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

steam has been emitting fom ears since after school. ds banged into the trophy cabinet in the foyer. (because he had been told not to play with the door that he shouldn't) the head was soooooooo patronising... "give us a couple of months and we will sort him out. " hmm do you not think nursery may have sorted him? oh and please remember that he is still 3. would it be wrong to hope that ds bites the head?

oh red that head doesn't sound too nice at all! hopefully God will 'sort' her out!

an encouraging verse for us this morning for all of us who are going through the valley, and even those who are on the mountains - we can look to our hope to come:
1 john 3 verse 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is'

then it talks about purifying ourselves in preparation to meet Him. i want to keep that in my heart - the image of seeing Jesus as He is - what a hope, finally being with him.

Thinking of LM today as he won't see his children due to the fact they are in another Country and his ExW never facilitates a card being sent to him. So for all intents and purposes it won't feel like a special day for him, just a reminder of what he lost when she had the affair and ended it with him for the other man

I haven't sent my Dad a card as it wasn't wise when he is still furious with me. I also do not want to pander/ enable his bullying behaviour as he has yet to acknowledge (if ever) that his e-mails and texts were abusive To fix things I would need to accept all blame but with my Dad it is hard to know how many apologies would be enough. So bittersweet for me today in its own way too! And ExH is working all day and not seeing the DCs, so a quiet day ahead here

Can we today think and pray for all the daddies who have to miss their children, whether they are separated from them by distance, or have died and for all the children without their daddies...

A year ago on the 17th I had my 20 week scan and we found out our precious little baby had died. On Father's day I was in hospital in labour... It feels bittersweet this year, but my DH is the most wonderful Daddy to all our 3 children, DD1, Sterre and this little unborn one in my belly

thinking of you don'tstep and blue -pray you to know Gods presence today in special way

This verse has just come to mind for us all today -

"This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it !"

If the suggestion to keep this day as Father's day brings opportunities for more love and thankfulness then we can mark the day in that way. But let us be free to live this day in whatever is a good way for us and our families x

• We will mark it in very small ways - perhaps getting the DCs to make a card for Daddy while he's out bird-watching. And maybe phoning my Father at some point - if the DCs get keen on card making I might get them to do one for each of their grandpa's too - even though they'd get them a bit late

Thinking of you blue and love and prayers for all x

"Can we today think and pray for all the daddies who have to miss their children, whether they are separated from them by distance, or have died and for all the children without their daddies..."

Absolutely Blue. Amen

Blue. Praying for you especially today.. Also for KM and other dads not able to see their dc today.

Feel sad today. Not only because Im not with dh. On fathers day but because a very dear friend is being confirmed and i cannot go. :-(

That should say Lm . Stupid. Phone

Lifting all situations up to God as I read through. Very thankful - just had a lovely 24 hours away with DH - I surprised him for his birthday which is on Tuesday. Grateful to good friends who had DD (and the scout camp DS was on) who enabled us to go.

sorry mhd - it doesn't seem fair you not being able to go - pray God gives you your portion and makes it up to you somehow

praying on and off.

oh and always willing to chat with those in hospital if you need entertainment. ds is being very entertaining at the moment and I am doing a couple of daft things as well....

Hello all. Had a manically busy week last week and also took Friday off, as it was my birthday. I've been reading the thread periodically on my phone, though, and praying.

Praying in particular for MHD. Sorry to hear you're back in hospital and in particular sorry that you're feeling sad today. You are in the best place, and I pray that God works through the doctors and nurses to help you to feel better and stronger very soon.

Praying for weegie too. Sorry to hear about your pain. I pray that you feel better soon and that your treatment this week helps with that.

Praying for you, Blue as you remember the trauma and sadness of a year ago and all that Sterre meant to you then, and still does now. Praying for your dd1, and for the LO whom you are now nurturing... may s/he grow strong and healthy and bring you much joy.

Praying for DO and Bob... for health and strength.

Hello PandaG. Thanking God for your lovely weekend.

Praying for jan's relationship issues and for anyone struggling with difficult relationships - whether the difficulty is caused by the behaviour of individuals or just by circumstances. MomeRaths - including your LM in this, of course.

