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

Glad for FoD's news. Praying for bird.

Oh, jan, sorry to hear that - that's not how you want your Friday evening going, is it? Wondering... does he just want/need the focus on him this evening? Are you strong enough to try that? (It does take the focus away from you, which means you can meet accusations with, "But let's talk about you." It also casts you in the role of strong, supportive one rather than weak, failing one.)

That may be entirely unhelpful; it may be too late for such musings now, anyway... Hope you sleep. :)

In any case, don't get upset by it (easier said than done, I know). You know he's doing a great job; you also know you're doing an even better one (not that it's a competition!), since you're getting next to no sleep and troublesome hormones flying round, to boot. Just cos he can't see that, doesn't mean it isn't true - you know you're doing fantastically. And if you don't, I'm tellin' ya! :o

God loves you perfectly, accepts you totally as you are. Unfortunately, your man's fallible. Take God's view of you where it doesn't match dh's view. :)

Yeh, good advice lost

I quite like (the slightly old-fashioned perhaps) hymn

Oh God our help in ages past ...

especially "Beneath the shelter of thy wings thy saints have dwelt secure
Sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defence is sure"

That image of God sheltering us under her wing being one of the times a female image of God is used, as with a mother hen and her chicks.

Thinking of you all and praying for all to feel sheltered beneath a loving wing tonight.

thanks lost and what a beautiful thought about being sheltered under Gods wings

things still not resolved yet...i did get very upset even though i tried not to be, he just kept going on at me. he stayed at his friends last night and is working all day so please pray for when he gets back tonight. im so tired at the minute

Just read through the new thread to try and catch up. Thank you BES for the round up!

Sorry to hear of tough times for many of you. Prayers for everyone to have a better day today.

Jan - prayers for you and your DH and that this evening things will move in the right direction.

Bird - prayers....many of us on here have experienced the pain of mc and I'm so pleased you have support from your DH and joy from your DD. it doesn't replace what you've lost but is a comfort.

FoD - prayers for your pregnancy and reassurance

Blue - prayers for you too. That stage is a bit like being in limbo until you get the reassurance of movements. I pray you will feel God's reassurance and LO's movements!

Prayers for baby Beatrice and Aillidh

MHD - great that the situation for your DD has improved!

Prayers for TACP, PA, Lost, DO and everyone else. Must go as being summoned by DS! Will try and come back later!

Can we add UnlikelyAmazonian's ds to the prayer thread. He has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and is in Bristol Children's Hospital.
Her thread is here

oh dear poor thing. prayers for littleA

jan love. enjoy the day. relax with little one and take it steady. prayers

bird, how are you today... ((hugs))

do how are you and bob today?

We had the letter from the Brompton this morning and we have a provisional appointment for the 28th May. We will have to wait on the morning of the admission to know for certain, which is difficult as far as booking transport etc is concerned.
Also they have said he will be in hospital for four days, but have not said whether the Monday (when he needs to be there before 15.30) counts as a day or not. I shall need to ring them on Monday to find out, but at least we are a bit further forward than we were.

Going back to my post on Thursday morning, I am trying to really make some headway today on this admin project. Kids are mostly playing nicely and I am trying to focus. Please pray that I get lots done this weekend. It's so important that I do. Wish I hadn't procrastinated so long over it all

DO that sounds hopeful. Praying travel and hospital appointment comes together.

Also lovely man that I see only once a week that God continues to hold him at this time and a way forward is found for the children more than anything.

oh dear, does not bode well. 30 seconds and already need to think of police officers...

Is everything ok BES?

Jan - hope all is well this evening. Praying for you and DH

he is visiting the children. i am hormonal. feel a bit better as we have managed to tidy and hoover the living room carpet. and ds had a long sleep so I got a bit of a break.

BES - hope visit went well in the end

DO - prayers for Bob's appointment at The Brompton

Jan - how were things last night?

TACP - prayers for ease & time of getting admin stuff done. Also prayers for lovely man, his situation with his DC and your relationship.

Quick update from me: am 39 wks today and at last reckoning, baby was head down and 3/5 engaged. Thank you for your prayers on this as I'm sure they helped prevent a frustrating hospital stay. MW on Tues so will see if there's any further progress then. Now just have to get my head round my (wanted) VBAC and giving birth naturally!
Am hoping to get to church this morning for the first time in about a month and then this afternoon have been invited to a social event (1st anniversary of a civil partnership) at a pub about half an hour away. These are people I know from church but don't know that well and I'd really like to form some closer friendships within this group as I feel we are kindred spirits IYKWIM. DH was out at rugby all day yesterday so he's got plans with DS for the day so I can get to church and the do this afternoon by myself. This will be quite good as DS is being v clingy to me at the moment. Probably a bit if awareness of impending arrival but also he's had 2 ear infections in the last month (please pray he doesn't now get prone to them!)

