April Already!!!? MN Christian Prayer Request Thread - The Bible Bashers Continue .......

[CaptainDippy]

Good grief - It is April!!? When did that happen!!? God has taken us through some interesting times this month - Times of Thanksgiving and Praise; Times of Sorrow and Pain - but He IS alive and He is with us ....

Here's a summary of March's Prayer Requests for you all......

Worzella - Has been feeling - worried she might be depressed. Having to make decisions about what to do once her maternity leave ends soon. Big [hugs] and prayers to her ....

LongWayToGo - Has been v.v.v.v.tough for her this month. DH has moved out of the family home and she is struggling to cope with the emotional upheaval etc. MIL died too. Her DH has started drinking again. Prayers for protection over her and her DC's. She also has some health worries with an enlarged Gall Bladder....Finances are v.tight.

PandaG - Prayers for confidence to return following car accident. Prayers for her as she trains for new job.

MaryBS - Prayers for lady at her church who has advanced cancer. Not looking good. Mary is v.busy atm - lots of prayers for rest opportunities and for everything to go smoothly ..... Praise God for friends and BIL's adoptions that have gone through this last month, prayers for them as they embark on a new way of family life..... Prayers for Missinoary Priest shot in J'burg. Prayers for BIL in Iraq and for lost friendship, which has hurt Mary deeply. Prayers too for DS who is seeing Ed.Psych atm.

SleepySooz - Prayers for her new Vicar and his family as they settle in. Praise that hypnotherapy seems to be helping her emetophobia.

Podmog - Praise that DS2 is putting on weight! Church has not been good recently, but prayers for poss opportunities for Podmog's personal involvement with the church, which have been arising ..... Prayers for poor DS1 who has been poorly with ear / chest infections ....

harrisey - Going away for a wee while over Easter - prayers for R&R to be had. Praise that their car has ben recovered after robbery. Prayers for poss future involvement with Latin Link. Prayers that the harriseys can reamin healthy and fit .... Praise God for their Baptism / Dedications in March!

Twiga - Praise that God-daughter who was admitted to hospital is home - prayers for complete recovery. Praying for her PG too!

Pepperrabbit - Cont prayers for friend whose husband died in Feb. Funeral went ok.

Dumbledoresgirl - Prayers as she cont to struggle with Emetophobia.

MumToGusandAlbie - Cont prayers for her as she copes with relationship with her and ex-DH, esp for her precious boys. Prayers for friend's mum who is ungoing cancer treatment. Cont prayers for Vicar's son who is also currently recieving treatment for cancer.

CaptainCaveman - DSis is back at work and managing not to drink during the day! Cont prayers for her and her DD. Praise that CC's med reduction has gone so well!

Roseylea - Prayers for her as she seeks her "vocation", poss that she may join hospital chaplaincy - prayers for child care arrangements etc. DD's excema has been much better since healing service - Praise God! Prayers for mum who has recently has an exploratory op to check out health fears. Rosey's body is "complaining" against her dose of Prednisolone (Steriod), prayers for that. Prayers for general household health.....

NotQuiteSoGrownUp - Has been v.stressed and a bit recently. Finding life a bit tough. DS2 has been boundary pushing and DS1 is involved in a tricky situation. Prayers for resolution and rest....

FannieAnnie - 31 weeks PG, going ok - hoping bubba has turned as was footling breech. Work is not going well - lots of prayer needed there. Prayers for the family of Father Paul Bennett who was stabbed to death in front of his wife in S.Wales recently.

JBW - Cont prayers for mum and nan as they cope with the loss of her S.Father and for her too. Praise God she got the new job she wanted!!

Mars - On-going prayers for Dave and Sue - Dave still "not himself" .... any update recently Marsy?? Prayers for 2 babies recently delivered who are struggling....

Pirategirl - Divorce going through - feeling v. and struggling.

KittyLette - Mum poss has cancer, v.frightened. Lots of prayers needed.

Squeakybub - Prayers for DP's S.mum who is critically ill in hospital following road accident.

Chloe55 - Prayers for friend who "sold his soul to the devil". V.difficult situation.

CaptainDippy - Prayers for the Dippy Family as they prepare for the imminent arrival of Dippy3, esp for her and DH who have been rowing a lot recently. DD's are "getting ill" atm, so prayers against that would be cool! Can't think of anything else atm - brain is mush .... Prayers for finances would be cool too! Gosh - I sound v.selfish .... but I do love you all and - Praying for every one of you!!

Now - Get Praying!! ......

