New Christian Prayer Thread for February...

[Tuo]

Is it too early to call this the ?early Spring? thread? Wishful thinking?

Praying at this time especially for:
amberlight ? for strength to cope with those who would campaign against those with ASDs; and, in contrast, giving thanks for her work in raising awareness of the needs of people with autism;
BabyBeatrice and her family ? for healing and fortitude as they deal with Beatrice?s illness;
BlackEyedSusan ? for health and strength for her; for an easier time at school for her children; and for her mum to feel more settled;
BlueTinkerbell ? giving thanks for her baby DD; and praying for her as she explores her vocation;
charlottecollinsislost ? for her to know more certainty in her difficult relationship situation;
DoctorAnge ? for health for her little girl;
Dontsteponthemomeraths ? for her DS as he is referred to the community paediatrician; for her ?LM? as he tries to establish contact with his children; for her brother to regain full use of his thumb, following an accident;
DutchOma and Bob ? for health for Bob and for him to feel at ease in his new ; and for Oma to feel supported as she cares for him day-to-day;
FlatsInDagenham ? for the family and friends of her colleague, who died recently; for her SIL who has cancer; and for her brother and their family;
GingerCurl ? for the successful and (relatively) stress-free completion of her thesis;
HaveALittleFaith ? for health and happiness as she nears the end of her pregnancy;
jann2013 ? for her health; for an easier relationship with her ex; and for her to feel accepted at her church following the break-up of her relationship;
Kaykat ? for her and her DS to know peace and happiness as they emerge from an abusive relationship;
MadHairDay - for her continued good health; and for her whole family and their mission, that they will find the resources (financial, practical, spiritual, whatever) that they need to grow and flourish;
PositiveAttitude ? for her mission overseas; and especially for her DD1 who has been going through some tough times and may soon be spending some time abroad with her parents; for happiness for the whole Attitude family; also for PA?s mum who has Alzheimer?s; and prayers of thanks for the birth of PA?s baby great-nephew;
raininginbaltimore ? for healing for her broken foot; for health for her baby girl who has terrible reflux; and for her financial situation to improve;
Roomforalittleone - for her hyperemesis to ease and for her house sale to go through smoothly, easing her family?s financial anxieties;
Teahouse ? for healing following her TVT operation;
waitingtobeamummy ? for her to feel closer to God following a series of difficult situations, and in the meantime for her to feel our prayers supporting her;
...and for all who post on this thread, for those who lurk, for occasional visitors, and for those known to us who are in need of prayer, whether mentioned here or not.

Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayers.

I am lurking but I'm finding trying to balance work, school and my volunteering tricky right now.

Lovely man has had another set back and broken his ankle badly. I'm feeling rather ambivalent after a year of our dating/ friendship and have suggested we focus on friendship only. The truth is that the court case is putting such a huge strain on him and now with not being able to drive as well. I'm unlikely to see him at all, as we were dating long distance anyway. I feel at peace but do pray for him. This is terrible timing for him.

I've rather foolishly put a profile up on a Christian online dating website. Really not sure this sort of thing is for me.

xxx love and prayers

Hello all.

I'm around Tuo! I'm ok. Back to work Monday but joyfully have the next two days off. Only 12 shifts to go! I'm fairly prepared for this baby now but hoping it doesn't pop out too soon.

Mome I met Mr Faith on Fusion101.com :) There was no-one in church that took my fancy so I had a browse on there. Lo and behold, we were married within 18 months of meeting!

Praying for you belgian that where you strength ends, The Lord will pick up and give you strength to carry on and support your DDs too.

mhd hoping and praying you are recovering well from your op?

Room I really hope the meds improve your quality of life so you can relax and start to enjoy this pregnancy.

Oma how are things with Bob? Any further along with the respite/holiday plans?

Nice to have you smelling fresh bes

Hello! People returned!

Mome I picked DH up off of a Christian dating site. Neither of us met anyone else from there. His profile said very little but it intrigued me and so I prayed about contacting him. The rest is history!

I can't remember who asked if I'm feeling better now as it's on the previous page. I'm feeling pretty terrible. I'm not sure if it's coming off the drugs and then going back on them or whether I'm just feeling poorly because I'm not doing pregnancy very well. I really don't think I have gestational diabetes. Not looking forward to the test though!

