Christian Prayer Thread. Back to school and into Autumn

[Dutchoma]

As we were nearly at 1000 posts and TUO is both very busy and away today, I thought I might have a go at setting up a new thread.
I have looked back over nearly four months of prayers, of sharing, of support, of gladness and sadness and so much more. I think there are about 50 different people on the thread, some are there from beginning to end, some come in, are here for a few days and then don’t post any more.
Both are valuable, all are welcome, we share with you in anxiety and depression, in worry for others, but also in prayers answered, wonderful healing, good exam results and so much more.
But we also realise that life moves on, that the prayer thread was helpful for a while and is not so relevant now. Never be afraid to come back, we all need prayer and support.

So, like TUO I shall pick out a few names for the new thread, but leave behind some that have not posted for a while, hoping that they will come back and update us.
Specially thinking of: Anjelica27; I know how much this thread has helped you. Bsshbosh and wondering how she is now.

Whoagirrrrl, after her operation. Dizzydaffodil, Pandora37 and PeterSpots .

There are so many more names to remember: Alittleroom, Bluetinkerbell, DontstepontheMomeraths, Howtoapproachthis and several more.

And then the ones that are quite recent like:
ALittleFaith, Amberlight; BlackEyedSusan, Dontbesilly; EdithSimcox; FaithLoveandHope, Kaykat, Lightnessofbeing; MadHairDay; PositiveAttitude; QuestionofFaith; QuietIsland2; SESthebrave; TUO; Weegiemum; ZipadiSoozi

And if I have omitted any one, be assured that God never forgets and holds you fast in His love and mercy.

travelling in rush hour to mthers. that should be interesting [icking the children up from after school club soon. off to pack the car.

wish me luck!

Best of luck BES. Hope the weather is not too bad so you can escape to the garden for a bit.

Good luck Bes. Hopefully you will manage to get everything done that needs to be done and everyone has a good weekend.

Hello again. I have prayed generally for the people on here but have not read through regularly for a few weeks.

Thank you to anyone who prayed for me and my family. Good news and bad from me. DS has settled really well at uni and I am so pleased for him. H and I were getting on better and I was beginning to think we had weathered the storm and were coming out the other side. Sadly he has been behaving like an idiot again for the last fortnight (polite word) and I'm really not sure what the end of it will be.

Sorry to be taking more than giving again.

Briony Lovely to 'see' you again, and lovely that your son is settling in so well. Sorry to hear that the relationship with your husband is not so good again, I pray that you will be able to maintain a calm relationship without any upheaval.

arse. I have shouted... I told you not to bounce on the sofa...

tomorrow there will be a trip to b and q and lots of swearing and muttering. drilling, gluing, screwing (no not that sort)

Thank you Oma and I am sorry to hear about your brother. What a difficult time for you and your family.

Don't I am glad things seem to be a little better for your Dad. MHD good news about the job. Good luck BES with all you need to do this weekend.

Hello Briony. It's wonderful to hear that your ds is settling in well at uni. As a mum we always worry about them and it's always a huge relief when we know they are doing well.

I am so sorry to hear about things will your dh. I will pray for you both that things can turn around for you both and stay that way.

Please don't ever feel that your 'taking' more than you are 'giving'. This is such a supportive place and honestly noone will think that. We all have times when we feel that we need the support of others and extra prayers and then we find that things seem ok for a bit. You sound like you have had a trying few weeks and I will pray for you and your dh.

Bes you are putting me to shame. You can drill and stuff. Dh doesn't even trust me to pop to b and q when he's in the throws of an emergency. I was sent to get an olive, got to the store, forgot the name of it and described it to the sales assistant as a wedding ring type thing anyway he understood what I meant I bought it and that was a result!! Good luck ?? with the diy.

Oma how are you now that you have returned home. Once the funeral has taken place and the essential things are out of the way it's often the time that we spend thinking about our loved ones (although we think about them always each and every day) and it can be tough going. I hope that you are doing OK and you are finding things to do that give you comfort. Prayers for you too.

No idea why two?? Came up next to good luck. I blame autocorrect x

Oma I forgot to mention have you heard from Angelica? Still praying for her.

To answer your last question first Dont: No, I have heard nothing from Anjelica, on or off board. I am really worried for her, praying that she will be alright, knowing almost for certain that she isn't or she would have been in touch as she was so very considerate in always letting me know (off board) how she was doing. There is no other way to get in touch apart rom the internet as we had not exchanged postal addresses.
As for my brother's death, I don't know how I feel. More and more I feel that, as God's love is for all times and for all places it is impossible to 'fall out' of it. So whether we want to or not, we are in God's love as there is nowhere else to go. On the other hand: what was the point of Jesus' life and death and resurrection? I have to rest in what +John Pritchard said to me about it: "Your brother is safe in God's hands".
I am still beyond tired and close to tears a lot, but my dd and the two grandchildren are coming for lunch, so that is nice.

I also have quite a lot of knitting to do, and pompoms to make.

ah ha, rainbow coloured pom-poms?

the heating engineer did not turn up. mum is worried. he is not answering his phone either.

I need to disappear into the garage to hunt down two suitable bits of wood. may have a solution that will be an invisible mend as long as I do not screw up the screw lengths. sigh.

Oh Oma I really do feel for you. Just as your brother is safe in God's hands, so are you here on earth. The passing was very unique and following an illness too. There is such a lot to sort of 'get your head round' and process in a short period of time. I am not surprised that you feel tired and close to tears.

I am praying for you for strength in the difficult times ahead, for peace and comfort and for God's love to surround you comforting you and patiently guiding you through this difficult time.