Hello everyone - another busy day in our household.
We arrived at the zoo at 9.30 and got home about 4.00. I didn't dare sit down because I didn't think I would get up again.
Just put the boys to bed so safe to relax now!!
CD - I too agree with you in your comments of Jesus dying for us. This is the first year that I have given it much thought and it is a very humbling thought at that.
LWTGo - how are you today? I am thinking about and praying for you a lot. My H is coming over tomorrow. I am hoping that he looks after the kids and allows me to get on with digging the veggie patch (which is rather overgrown at the moment!) but the best laid plans . . . . !!

Happy, enlightening, healing and peaceful prayers to all.

xx

Glad you have had a lovely day hon! We had a nice time at the beach with people from church and enjoyed going on the Pedlos and going to the park on our way home too - girls were exhausted so have been in bed asleep since 6.50!! DH is making use of the last of the light and digging up our garden ...... Speaking of gardens, hope you do get a chance to grapple yours tomorrow MTGAA!

How is everyone else????

Hello all

Had a good day today, Good Friday service at church, including a very moving testimony by someone who had been really changed by meeting Jesus. Last year DD was a real pickle at the Good Fri Service, and spend most of it outside with her, but this year she really engaged as much as she could {smile]

THis afternoon we made Esater Gardens with another family, and had hot cross buns. Tomorrow we are making Easter cookies (meringues really) At each stage we read a bit of the Easter story, and each ingredient has significance - the vinegar for the wine Jesus drunk, the eggs symbolising new life etc., and you put them in the oven and seal it with sellotape, symbolising the sealed tomb. In the morning the meringues are cooked, and hollow, like the empty tombs. I am trying to create traditions for the children to remember, and make Easter significant for them.

Praying for you all, Mary, praying that you know what to do. CD, praying for your DH for peaqce re money worries,

LOngway, how you doing honey?

Wilbur that is fab news

MTGAA - glad you had a fab day.

Hiya. Wow, what a busy, eventful day!!

This morning's Taize service (as put together by your truly) went down really well I think. Two of the youth group came up to me afterwards. One said "it was inspiring, thank you", the other "that was really good, I enjoyed it". High praise indeed. This is the same group that went to a Taize service at Ely Cathedral and dubbed it "Taize for Geriatrics" . It was held in the neighbouring village church(we have 3 villages, 3 churches), and the youth group walked there and back, carrying a large cross.

This afternoon, was the standard (Common Worship) Good Friday service, and this was very good as well, dramatic as ever (our Vicar missed his vocation as an actor!).

This evening left me in tears. It was the youth group's dramatisation of "Born for Us", a Christian musical about the passion and crucifixion. They really put their heart and soul into it. They had obviously put a lot of effort into it. It was so heartrendingly tragic, and to see one of them, seemingly nailed to a cross really tore at your heart. Their faith was touching.

Now, I think, bath and bed for me.

Hello all!

I've just been reading all about your Good Fridays. Wow - what a lot of ways in which God touches our lives.

My day's been a bit rubbish tbh - Dd's excema is back with a vengeance so we haven't been able to do much today. I posted this earlier - \linkhttp:{//www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=29&threadid=304210&stamp=070406181829\poor little lamb}

Could you please remember us in your prayers, that we can have a good day at the children's farm tomorrow? I think it's just what dd needs - she's had a horrible bug that has left her exhausted, and now this. Please pray that she is able to walk around without too much pain.

I am feeling rubbish too - like a bad mum. I know it's not very rational because the excema is not my fault, but it just makes me feel so sad and helpless to see her suffering like this...I know it's very pointless but I do judge how good a mummy I am by how happy the dcs are which means that when things are tough I feel responsible. A psychologist would have a field day I'm sure! Ah well, I'm off to bed soon to get a good night's sleep ready for the farm tomorrow!

Try again with the link!

try again!

Nooooooo! Not again!

one last time!

Hi Rosey

No advice for you - apart from, have you tried any of the herbal stuff? A friend used chickweed cream on her DS, her excema was awful and this really seemed to help, that and lots of prayer! I will pray for her, poor mite. Will pray for you too.

Glad you've been having good days!

Rosey - Your poor poor DD, as a fellow sufferer of the nasty skin affliction, I have muchos sympathy for the poor wee mite. Praying hard that she would have some relief and would enjoy the farm tomorrow. Like you said hon - it is not your fault so don't stress - I know, as her mummy, you just want to be able to take it away. Poor thing. xx

Off to bed - tiiiiiired ......

