I love this psalm, and am going to try to meditate on it today.
Please pray for my husband. I am concerned about him. He is very stressed and upset with himself over how disorganized he is (physical disorganization, mainly in his shop; mental disorganization, in forgetting things and mishandling finances, etc.). The stress is causing personality changes in him.
Last night he chewed me out when I mentioned to him I’d talked to my friend today, who has a son living near the area 2nd Arrow will probably be moving to in a few months when she does her internship. He told me it was her son we should contact, not her. I realized that it would make the most sense to speak directly to him, but I didn’t have his contact information, so it was logical to get the ball rolling by talking to her, since I saw her yesterday. So he was angry at me for that. ??
This is extremely out of character for him. He’s not an angry man, and the few times he does get angry, it’s for good reason. His behavior was very puzzling, to say the least, but I was so tired at that point (it was late in the evening when we had the conversation) that I just went to bed.
He was very apologetic this morning, and explained to me the source of his stress. Please pray that he can get things under control, and that I can help him as best I can.
Also, my husband thinks that some of his problems with mental disorganization and the resultant stress may be because he got a concussion early in adulthood when he was thrown from a horse. Anyone here with a medical background know if concussions can manifest in brain disturbances long after the event when it didn’t right away or for a long time after?
Again the sun shines through the window this morning helping to warm up a cold day. Thank You for making light to break up the darkness.
Lord, as we go into this new tax season I pray for all those who are stressed with finding lost papers and with having to deal with difficult financial situations. Every year seems to bring more complications for some. I pray for the widows who are having added grief over their new responsibilities in the financial area. Be their guidance system, Lord. I pray for all those in the tax prep and accounting business to survive the ever increasing regulations and related costs of business. I pray for the integrity of the IRS which these days appears more and more to be used for the whims of leaders’ political agenda. You, Lord, see all and know all. May Your justice prevail and Your will be done on earth as in heaven.
I lift up 6 Arrows’s husband. You know the many presures he feels. Please help him with Your strength in his times of weakness. Overcome evil forces with Your good. So many pressures are directed at families by the evil one. Families that are strong and thriving are a threat to the plans of the evil one. Lord, You know all the devises. May the power of Jesus’ name and the sustenance of Your word fill the heart and soul of 6 Arrows,’s husband so that he can soar like the eagle, run and not faint, walk and not grow weary. In Jesus’name, Amen
It might not hurt to have him checked out by a doctor, 6Arrows. It could relieve a lot of stress, if he finds out there is no physical problem. Is he generally good at organizing. I ended up organizing my husband’s shop to some extent. I do have paint etc. in it, so had a reason to want things where I could find them. I am sure it would still not be done, if I hadn’t. I am good at organizing; he is not.
I would appreciate prayers for a friend, Charlie. He seems to have a blood clot behind his one good eye. Doctors are not giving him great hope for his vision clearing up. Please pray both for healing and for spiritual growth and peace through this.
Please pray, too, for my dad’s health and the spiritual health of my siblings and folks.
6 Arrows, I worked alongside someone at church who had been in a car accident. She seemed to have some of those same type issues. She knew the head injury put some limits on what she could do. People who have things going on in that regard have to allow more processing time for their endeavors. Our world often does not allow enough time to do things as it is so it can be super frustrating for those who need the extra time.
My husband Lee was in his 50s when he realized he has ADD tendencies. He has always had to work extra hard to be as organized as possible in his work, but that leaves little energy for doing so at home, although he tries. (People used to refer to tendencies like this as “absent-minded”.)
Because of the stress & pressure Lee is under, I’m going to ask you all to pray the same prayer Janice wrote above (last paragraph) for him, too.
I’ve been asking God to bring some sort of solution or change to Lee’s business, & that whatever that solution is, the result would be a relief from pressure/stress, less time working & more time for sleep (he gets 6 hours or less most nights), but still able to comfortably provide for our household (keeping in mind that for a while, he will providing for the equivalent of two households, when the girls & Forrest move upstairs). And I pray that in the meantime, God will give him a renewed joy & satisfaction in his work, & peace in his heart.