I really hope that you enjoyed your family lunch. Children really do seem to lift our spirits and brighten our day and provide a temporary distraction. I hope that you had a really lovely time with them all. Hoping your knitting is keeping you busy and the pompoms too.

If you are happy and comfortable with sharing how you are feeling on here, please do so. You seem to always be there for others and ask so little in return that I am certain that everyone would love to be able to offer you prayer and support. It might help you find your way through this. Obviously if you prefer not to that is totally fine too. We just really want to be there for you in whatever way helps you best. thinking of you.

A lovely lovely post from Dontbe. I totally agree, Oma. I also agree that you cannot 'fall out' of God's love. I know for sure that all the years I thought that's what had happened to me, God was there all along and that every so often, albeit fleetingly, I'd catch a glimpse of His love, so that falling back into it was, in the end, as easy as coming home. And it seems to me that this was precisely the point (or one of them) of Jesus' life and resurrection - to show that God is with us always, literally right here with us in our lives, just as Jesus was here in our world as a real human being - and here for all human beings, not just a chosen few but everyone. And because Jesus was a human being like us, our relationship with God is not only with the intangible God beyond our world, but also with our world itself and the people in it. Your brother was a doctor; he helped people and tried to make them better. He may not have seen it like this, but it seems to me that in that there is a massive dose of 'love your neighbour', and to love our neighbour is also to love God. At least, that's how I see it. I hope that's not an unhelpful way of looking at it. Praying for you, and for all who loved and cared for your brother.

Sorry to have been a bit silent again: my workload is a bit daft atm, and it has been a tough week for various reasons: we had the funeral of DH's stepdad this week, plus it was the anniversary of the death of a young woman I knew who died in very tragic circumstances, and I heard midweek of the death of someone I used to work with. I don't feel I have enough time for anyone: I've not been on here and have had to let down some friends I was supposed to be seeing later this month because of a work commitment. I'm sure it'll all sort itself out - it's just a question of putting one foot in front of the other till it gets easier.

Anyway, I am continuing to think of you all even if I'm not here, and praying especially for...
Oma as above;
MHD - for health and for the new job (congratulations!);
Dontbe's dad and the whole of her family;
Briony (welcome back!) - for her DS at university and for her relationship with her DH;
Anjelica - she may not be here, but I am thinking of her and her DS;
BES - for DIY success;
PA - for her mum to find a place where she can feel settled and be looked after properly and for her dad to accept the necessity of this;
Edith - for her relationship with God and with her DP;
and for all posters, lurkers, and occasional visitors to this thread.

On this Remembrance Sunday, I pray particularly for all affected by war and conflict wherever in the world they may be. I pray particularly for those fleeing for their lives and for those doing all they can to help them.

Almighty God,
from whom all thought of truth and peace proceed:
kindle, we pray, in the hearts of all, the true love of peace
and guide with your pure and peaceable wisdom
those who take counsel for the nations of the earth
that in tranquillity your kingdom may go forward,
till the earth be filled with your knowledge of your love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Thank you Dont and TUO. It's late and I need to go to sleep, but really do appreciate the care you have both taken to share your experiences when you both have got such a lot on your plate.

off to get the children. we have a club at 5.30 for an hours so it is going to be a busy evening. hoping ds is not to stressed by school.
eek.

I hope all went well BES and children are asleep in bed.

Hope everyone is well today.

I have come to share a lovely experience. I was walking to my car after work tonight and I looked at the sky. It was nothing special: just a darkish, cloudy-ish sky in a cold and blustery northern city, but I was filled with a sense of the beauty of it all - not just the sky, but the car park, and the trees, and the world, and the people, and my own being allowed to be part of all that. And it reminded me of one of my favourite poems, which is a poem about Spring, so not at all appropriate for the 9th November either, but I'm going to leave these words from it here tonight, in thankfulness for all that is, for all that I am, and for the fact that God is.

[...] how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any–lifted from the no
of all nothing–human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?

(e e cummings)

Lovely tuo. Just sometimes it feels as if the veil is lifted slightly and you get just a tiny glimpse or feel of the whole reality of creation and God, not just the here and now and the minute part we experience every day. A glimpse of the divine I guess. Not explaining myself very clearly but it's wonderful when it happens and I wish I could experience it more often. When I try and repeat this experience, in places of beauty or nature where I feel I should be able to feel it more it never happens. It's always in random places like your car park.
Are you feeling less tired now oma?
dont how is your Dad?
Prayers for all.

Thanks for understanding, QoF... Yes, I wish it hadn't been in carpark, but He does move in mysterious ways, I suppose! At least I wasn't driving, or I might have reversed into someone!

It was a beautiful experience, beautifully described TUO. To me it happens as an awareness of the presence of God, as an answer to prayer in the remembrance of a hymn line or Bible text or of feeling that God speaks directly, not so much in the feeling you describe as feeling part of a beautiful universe.
I think my tiredness is just catching up with me and I did not do much yesterday apart from feeling sad that not only did dd and the children not come on Saturday she has not really been in touch and I feel frozen out again. On top of that I got an unexpected tax bill. The money is neither here nor there but I am annoyed with myself that I obviously made a mistake in the self assessment form.
I did make a darling Father Christmas though

oh he is a cutey

here we go again. lets hope it all goes smoothly tonight.

Lovely prayer TUO. Glad to see you back Dutchoma. Wonderful Father Christmas too. Looking forward to Advent.

Hello all. I fell off the thread some time ago. I will lurk about and start praying through until I feel I'm caught up.

In the mean time, Oma in particular, you are in my thoughts and prayers at this difficult time

Glad to see you climbed on board again ALittleFaith. How are you?