Hia everyone! I really wish I could get on the puter every day, it takes me an hour to catch up, anyway! GOOD FRIDAY has been good(ish) took twins to church activities, made easter cakes, hot cross buns, paper easter egg tree, easter garden, painted easter stones, DS1 made a huge cross (15ft high) and the youth group carried it in a procession to church (gulp) twins were quite well behaved, hard work though! so been really busy.
When I got home I trashed our bedroom looking for something, everything is piled on bed, and I want to go to bed, aagggghhhhh! so better go and sort it.

Could I have a small prayer request for neighbour probs (he hates our kids) the noise (happy noise) and has exploded at DS1 for being naughty which has upset us all, then keeps looking over the fence glaring at us! he has his reasons and they are rational but yelling at my children isn't rational, I am trying to ignore him, but want to feel more christian about the whole situation.

Hi Sooz! Good to "see" you sweetie! Sounds like you have had a fun and busy day! Chuck the stuff on the floor - or into a big cardboard box if it makes you feel better!!

Praying for situation with neighbours - tricky one .[hugs xx

Hia CD - howz dippybump? I read you felt strange further down the thread, any other tell tale signs of birth? how exciting,

Hi hon - Sorry - I went to bed! Been up since 5.30 when awoken by DD1 - feeling sick and have runny bottom (sorry, TMI ) TRying to decide whether this is "the beginning" or if it is some nasty bug .... Bleurgh! Apart from that, all ok.....

If it is "the beginning", perhaps I should consult you guys now ......

The long and short of it is - DH's parents are crap! Just for a bit of background - they only live just down the road and in fact, up until about 4 months ago, we lived in their house for 2 1/2 years ....

Anyway - they have never been very "hands on" with the children. despite DH's mum harping on for yeeeears about wanting grandchild - Now they got them, they completely take them for granted. They rarely see them and hardly ever offer to take them out etc- FIL is retired, but working ATM and MIL works 2 1/2 days; but they are sooooo busy all the time. Their garden and their house are more important to them than their children and grandchildren - their social calenders take precendence over everything else in their life.

I just find it so hard that they take v.little interest in the girls and that they don't ever "think " to give DH or I a break from them. We always have to ask and more often than not, the answer is "we're busy!"

On the one hand, I do completely understand and appreciate that they "have had their children" and now they are enjoying their time as "just the two of them" and they are doing all the stuff they couldn't do when they had children at home; but all I am asking is for them to take a little interest and care enough about DH and I to want to give us a little break. Even if they aren't bothered about us, surely they would like to have a relationship with their grandchildren????

I feel like the girls are just "a chore" and "a burden" to them - They are nice to look at for a couple of hours, but then "time's up". Am I making any sense???

It just makes me soooo and a bit

To be a bit more specific - we've have asked them countless times when they are free over this long weekend and they have just been sooo crap and non-commital. Finally MIL called me this morning to say that we could bring the DD's over for tea tomorrow evening if we wanted, which was progress at least.... We also asked them if they would possibly mind taking them out for the day on Monday, so DH and I can spend a little time together before baby's born and sort out a few bits and pieces too - Cue: Major flap-out!!! FIL is decorating one of their front rooms and "needs" to be left alone to get on with it as he has just been too busy to spend any time on it recentely and "needs" all day Monday to crack on with it ..... MIL says she is free; and is willing to take one of the girls out for a couple of hours and then come back, drop that one off and take the other one ..... WHAT!!!!? she says she can't possibly manage the two of them alone on her own!!!!? OK, I do sort of apprecaite that as they are v.close together and v.young, but I MANAGE!!!!!! So does DH!!!!!

It also makes me worried cos she is supposed to coming over to look after them while I go to hospital to have No3. Well, if she can't manage both of them on her own on Monday, surely that implies, she can't manage both of them on her own EVER!!?

I am so, so ,so worried about what is going to happen to my girls when I go into labour and go to the hospital etc - I don't want them to be messed around and I really don't want to come home to complete chaos, mess and devestation.

I am soooo worried.

What should I doooooooooo!?

I am sorry - that is v.long and incoherant; but I hope you get some kind of jist from what I have splurged ....

CD I really feel for you - did your MIL offer to have the dds when you're in labour? What a tricky awkward situation!

Do you have a Plan B? A friend who could come instead of MIL? You have a million mn friends who'd be there in an instant (probably not that helpful though if we all live a million miles away!).
Hmmm, I would want to ask her if she felt she was going to be able to cope with both of them but then I'd also worry that she might say No and recind her offer?
Probably not helped you at all there....

