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, poor dd2. and poor you having to deal with it too.

i have been wiping the foorprints off my fleece. ds tried to climb further up me in an attempt to get away from nursery teacher. I have had to peel him off. we were late because he refused to get dressed and it was take him nude or be late after dropping dd off. [bad parent emotion]

Not bad parent, bes - you're showing great stamina and strength through a difficult time (normal toddlerdom + history). It won't always be like this. I've taken ds to nursery nude before (and dressed him in the car) - many times.

ginger, dh goes to functions to represent the family when we can't all get there. That's not wrong. Better one person than none, surely?

Okay, shutting up and butting out now.

PA - :( Tough times...

ah, i posted and my computer lost it. prayers, thinking of you all.

having a lowish day. arguing with dh today over me wanting to discuss an important decision he wants us to make with the counsellor and him refusing to. went to see marriage counsellor by myself today and discussed that if things don't change by a few months time the prospect of me leaving. she was so lovely kind and supportive that it nearly made me cry.

exodus 14.14
The Lord will fight for you, you need only be still

Read through and prayed as I did - esp praying for Ambers friend, for Blue and for PAs DD1.

Came home monday night but didn't even have the energy to go on the internet yesterday. Was back in the hospital this morning getting a new venflon as my veins wouldn't behave enough for a longline. Hoping this one lasts til sunday which is the last day. I am very, very tired - can't really do anything at all, and was lying here yesterday thinking of all those who feel like this constantly - who never have any energy at all and are completely reliant on others. Praying for these people.

Been thinking of you a lot weegie and praying. So pleased the IVs are working so well. Praying for continued good meds results for you and keeping praying for you in terms of how it all makes you feel. Some days I just want to hide and not even think about God, others I'm so aware of his presence. I don't get it, I just don.t. But I keep praying, keep reading the psalms....sending love.

Have to go and do my afternoon IVs.

Today I am utterly exhausted. Went to an event at church last night - a friend has just published a book, this was the launch. There was a time of worship first and I had to leave, I just couldn't bear it another second, singing about God being good when I just don't know what to believe any more. Friend is cross with me for walking out, but it was one thing too many for me. I'm only human, and I'm struggling mightily with this one, it really hurts that I just can't feel God's love. It feels like he has abandoned me, and all the promises I held on to for so long are like dust.
Very sad, very worried for dh too who has had to up his antidepressants and says he feels like crying half the time. The weegie house is not a very happy one right now.

mhd you are very brave hang in there...

oh weegie - i am so sorry you are going through such a hard time! illness puts such a strain on any relationship. and its totally understandable you would feel like that in church, given you are going through your own personal hell and in the time you need the presence of God the most you can't feel it. i am so sorry - this is when you need your friends the most to comfort and love you - not be cross with you. im sure you already know that just because you can't feel God doesn't mean he isn't there.... you WILL get through this, God doesn't bring you THIS far and just leave you. another way to look at it is that God is trusting you with this trial - remember when Lazarus died and Jesus didn't go to the family for 3 whole days - well he trusted them to wait for him, he loved them so much and he knew they would be ok, - HE was going to make it ok, he was going to come through with Himself in the end...and i pray He comes with his presence to you in the end, and all will see and you will be such a testimony of his grace and keeping power. sorry for long post - i know at times nothing can help when you feel so low but please hang in there, hang in to some of the psalms, even one verse can keep you going for a little bit longer

Praying, especially for MHD, Weegie, PA's DD and everyone else who needs to be carried at the moment.

I feel bad being grumpy with my friend, we've known each other nearly 20 years, she's a good friend. She has struggled a bit herself this year, she did take a step of faith and give up her job to write, but her dh has a good job and what it means is they can't have a foreign holiday this year. She's been trying to equate this with what's happened to me this year. This is the same person who told me a few weeks ago that it was my bitterness that was making me ill.
Actually, I don't make her sound like much of a friend, do I? Maybe take a wee step back for a few weeks, I think!!

Oh weegie....gosh I don't know what to say - has she ever apologised for that remark at all? :( Hopefully she'll understand about last night....any real friend would. I can relate to all you say, there have been times when I felt I needed God most and God didn't show up. God always has showed up in the end for me but I can't say that like it's a trite kind of 'oh it'll be fine, you'll see' way...in fact it's been downright painful and there are simply no words to make it ok because it isn't.

Sometimes I just have to read Psalm 42 and cry.

Prayers.

Psalm 42

1 As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
3 My tears have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
?Where is your God??
4 These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go to the house of God
under the protection of the Mighty One[d]
with shouts of joy and praise
among the festive throng.

5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

6 My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon ?from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.

8 By day the Lord directs his love,
at night his song is with me?
a prayer to the God of my life.

9 I say to God my Rock,
?Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy??
10 My bones suffer mortal agony
as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
?Where is your God??

11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

Yeah

((((((weegie)))))) your friend is not being kind being cross about you leaving. poor you, it is an enormous thing you are having to deal with, grieving for what was and dealing with the what the hell was God thinking? type feelings are enough to cope with without stroppy friends thrown into the mix... prayers.. how are those tingles? (sorry that seems to minimise them but I can't think of how to put it) the promises God made are true whetherr you feel them or not... though it is extremely difficult to believe when right in the midst of it so let someone else hang onto those for you right now and just concentrate on what you can manage. it is time like this that you need other people to help you through. praying that god will wrap you in his arms and help you through.

Weegie, I'm reminded of the words of the rabbit in Bambi: "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all" (more or less). If she can't think of something positive to say in your situation, she needs to jolly well zip it. In the nicest possible Christian way.

Hugs. Prayers.
And for everyone else too.

Hello everyone, can I join in? Sorry to jump in mid-thread but I really feel like if I'm on MN I should be on a Christian prayer thread! I'm a friend of Dorothy ha :)
I'm 30, a nurse, on MN because we've been TTC for 2.5 years. DH and I are Christians although due to the difficulties TTC and a house fire 6 months ago it's not been plain sailing recently.

at. Oops.

Also waves. It's a weak wave, but I do mean it.

:)

Hello Faithy. How nice to see you here :)

Hello dor! Well yes, I thought it was about time!

Welcome Faith. Also a weak wave!

My tingles are still tingling away, but not so noisily!!

We had a very nice and peaceful day in honour of our precious youngest daughter Sterre. Happy birthday little one! x

FoD how are you doing? Everything ok with the litte one?

happy birthday sterre. (((blue)))

hi faith!

ds is in bed and not howling yet dd and I have had chance to start on her model. now all I have to do is work out where we are going to store it whilst it dries.

Hello Faith. Welcome. [Jumps up and down and waves!] And hello FoD - hope all is well with you.

Weegie... I am so sorry that you're having such a bad time, but it's utterly understandable, and your friend is being very lacking in understanding. Hopefully she will come to see how thoughtless she has been and will come back to you with more compassion. Meanwhile, it's absolutely OK to be angry and frustrated: how could you be anything else? But I pray that you will feel better physically soon, and also know some more spiritual peace.

MHD... Glad you're home, but sorry that you are feeling so exhausted. Please look after yourself and know that we're thinking of you and praying.

Blue... I'm glad that you had a peaceful day remembering Sterre today on her special day.

BES... not a bad parent at all. You do what you have to do... Praying for a better day tomorrow.

PA... Good to see you, and sorry that your dd is so unhappy. Praying for strength for her and for you.

DO... Prayers for you and Bob too.

Continuing to pray for the person I mentioned yesterday. He's hanging on, beyond all prognoses, and has had another op today. Also praying that I make good decisions at work tomorrow - could be difficult.