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 - could the grandkids speak to him by skype? I don't use that with my parents yet but may do if they get fragile in the future and find the boys too energetic even for short visits.

Welcome to Kaykat and happy anniversary to Blue.

WOW. I have had the weirdest 24 hours ever. I am too tired to type it all out now, but if you wrote it all in a book, you would never believe it. It has consisted of murder GOd putting me in the weirdest situation with a friend, talking her out of suicide then I was totally blessed to be able to answer lots of questions she had about her life with verses from the Bible, and before I knew what was happening she was saying that she believes there is a God, that I was sent to help her and she believes that God has plans for her future.

Then a lovely lunch with another friend today, to return home for a QUIET restful afternoon to walk into a house full of lovely friends and family here for a surprise goodbye party organised by our lovely daughters! We had about 75 people in the house! It was mad!! BUT LOVELY! I am feeling emotionally wrung out!! But very happy.

PA glad you enjoyed the party :) ( you might want to change your FB password ) Your DD's and friends and family did a splendid job in keeping it secret!
I was invited as well, but as it was our anniversary and we haven't actually met in person, it would have been slightly strange to be there, iyswim, but I was there in thought, hoping and praying you had a lovely time :)

Praying for everyone!
Specially tonight for little Aillidh! May God reveal his plan for her soon...

Thanks everyone for the welcome messages and prayers. Dh out at another all night party with what i fear is a bad crowd. Feeling rather scared what the future will bring.

FB status: Aillidh Christine Kinnaird died of complications from treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia at around 11.30 on 8 July 2012. She was surrounded by family and friends and most of all, love.

RIP little one!

I don't have words... but I am praying from my heart and will re-post the words of St Augustine, of which I am very fond, and which have been appreciated on here before:

"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"

Such sad news from expat.

All I can think of is the Aaronic blessing:

The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you, and give you peace.

This is my prayer for the whole family, near and far, tonight.

oh so very sad. no words... thoughts and prayers

Kaykat are you safe love? Do you have your own thread on mumsnet to get advice? I'm very worried about you

Those are both beautiful prayers, Tuo and weegie.

So sorry to hear
"surrounded by family and friends and most of all, love"

All our love to expat x

:( so, so sad. What an inspiration that little girl was, how she brought people together! Praying for expat and all her loves ones at this time.

Hi to kayKat. I'm glad you've found this thread. How are things this morning? Praying for you.

PA sounds like God put you into those situations! Praying you draw strength back from Him.

THe Lord give Aillidh's family his peace indeed. Praying for them all.

Praying. :(

'Every tear I cry, you hold in your hands
And though my heart is torn
I'll praise you in this storm..'

So sad to hear about the little girl and praying for her family.

Should a get a new thread? I don't know enough about mum's net yet to know how to do that.

DH not back yet, probably recovering somewhere, no idea where, this is all completely out of character, he's always been sensible up to a few weeks ago.

Me and DS went to church for first time in ages. It had a rather unfriendly feel but we decided we will work our way round a few local churches to see if we can find one where we feel at home.

I have just heard that my friend's baby was born still born last week - her first. Please pray for her and her DP at this difficult time.

This thread is being a bit of a rollercoaster in itself.
So pleased for you PA, I got an invitation as well, but had to decline.
Faith so very sad for your friend, how far gone was she? You say 'still born' rather than 'miscarried' so probably quite far gone.
And then the thing about Aillidh.
I can so see that the Lord has wrought His miracle here. It was not at all what we would have wanted, we would have had her live to a ripe old age and be happy every after. Instead of which the Lord has promoted her to His glory and everybody knows it.So many people have prayed, so many people uplifted and blessed, this is a miracle that God alone has made and all I can say is "To God be the glory, great things He has done".

DO she had gone on mat leave already. I think she was due next week but had her 3rd July. Everything was ready :( I don't know too much detail her DP posted on FB she was 'born asleep'.

I know what you mean about Aillidh, she inspired so many people. I saw people saying they were praying when they had lost faith years before and those who had no faith willing to pray. What a beautiful little girl she was, such a sweet smile.

I pushed myself to go to church this morning - having wrestled with disappontments and struggles on the last few months I have found it difficult to have a relationship with and trust in God. Guess what the preach was on? Keeping faith in miracles through disappontments! And the girl who preached explained that they have fertility issues too and tried for 4 1/2 years before she conceived twins :) so I'm glad God pushed me to go. I realise it's important to persevere.

Kaykat You do not have to create your own thread but if you'd like some advice and people to get alongside you at this difficult time, then you can create a thread in the relationships topic here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships Or just lurk on there and read the threads for now and get a feel for how it all works. The newest messages are at the top, but you can "flip" the thread to see the original message and change your settings so all the messages are on one page alone. So it's easier reading.

You sound at the moment (from the limited information) to be allowing him to live with you, hoping things will get better. But he is treating you very badly You deserve more. How long have things been like this? How does he treat you when at home? Are you safe? Have you looked at marriage counselling with Relate? It can all seem a bit overwhelming sometimes and as Christians I sometimes think we put up with far more than we should, for the sake of saving the marriage. I know I was determined to do everything I could to save the marriage, so that when my children asked me when older, I could say hand on heart, that I'd done everything I could. I also was very afraid of ending it, because of the shame of being "divorced" and also for the children, I was desperate for them to grow up in a stable loving, two parent home. But your husband should love you like Christ loves the church. Sometimes it is worse to remain together, as the atmosphere, the tension, the marriage being witnessed to the children etc is worse for them and for you. And there are many people on this thread who are struggling in their marriages right now, or divorced and some even happily remarried So you are in good Company x

Sorry for the hi-jack ladies

Please send me a private message if you want Kaykat by clicking on message poster on the right of my name. If I can help at all.

I cried for Aillidh this morning and Sarah McLachlan's Arms of an Angel has been in my head all day. So very very sad.

Kaykat hello and wot she said^^

bit tired. was up rather late. then a bit upset at the news.

what a night. up with both children. ds screaming and terrified and came into bed with me but would only sleep with his head leaning on me. feel like I have done 10 rounds with a butting goat.

Oh dear, rwBES! Praying for a not-too-frantic day for you.

Praying for everyone else too.

please pray for me had 2 very difficult phone calls already and feeling like i really need Gods comfort and help

Oh Jan praying.

Couldn't post at work but have been throwing prayers up jan. Hope you had a restful day bes.