Praying hard for resolve and your peace of mind in this situation.

Please can you pray for my dear friend - I got a message from her out of the blue last night to say her and dh are splitting, his decision, and they have 2 children (age 4 and 2). Really shocked by this as they've always seemed so chilled out and happy, you know kind of 'solid'. Very for my friend as she's distraught and totally shell shocked.

Oh CD big [[[[[[hugs]]]]] for you. Try not to panic about your MIL when you go int olabour - I'm sure she will be fine. It might pay to have a chat with her sometime before the event and just say to her "Are you sure you will be okay with the girls?" etc. May the Lord give you peace about this!

Well we went to the farm and had a great time - had to come home early as dd's excema is so bad, but she coped really well.

Praying for your dd and her excema Rosey, glad you managed to get out for a while. how's your steroid reduction going?

I'm feeling virtuous after spending the afternoon clearing out the out-houses and going to the tip. OOh, get me with our 'outhouses', lol, ex-coucil house so nothing posh. One of the 'external buildings' even has a loo in it (not working fortunately). DH has put a new handle on the conservatory door as the old one snapped off 2 years ago (nothing gets done in a hurry round here).

Time to put one's feet up I think!

Hope everyone's Easter is blessed and joyous xxx

cd i'm sure your mil will be fine when the time comes. Anyway if your anything like me you won't be there long before you'll be home doing what mummy's do best.

Ds has chicken pox. dd's had them same time of year 10 yrs ago. So now just dd3 to go so watch this space in 10 days time or so.

Waiting for chinese takeaway to turn up have spent the day laying floor tiles.

Only managed eve service yesterday, just feel I really haven't got my head round easter this year. Think part of it is because I not having to plan anything - do meetings etc but also because of everything else that has been going on just can't deal with it.

Can only deal with turning up without putting much thought into anything and usually crying at some point during any meeting.

Ah well things can only get better.

Back again - have been feeling super-crappy today - hardly eaten anything all day, feel like I need to poo, but can't, lots of weird pain - Tried to walk through town earlier and could only manage snail's pace ...... Bleurgh!

Anyway - no "proper" contractions yet - so who knows ......

Thank you for all your reassurances - I am sure it is gonig to be fine; but I am just worried. Definitely need to chat to MIL ..... Feeling better now I have sat down and written "An Idiot's Guide to the girls!" So I did do something productive at work today after all!

Fellow Captain - So about your friend and her DH - praying for them both, esp the two children involved.

Glad the farm went ok Rosey - How is poor DD? Hope some of the advice I gave on the other thread was useful!!?

lwtg - [[hugs]

Hi everyone,

PandaG - your Easter tradition idea sounds really lovely - i might pinch it and use next year! I really feel that Easter has been a bit of an anti climax for me and would love to do something a bit more signigicant.

MaryBS - glad your service went well

Roseylea - praying for your DD that her skin will heal quickly.

Sleepysooz - it takes me ages to get up to date and i do look every night! Praying for you and your neighbour problem.

CaptainCaveman - praying for your friend and her H as they deal with a difficult situation. LOL at your outhouses. I also have outbuildings - well old brick sheds really. They too are full of junk and would benefit from a few dump trips. I just can't get my head round it.

LWTGo - please send your DS over to my house as DS2 hasn't had chicken pox yet and I would love to get it out of the way! Hope you chinese has turned up and that it is really scrummy. Praying for you as always.

CD - your MIL sound like a nightmare. I have the other end of the scale - I am sure mine would love them to move in with her! This can be a bit difficult too. I'm sure she will be fine when you go into hospital - like NQGU said - some people really rally in a crisis.

Well, H came over today about lunch time and I was out in the garden digging over my veggie patch. He took the fork and started breaking up the bigger clumps and the fork broke!! Not his fault - it was really ancient - so we went to the local garden centre to get another one and they were doing an Easter bunny hunt. We had quite a nice afternoon in the end. DS2 has gone home with daddy to stay the night and i am going to pick him up before Church in the morning. DS1 is in my bed fast asleep. Hopefully i will have a peaceful morning tomorrow with just one child to get breakfast for and get dressed!!

Hope I haven't bored the pants off of anybody with my life story!!

God Bless
xxxx

mumtogusandalbie, so glad you had a nice day. I just can't imagine a time when h can be here and it will feel ok and I won't feel like i've taken a step back when he has gone.

Can't even believe there will be a day when we can work side by side, go shopping, etc etc as civilised human beings.