Praying for one and all, with apologies to anyone I've missed... I'm drooping here! Through my droopiness, though, I am thanking God for all that He has given me and for His closeness to me in particular on Friday which gave me a huge sense of peace of a kind that I have rarely felt.

Tuo hope you had a great birthday and happy belated birthday - glad you felt Gods peace!

i had a 4.30 start this morning but thankful for the sleep i did have. going to be praying this morning so will remember you all. i have a friend coming round this afternoon i haven't seen for ages, she has a baby, i met her as we were pregnant at same time so i hope i can be a witness in some way.

Just off to the hospital. Hoping to get my iv immunoglobulins started early so I can get home early on such a lovely day.
I had a lovely weekend : my parents came to stay on Saturday, and my db, sil and nephew came for tea on Saturday night as well. Then I did a nice Sunday lunch for fathers day for my dad (and dh of course!).

And today one of my very best friends is coming to stay till Thursday to help out while I'm in hospital and the next couple of days because the IVIg really knocks me out for a couple of days.

I'll be praying for you all when I'm sitting there!

Wishing you all a lovely day

Dear weegie - we'll be thinking of you too. Glad to hear you had such a nice weekend x

praying for you too weegie thank you for your prayers for us in hosp - and your time with God is time well spent it will build your soul up, we will be thinking of you

Thanks for long prayers. Great answer here. Being allowed to go home to do the rest of.my course - its another 9 days or so, so very thankful to be at home to do it. Doctor is happy that i am well enough - chest has cleared a lot. :-)

praying for you all, esp weegie today.

Not sure
where the random 'long' came in there.
Odd phone. Although long prayers are good ;-)

MHD - that's great news about going home :) Prayers that your chest continues to clear.

weegie - prayers for you, your treatment and it's positive effects. Prayers of thanks also for your weekend and your friend.

Blue - prayers for you as you pass the milestone of 12 months on. FWIW, I think you are amazingly strong and pray that God will continue to hold you, your DH, DD1, Sterre and your new LO in his arms.

Jan - prayers for your meet up with your friend and continued prayers for your relationship with DH.

TUO - happy belated birthday!

Panda - prayers of thanks for your time away with DH

MomeRaths - Prayers for LM and also for your relationship with your own Dad.

Lost - hope you had a good weekend with DH home

Continued prayers for PA, Juggling, redwhiteandblue, DO, amber, Gingercurl, Jaffa, FoD and anyone else I've missed.

All good here. Visit from MIL & SIL went well. DH goes back to work tomorrow so would appreciate prayers for a day on my own tomorrow. TBH, it's more the lack of being able to get out and about after the CS that I think I'll find hard. I don't really do staying cooped up at home doing nothing very well.
Aoife is doing well and now 9 days old. She sometimes seems to get trapped wind and won't settle but that's par for the course with a newborn really and some of the time she settles really well. Last night managed midnight - 3.30am in her crib which was good but then by 5am still wouldn't resettle so she came into bed with us.
Anyway, ramble, ramble, ramble.... back to newborn snuggles and daytime TV!

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oh the shame. ds has been up to his tricks again.

Hi SES - thanks for your thoughts and prayers for all - always so thoughtful.

Now, tell us more about Aoife - is she gorgeous ?!

Wow, 3.5 hrs sleep in one go - you're doing well !!

Could you invite anyone (easy) over tomorrow to keep you company for a bit if you can't get out just yet ? I'm the same as you and don't really enjoy a whole day inside at home- but at least you've got Aoife to cuddle so I guess the peace and quiet could be nice ?

What's ds been up to, bes ?

Lurking and praying, praying and lurking.

Don't do too much SES, you still need to rest. I've had 3 c sections now and at about that time with DS1 and DS2 I went out for a walk, got halfway round a circular route and realised I'd left my painkillers at home and I really needed them. Having someone round sounds like a great idea. Or how about treating yourself to something that you can't do when other people are around? DD is now 3 months and I've been buying lots of kindle books and reading them on my phone when feeding DD. Another indulgence I have is really crappy daytime TV (and I mean really, really crappy). I love days when it is just the two of us.