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

Sorry to hear you have a chest infection mhd, that sounds pretty exhausting ?
Hope you have a good day - and to everyone on here as well x

I think Juggling's suggestion is a really good one.

I thought maybe asking whether the children would like to come to church with me, so she could have an hour on her own with her dad. I think she is just afraid of illness and disability, she doesn't want her dad to be ill, let alone die and of course Bob does look and behave differently to the way he was before.
Last time Zac was here he wouldn't go near Bob, which was hurtful.
But I think that not being too explicit is a very good idea, thanks Juggling.

Praying for strength and courage for your dd, DO, and an opportunity for gp and gc to spend time together soon.

mhd - :( Don't suppose this constant rain is helping, is it?

thats very sad about your dd DO - it is so hard dealing with these things and she's probably having a difficult time facing it all, i really hope and pray she finds the courage to come.

mhd sorry about your chest infection ((((mdh)))) hope you feel much better soon

hugs to everyone else too.

Priest has been sent for, for last rites for Aillidh. Praying here, don't really know how to pray. Your kingdom come, your will be done Lord.

Amen. I have no words, but the bible says the Lord hears the groans of our spirits. please God.

Still praying for Ailidh! And for mhd that you fight that infection.

I have a bit of knowledge about continuing care I nurse older people so feel free to ask me or PM me for more info DO.

Praying for Allidah and expat.

DO Prayers for you and Bob. Its good you will now get some regular help and support. Your DDs reaction seems just the same as DD1's reaction to her Nanny, who is ill with Alzheimers. I couldn't understand for ages why DD1 seemed dis interested and avoided seeing her at all. Last week I sat down with her and she told me that it was because she is scared of her illness, scared that nanny is not going to be around much longer and scared that she wont recognise her when she does see her. I took her up this week and it went well, but it did need careful handling. I am not saying that the same is happening with Bob and your DD, but maybe she is just shying away from what she is scared of. Praying for you all, anyway.

Prayers for everyone else. Sorry, just a quick post as I am now off to another leaving party. - house group one this time!

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Praying with all my heart for Aillidh, expat and the whole expat family tonight. I pray that, if it's not possible for Aillidh to be given back to her family, she will be held safely in the Father's loving arms until it's time for them to be reunited.

Praying for you, too, Oma. I am sure that the others are right and that it's fear that's keeping dd away - perhaps also the fear of her own emotions and reactions. I am praying for strength and compassion for her too. I hope so much that the new care package will help you both and make Bob a bit more comfortable.

And for you, MHD. So sorry to hear you have another infection. Praying that this one will be minor and that you'll feel better soon.

Another quick visit. Off to London tomorrow for a meeting so have to get up early to get the train...

Praising and thanking God for Aillidh still being with us. Yesterday morning, while I was praying for her, I found myself humming an old 70's (Swedish) chorus that was going around and around in my head. Translated to English the words are: "God is love. Jesus lives. THe Holy Spirit is at work today." What a wonderful God we have!

Praying for her and Expat&family, UA&Ds, Oma and Bob, MHD, Mary's DD, and everyone else as I read through.

Just wanted to share what Jeff Lucas said to us this morning. We are a couple of days behind in Lucas on Life, so this is the reading for Wed 4th July. Hebrews 11:19 and Romans 4:1-25:
"Anyone who has walked the way of faith for a while will know that disappointment is part of the journey. We all encounter situations where not only do we pray, but we call on others to join us. We can send up desperate and fervent cries for help in many situations(...). And to put it bluntly, there are times when it seems that our cries are ignored. We can feel that God has cold-shouldered us, pushed us out of the way because he has other plans, or simply isn't listening.
And what can result? We adjust our expectations, and reduce our hopes. We can come to think that God won't do much, and this protects us from being disappointed. If He didn't act when we really sought Him and pleaded with Him and believed He would, it can hurt a lot to try again over something else. So gradually we develop a diminished view of God's abilities, concluding that a day of great power is to come in the future, but in the meantime little is likely to change. And so our vision of the mightiness of God fades, and He becomes and impotent spectator.
As we consider the difficult Abraham/Isaac story, we must not let its complexity to rob us ofthis key truth: God is the active, powerful God, able to raise the dead. Let's not settle for a miniaturised version of God, because the vision of a great God creates potential disappointment. I'd rather have faith in and awesome God and navigate my way through seasons of disappointment than reduce my vision of Him, and never ask Him to act at all."

Actually that speaks entirely into my situation especially against the backdrop of our prayers for Aillidh.

thanks for that DO. very helpful thoughts.

Aaagh just wrote a long post and internet went down.

But basically thanks for that DO - it's so appropriate for where I am too and I needed it. :)

I'm new to mumsnet. Please pray for me, dh wants to leave me, he's met a new woman who he's infatuated with but not having an affair. Every time he sees her he decides he hates me and he's very miserable. Hardly get to see him any more because he only wants to be with her now.

Oh Kay I'm divorced and a Christian, so I really feel for you. Are you still letting him live with you? As to really get over him, you need space and boundaries

I will pray for you x

Whatever his feelings, and whatever the situation, it doesn't sound like your H is being very kind KayKat - sounds like he's using some pretty strong language, when he could put things much more gently and reasonably. So sorry you're having such a hard time x

praying DO. Ihope your dd brings the children. much love.

Kaykat welcome ! and so sorry you are struggling in your marriage - it sounds very unfair on you, its so hard when you are in a situation like that. please keep coming to talk if you feel you can, praying

Hello, I've namechanged again (was Jaffa). Prayers of thanks here for a great holiday. Although we were in the UK and had lots of rain it was lovely to spend so much time with the kids. I just feel so upbeat now and realise I was quite down before the holiday. Just trying now to catch up with the thread.

DO - How old are the grandkids? Is it possible she may be reluctant to visit because she's trying to protect Bob? My DSs are pretty rowdy, the sort of boys that see no point in walking when it is possible to run. I know they exhaust me, let alone anyone who is ill so avoid taking them to see people if I think they will tire them out. If this is the problem, would she consider coming with just one kid at a time?

MHD - sorry to hear you've got another infection.

Kaykat - hello and prayers.

Lurking and praying for everyone else too.

Much prayer for all.

It's our 5th wedding anniversary today! :) thank you God for a wonderful 5 years, with lots of ups and downs, but most important lots of love, every day!

Praying for all!

Hello cloutie! Glad you had a great holiday despite the rain. Not looking forward to camping in the rain again in 3 weeks - long range weather forecast not good....dc will love it whatever though!

Welcome kaykat. That sounds horrible and so unfair on you, he sounds like he is being vile to be honest. will pray for you. :(

Oh and happy anniversary Blue! Hope you have a lovely day :)

Happy anniversary Blue.
Welcome to Kaykat and sorry to hear of your troubles. Plenty of support on here.

The grandchildren are 3 and 5 Cloutie and yes, she is trying to protect Bob from too much noise and bother.

I rang her this morning after I had a text from her and she had not seen my invitation to come up tomorrow. She has plans to go to a teddy bears' picnic, but if it is called off because of the rain she will carry out the plan to bring the children before church and sit with her dad. She thought it was an excellent plan and it now just depends on the weather. If we can't do it this time she will do it in a fortnight. She is separated from her husband, so she only has the kids once every fortnight. Kids were keen to come today as nothing much had been planned but the weather is a bit dicey today.