Haven't seen him now for 6 days and actually feel realatively human. Eating chinese without him here felt really strange, it was him that inroduced me to chinese in the first place. I had quite a sheltered life until I met him at 15 yr old.

Someone else said to me at church last night 'it happens to thousands' splitting up that is, she isn't the first person who has said this, why does no one else see it as the travisty that it is. I know thousands of other people are in similar positions, I know that marriages end in divorce, but why do I feel like it shouldn't have happened to me?

I've been obediant to God, Loved my h, stood by him through all the crap that he has given to me over the years, he supposidely has been a christian, my marriage vows i've taken seriously so why, why, why did it go so terribly wrong. Why do my kids have to live with the trauma of coming from a split family. Why do the two lo's have to grow up never remembering a time when daddy lived with them.

It's just not fair.

Sorry girls i know I go on and maybe I should shut up, have sat for ages thinking should I post this or not.

No, lwtg, those are your feelings and thoughts and you are entitled to them - Post whatever you feel hon - we are listening. I glad you are feeling "vaugely human atm" - there is hope! Always hope! Thoughts and prayers are with you andy our family - of Chinese - Yum!

MTGAA - Glad it was a nice, civilised a/n - enjoy having "just one"!

Off to bed as feeling v.tired, achey etc - Need a nice cuppa and my book .....

CHRIST IS RISEN, ALLELUIA!!! "I have seen the Lord!"

LWTG - I'm with CD, don't EVER feel you can't post your feelings here! We want to support you here, just like your friends IRL want to support you. As for whether its a "travesty", people are reaching out to you in a human way, and they don't want to see you hurt and suffering. Even if they feel divorce is wrong, they must know how hard you tried to save your marriage and would not blame you for its breakup.

As for what will happen, you can't predict that, only God knows what the future holds. Just place your future and that of your family in His hands and trust in Him - that's all you CAN do. Its easier said than done, I know, its a case of do what I say, not what I did - having failed miserably in trusting Him myself when my marriage broke up!

CD - it sounds like things are starting to happen - am praying and waiting "expectantly". Fancy a baby born on Easter Sunday????

MTGAA - no you've not bored anyone! As for Easter being an anticlimax - well you've still got today!

RL - how is your DD today? Praying that you can find something that will help the eczema...

I better head back to bed. I'm getting up at 5 and going to the 5:45 dawn service!

God bless all, AND HE IS RISEN!!!!

Morning! I would LOVE a baby born on Easter Day, but things seem to have settled down again - not feeling so sicky and windy () as I did yesterday - finding it easier to move etc - not so heavy - Perhaps the baby just moved awkwardly for a day and has shifted back into it's "comfort zone" again ..... Really thought yesterday could be "the day" .... guess I'll just have to keep waiting .....

Feeling a bit (blue} this morning, may be cos the stuff that was happening yesterday has amounted nothing; I am not sure....

DH called MIL yesterday to have a wee chat with her. Just as I thought - COMPLETELY unhelpful phone conversation ensued. She explained that she is "not as young as she used to be" and that she "has a pain in her hip, a pain in her thigh and a pain in her thumb atm, but she hasn't told anyone." She just finds it easier and less physically demanding to have each of the girls on their own (yeah, GO FIGURE!!!!); but "if there is an emergency, then she would pull out all the stops" ..... I don't want her to "pull out all the stops" - WHAT!!!!? It's not an "emergency" - I am just having another baby, for goodness sake!! She also said if it was "an emergency", then DH's dad would also muck in and help too, so it would not be so bad / hard. I am just feeling so frustrated, and ...... They are not OLD ..... DH's dad is nearly 61 and DH's mum is 58 and they are very physically active. They both cycle everywhere and they go on National Trust holidays fixing fences and cutting down trees - They are constantly in the garden digging etc or in the house decorating ...... Physically demanding .... my arse!!! Grrrrrrrrr! I just feel like saying "forget it" and finding other people who won't moan to look after the DD's. I can't believe they won't look after them for an afternoon on the excuse that "they are not as young as they used to be" - I am not asking them to have them for a week, or even overnight ...... I just want a break - I want to see my hubby - I want to get on with stuff that we can't do when they are here. MIL also expressed concern about how early they get up (atm about 6.30am ish) and how she will be able to cope with the tiredness ........

Final straw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am going to go and have a shower to cool off before I scare you all away ......

Not a great way to speak / behave on this amazing day - Sorry!

Happy Easter - HE IS RISEN!!!!!!