Right apologies for all that waffle... Will remember you all again in my private prayers at church this morning.

thanks for prayers
BES glad you got a bit of a break despite the circumstances
SES Glad things are going ok with the baby and i hope you enjoy your day today with DS

dh got back late last night so we didnt' talk much, there is a lot of tension still and i feel it is going to be one of those days. i think one of the main problems is how it affects me. i just get very upset, i can't just get on with my plans as normal and 'be happy' - the whole thing affects my mood, my eating, my plans for the day. im not going to church this morning, ill probably take dd out later to be away from him, i don't want to see people. he'll be happy cos he will get his 'time out'. please pray things will magically turn around in this marriage or else i will find the strength/guidance/whatever i need to leave and start again

Thanks SES I'm feeling hormonal today and missing him but he has a very full life when he's not working and isn't great at picking up the phone either. It's all a big change from my ExH who spoke to me 2-3 times a day and replied to any text message within seconds. To a chap who is happy to talk every 4-5 days and may not reply to a text at all, unless I'm asking a specific question. Certainly growing pains for me Besides which, I was horribly co dependant in my marriage, so I know this is good for me in some ways. And the fact he is going through such an awful time, did mean we agreed to things being relaxed. Hard for me though, as I am a sociably, bubbly, chatty person and I think I also look to him for far more than he can give and need to focus on growing my friendship circle more. No man can be your everything and certainly not someone going through such a tricky time. I definitely heard God telling me to walk with him and pray for him at this time

Oh Jan sorry to read that. Praying for you x

teaandcakes im sorry you are going through that - i understand where you are coming from! I am having to learn to be more reliant on God and get others into the mix as well - its hard when you are depending on someone and they let you down , or don't live up to your expectations. far better to have a life that runs regardless. i hope you can be a support to him but also find support yourself through good friends....thinking of you and thank you for your prayers also

Despite my ups and downs with things in life, this song seems to be bring me peace a lot at the moment. Perhaps it's just Matt's dulcet tones? It's being overplayed in my life, whenever I start to doubt this brings me peace.

Prayers continuing...

Hello all. I have been reading a praying for the last few days, but not felt up to posting.

Church have really twisted the knife this week as far as our finances are concerned and I am finding it very difficult. Today after sitting through a service during which I was trying not to think how hypocritical it all was, I had 7 people approach me wanting me to do something for them..NOW, or telling me I had done something wrong - this was a message I put in the weekly news sheet, well I copied and pasted it, so the mistake was not mine, surely!! I can only work with the information I am given. Then because someone had not been bothered to do something a few weeks ago I needed to sort out a bit of a mess today. It all ended with me hiding in my office until DH was ready to go home because I could not face another human being!! We were supposed to be staying for a fellowship lunch, but I could not think of a group of people I less want to spend time with.

Oh PA I don't know what to say, there's just nothing, is there? I'm so sorry. If you are hiding: hide under the shadow of His wing.

teaandcakes will listen to your song when the baby wakes - in need of a new song.
PA im so sorry too - behaviour like this coming from those who are meant to be your family in God hurts so much, its hard keeping going i can't imagine how you must feel in that situation. lots of support and prayer

Hormones are running riot and I keep crying tonight, as I miss lovely man and haven't spoken to him for days. But I think he's away with work right now and he is just so busy, that I feel deflated if I try to touch base and can't, so I often wait for him to contact me, but I do send him chatty texts here and there but as I said, he doesn't respond unless I'm asking a specific question, not just a hi, how are you? I loved how things used to be, before the court case nightmare came to the fore. He really isn't coping well with it all.

On the up side, the first evening of the RDS course is tomorrow night at HTB. Really looking forward to it. But praying for all the people hurting right now who are thinking of coming, nervous about it, in emotional turmoil and perhaps thinking of not going afterall. It's such an invaluable course when your marriage breaks down. It's wonderful to see the change as they attend week after week. Helps to make sense of what you've been through and put it into perspective, walking alongside others now going through the same.

Going to try and do a bit more of this blessed admin project now IF I can stop crying and feeling sorry for myself about LM. I feel God with me when I pray about it all, but aside from pray for him and it's growing me. I never get much else out of God that I can hear. Iyswim? Do let me know if you hear anything for me.

tea im not in a position to give much advice right now, but just wanted to say im so sorry your sad tonight and im here to hold your hand. praying for Gods comfort and direction for you. ive been crying all night too so we can cry together lol