Today I'm trying to get my head round drafting a term's worth of weekly bible study for the spouses at college. I need to get it sorted so that I can relax about juggling too much with pregnancy/baby appearing towards the end of term.

Belgianbun, no wonder we haven't seen you about with a ll that going on. Hopefully life will straighten itself out for you very soon.
Littleone, don't put yourself under too much pressure with doing Bible studies etc. Nothing more important than getting through the pregnance safely and (hopefully) enjoyably.
Faith same goes for you. Glad to see that you have things sorted for the baby. PM me if you want a little handknitted whatever for the baby?
Bes thank goodness you got some deodorant , I thought it was me! Not even smellies involved there.

I am going with a friend to have a look at the nursing home where Bob was so desperately unhappy in the hope that we can iron out some of the wrinkles that bugged him there. When I spoke to them yesterday they seemed absolutely lovely. Everybody, apart from Bob has said how good they were, so I'm hoping that we can make it into a happier experience for him this time and that he will afterwards say that he can't understand why he was so unhappy there in the first place. The whole experience has already been more positive, since the lady I am speaking to at Continuing Health Care has a very different attitude to the one I spoke to in August.
On the down side he is complaining about his teeth again and we can't see the dentist who was so very helpful before because he has an upstairs surgery and no lift. Not sure what to do there.

That's so difficult about the dentist, Oma, surely a service provider like that should be accessible? Odd. Hope you can find a good alternative, and do hope you can sort out the nursing home too.

Room, take it easy on yourself, you could always use a dvd series like Nooma or The Road to Maturity rather than doing a lot of work - I did that when I led the spouses bible study at college and it worked well, lots of good discussion.

Praying for you all.

I'm recovering ok thanks, have had a much too busy day today rushing round getting dd to her hospital appt where she's been referred for a second opinion on her skin to Birmingham Childrens :( It's just one thing after another. Then had very tight schedule to get ds to his guitar exam. I'm so exhausted I can hardly see tonight. Hoping I've not overdone it. Certainly haven't got any brain cells to spare for the Jesus thread tonight, but really want to :(

got a bugger of a sinus pain, and stomach ache, not improved by ds kicking me in the tummy mid tantrum as he lost his pencil down the back of the bed, oh and jabbing be in the side wwith a key because he opened the cupboard door really quickly and it stuck into me..

dd is reading happily. I have just given he a box of books thta did not get delivered at christmas because I was ill, then we did not feel like it much with losing mil.

That's encouraging to hear that two of you met your H's online.

I have to admit that I won't be every Christian mans cup of tea, as I'm divorced with two kids. A catholic cannot remarry can they? (Or did I make that up) There is some stigma in the church over divorce and remarriage as well, so I'll have to hope I find someone who has a similar faith/ beliefs and isn't put off by my situation. It's a bit scary. I feel very vulnerable.

I'm a divorced/remarried Catholic who is now an Anglican! :o

Prayers. Not got a lot of energy, but can still pray :)

I have a friend who divorced (what sounded like a pretty abusive H). She met a nice guy through a mutual friend. The Catholic Church agreed to annul her first marriage so they could marry in church because he's Catholic.

When I was online looking, I was after a 25+ graduate. I got (now) DH who was still at uni and only 22! :) God knows better what we need

Ouch bes, are you inhaling steam? I'm glad DD is enjoying the books!

Oh Mome - praying for you as you take this step.

Hope you're OK, Mary?

I'm not too well, overdid it yesterday. chest is crappy so onto another course of abs :(

Prayers please having a difficult time at work and on the verge of handing in my resignation really, if only we could financially be able to...
Feeling very sad and not understood.

Oh Blue...

I'm here if you need to talk.

Praying.

Are you ok Blue?

No :( very upset.
Basically work denied me my request of not having to work evenings. Had to do youth club and also not allowed to take DD3, so when I got back after almost 3 hours she was completely distraught, she refuses bottles and DH couldn't settle her. She's been drinking non stop for almost 2 hours now.
Really sad I couldn't stay on maternity leave longer. On the verge of breakdown. Wish I could resign but can't as we can't manage financially... I'm the main earner...

blue

((hugs))

Oh Blue - I'm so sorry to hear this. I'm no expert, but I know that legally employers have to consider any request to work flexibly, etc. Has your employer done this? I understand that you need to go back to work (I had to, too, with both mine, as DH was a student when they were born), but your dd is still very little, and they should try to take this into account.

