and soothes all pain.

The heaven we have now, in our disabled state where we're often battling pain and fear and humiliation from people not thinking of our needs? Well, that's to be found in the love of those who are close to us, and in the surety that we are indeed loved very much indeed by God. Making something of it....that's the knack, or at least it is for me.

Do I shout at God, waking up as I do in pain and not always able to get down stairs safely and strugging with social communication and prejudice and nerve problems and the aftermath of cancer and faceblindness etc etc - yup, I do shout at him. But I also give thanks for the things I have, and the people in my life.
No easy answers. Ever. But you're loved.

DO prayers for you and Bob and some (((hugs))) each, too. I know that no words from me will make you feel better. When I went through a really dark time and got to the "IF you are really there God" prayers, I did find some comfort in music, it seemed to lift me a little. I hope your pastoral care team now step up to the mark and support you.

Weegie Same goes for you. ((hugs)) the God you have believed in and relied upon for 25 years is still the same. Its just hard to see that right now and He understands your frustrations and anger toward Him. His shoulders are big and can take all our ranting and metaphorical thumping that we throw His way. Prayers that you find God in your situation.

Bird - ((hugs))) for you, too. It is most definitely not silly to be sad on your due date. SO many hopes and dreams were fixed on this date. Prayers for you to find peace and have a successful pregnancy very soon

Hi Caz. Prayers for the family of this mum. How terribly sad. Hindsight is good at showing failures in 20/20 vision. Dont beat yourself up about what could have been. You cannot change what has happened, but the church can now show the family that they care and share God's love with this hurting family.

What a lot going on with everyone here. Lots for prayer!! The Christian life isn't easy, is it?

Prayers for Weegie, DO, Blue and the family that Fioled mentioned. There's nothing wrong with raging against God. The psalmists did it often enough. If God knows us so well that he can count the number of hairs on our heads I think there's no point in trying to hide emotions from Him (or Her). Thinking of you all.

Argh! Meant to write Bird not Blue, although be sure I'm praying for her too. Sleep deprivation is taking its toll...

Yes lots to pray for.

I just wanted to say that knowing you wonderful ladies are lifting up LM in prayers and me is wonderful and things have been a lot easier lately, our friendship is deepening and I can clearly see that despite his circumstances God has got him. Thank you for praying for him and please keep him in your thoughts as this protracted situation continues.

thats so good don't, thankful for answered prayers...may God keep pouring out blessings what he can do for one he will do for another

lots of prayers that have been asked, may God answer them all!

thanks jaffa it's nice knowing people do pray for me

Looking forward to midwife appointment tomorrow and extra scan on Tuesday. Little one has been kicking properly a lot the last few days which is very reassuring as last year this time Sterre died at the same gestation. It does feel bittersweet though, as I try to enjoy this pregnancy but realise that I wouldn't be doing this if I would have my precious little girl instead.

yes that bittesweet feeling ds would not have been conceived if little one had survived. it leaves a guilty niggle in the head sometimes. hope the scan goes well blue. good that you are getting kicked, hope that not too many of them are aimed at the bladder...

weegie. I have shouted the whys? too. the only thing that I can think of to help me is knowing that it was not supposed to be like that. it was supposed to be good but sin entered the world. I still struggle with the why does he allow terrible things to happen to people who love God though. it is easier to understand the theoy in good times rather than bad though. in the bad you just need something to cling onto, or let someone else do the clinging for you.

Oh, how sad to see so many people going through tough times at the moment. I'm so sorry...

Praying for hope and strength for DO and weegie.

Praying for bird... the loss of your babies is real, and it's not silly at all to grieve for them.

Praying for the scan, Blue, and also for your own grief at the lost of Sterre. Praying your LO keeps kicking away to reassure you.

Praying for the family mentioned by fioled. How incredibly sad.

Praying for amber, too. I had no idea how hard things were for you on a day-to-day basis (I knew about the cancer, but not the other things...).

Praying, too, for BES and PA and Jan and Juggling and MomeRaths and Jaffa... and everyone who looks at this thread, whether they post or not.

its really been on my heart the past while for those who have lost babies. i am praying God to comfort and just make his presence very real. i can't imagine how devastating it would be or why these things in life happen. i keep thinking in the twinkling of an eye, all will be changed and we will be like him and there will be no more pain.

dd was up every 2 hours last night and im exhausted, i don't know how im going to get through today. even if i can get a break, i can never sleep during the day. trusting God to be what i am not, and for each of us, what we can't do that he will do that for us

well i went back to bed and around 7am dd woke up. i called to dh that i had been up every 2 hours and could he get her now. i got a whole torrent of stuff at me, him saying 'im tired too, i need a rest too, i don't have the energy for this, will u just give me a break, and he was ranting on at me. he mimicked my voice calling him and then said its that VOICE i can't stand. first thing in the morning, then he took dd for awhile but had no patience cos she kept crying but he didn't want to do anything except get her to sleep. so ive taken her, fed her changed her and she is eating her breakkie.

i couldn't stop crying, as ive been up all night and this is what i get when i ask for help and he said i shouldn't take it so personal, that he did crack up with me, but anyone with a bit of sense should know that when people are tired they crack up. im so upset and confused. i can't handle that its ok for him to speak to me like this all the time, or whenever he's tired or whatever. incidently he got a full 7 hours sleep. im bored of trying in our relationship.

Jan, a loving partner never ever mocks a distressed partner.
Never
Ever
Simple as that.
Much prayer.
And for everyone else.

Oh Jan :(
I'm all for giving people the benefit of the doubt and second chances but this is really not right and not fair on you. Wish I could say something more positive but praying for you and a resolution (whatever that might be).

oh jan love.

he is not sharing the load like an equal parent

he is not supporting you like a loving partner

he is abusing you by mocking you.

one might give them the benefit of the doubt if it was a one off and there was a genuine apology (with no but you.... ) but this seems pat of a pattern.

work on your plan love. today you are v tired but think about it. you don't have to use it.

must remember the knickers, ran away with no clean knickers last time

Thanks I'm upset even reading ur kind messages about it I've left the house as he just went back to bed and didn't get up in the end. I haven't heard from him. He is off at the minute apart from one essay to do in his own time wand the odd day of work, which is a nightmare for me. I feel I've nowhere to go so sitting in a cafe here and don't wanna go home and deal with it.

Praying as I read through. So much to pray for.

I'm sad. It seems my DSiL is driving a wedge between my DB and DSis. She is quick to criticise people she thinks are in the wrong but is even quicker to take offence if someone says anything that might even be vaguely construed as critical of her. DSiL is very insecure and has a lot of growing up to do before finishing her studies to enter the ministry next year. With both my parents dead and one uncle and four cousins that I rarely see, DB and DSis are my only family (apart from DH and DS, of course) and I find it upsetting that someone who is "married in" is pushing my family apart.