Can you start looking for another job? Something you can do from home? Could you afford to reduce your hours slightly just for a few more months (presumably someone was covering for you when you were on leave, after all)? Sorry... I'm sure you've already thought of all this, but it makes me to hear you sounding so low about everything.

I am praying for a resolution to this situation.

Praying for MHD's lungs to feel better soon. Please try to take it as easy as you can.

Praying, too, for BES's sinuses to clear. I have a friend who swears by that squirty-through-with-water system, which clears them out on a regular basis (she does it every day), but I have always been too squeamish to try.

Praying for Mome to find someone who'll love and value her as she so richly deserves. (And if not that, then for her to have some fun in the looking . )

Praying for energy for Mary - sorry to hear you're so tired.

Praying for Oma to find suitable respite care (and an accessible dentist) for Bob, and for Bob to be happy and settled there.

And praying for BelgianBun in her difficult situation. (BelgianBun - you won't know who I am, because I left MN for a few years and then came back under a new name when I became a Christian because I knew there was a group of people here to whom I could talk about my faith, even when I didn't really have anyone in real life... but years ago I am fairly certain that we talked quite a lot on emetophobe threads - forgive me if I'm mixing you up with someone else.)

On International Women's Day, praying for women everywhere who are discriminated against, abused or excluded because of their gender. Praying for all who work for women's rights (male and female), for our daughters, our mothers, and the women who've inspired us and supported us in our lives. And praying, therefore, for this group of wonderful caring women. I thank God that you are all here (wherever 'here' is ... out there in www-land somewhere) and for all the support you've given me.

Blue I'm so sad for you having to go through this. Have you explained to your employer what the consequences of their refusal is and how distraught you are? Is there really no compromise that can be achieved or a short term solution? Your DD3 will not be this little forever so it won't always cause problems at work and distress at home. Failing that, can you shame them with a discussion about your rights in the workplace as a BFing mother? Are your employed by the church if it's a youth club you had to run? Can you sit down and pray with them for a creative solution? After all, God does a pretty fab line in creative solutions!

praying about each situation

Hi all, thanks for praying and asking how I am. I have been very homesick this week, not helped by delays with the legal stuff, but all sorted now. In the next few days he will get a letter outlining his terrible behaviour and stating what I want to happen next. I know him well enough to know his reaction will be to deny, lie and fight. But I am really hoping that he will be reasonable for the first time in nearly a year and agree to my requests, now that would be a true miracle. Either way things will get moving as I will be going to court if he isn't reasonable and the divorce petition has been prepared. I cried buckets submitting my marriage certificate but I know it's my only option, I could never go back to him even if he changed his character which he won't.

Praying for you, Kay. I pray that this will go more smoothly than you fear and that your H will behave reasonably. You have been so courageous through all of this, and I pray that the strength you've found to get this far (even when you thought you couldn't) will continue and grow. We are all behind you, and our prayers are surrounding you.

off for a weekend of shopping cooking and cleaning. oh joy. got to do it all again when I get back.

Prayers KayKat

Please pray for my 3 oldest girls tomorrow, they are all missing their mum on mother's day.
A bit of an emotional weekend here as I am so aware that they are missing me, then Monday is the birthdate of our first born daughter who died after just 8 days with us. Always a bad day!

Oh Kaykat, I can't begin to imagine how you must feel. Tuo is right - you have been so courageous and dignified through this. Hoping that taking this step along the way to divorce will give you peace in your spirit and freedom as you go forwards. Praying for you.

PA :( Praying for dds and especially for you as you remember your first little dd. May you know God's peace deep within and his arms around you as you mourn.

Blue. I think they are being unreasonable. I would echo the suggestions above to sit down with them if possible. dd3 cannot be left for that period of time at the moment so they need to make reasonable arrangements. What's the problem with her coming to youth group? They'd love her! I'm so sorry this is happening :( Praying for a quick and satisfactory solution for you. lots of love.

Thanks for prayers. Pleurisy is bad, but on abs so hopefully it will get better again. At least I am up and about.