I often pray that God will give Lee a “song in his spirit, & a pep in his step”. 🙂
6arrows, I’ll join the recommendation to have your husband see a doctor. I’ll be praying for your family and for Karen O’s.
Our dear friends who adopted three children from Ukraine are returning home today! As I look back over the years, as well as over more recent events, it is both awe-inspiring and humbling to see how God has orchestrated every detail in building this lovely family. I am rejoicing and praising God today. 🙂 We very much wanted to meet them at the airport when they flew in this afternoon, but the four-hour round trip to and from the airport felt too much for a snowy day.
I’d like to ask for prayers for my mom. She’s devastated that my sister and her family have decided to remain in Rwanda indefinitely. They used to live just thirty minutes from my parents (the rest of us live about a five hour car trip away). She misses them terribly. Please pray for peace for her.
Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. The day has gone well, and hubby and I have had some good talks on organizational matters and such. He has always struggled with that, so that is nothing new.
We talked about some of the stress issues, but he doesn’t believe seeing a doctor is necessary. And he can’t remember saying anything about thinking his concussion may have had any long-term repercussions. 😦 (That’s been quite a while since he brought that up, though; months or years, not recently, which may be why he doesn’t remember.) He believes the tension he was feeling last night was just simple tiredness from lack of sleep, and nothing more.
He actually had an appointment yesterday for his yearly work-related physical, and everything they checked was good. So maybe all of this is just temporary.
Prayers for more rest and relief from stress for him are appreciated, and for continued well-being in the ways in which he is healthy.
Prayers please for my sweet husband. He was in a tremendous amount of pain last night and did not sleep. He was unable to go to church with BG and me this morning. He doesn’t complain. I don’t know how he does it.
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I love this psalm, and am going to try to meditate on it today.
Please pray for my husband. I am concerned about him. He is very stressed and upset with himself over how disorganized he is (physical disorganization, mainly in his shop; mental disorganization, in forgetting things and mishandling finances, etc.). The stress is causing personality changes in him.
Last night he chewed me out when I mentioned to him I’d talked to my friend today, who has a son living near the area 2nd Arrow will probably be moving to in a few months when she does her internship. He told me it was her son we should contact, not her. I realized that it would make the most sense to speak directly to him, but I didn’t have his contact information, so it was logical to get the ball rolling by talking to her, since I saw her yesterday. So he was angry at me for that. ??
This is extremely out of character for him. He’s not an angry man, and the few times he does get angry, it’s for good reason. His behavior was very puzzling, to say the least, but I was so tired at that point (it was late in the evening when we had the conversation) that I just went to bed.
He was very apologetic this morning, and explained to me the source of his stress. Please pray that he can get things under control, and that I can help him as best I can.
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Also, my husband thinks that some of his problems with mental disorganization and the resultant stress may be because he got a concussion early in adulthood when he was thrown from a horse. Anyone here with a medical background know if concussions can manifest in brain disturbances long after the event when it didn’t right away or for a long time after?
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Heavenly Father,
Again the sun shines through the window this morning helping to warm up a cold day. Thank You for making light to break up the darkness.
Lord, as we go into this new tax season I pray for all those who are stressed with finding lost papers and with having to deal with difficult financial situations. Every year seems to bring more complications for some. I pray for the widows who are having added grief over their new responsibilities in the financial area. Be their guidance system, Lord. I pray for all those in the tax prep and accounting business to survive the ever increasing regulations and related costs of business. I pray for the integrity of the IRS which these days appears more and more to be used for the whims of leaders’ political agenda. You, Lord, see all and know all. May Your justice prevail and Your will be done on earth as in heaven.
I lift up 6 Arrows’s husband. You know the many presures he feels. Please help him with Your strength in his times of weakness. Overcome evil forces with Your good. So many pressures are directed at families by the evil one. Families that are strong and thriving are a threat to the plans of the evil one. Lord, You know all the devises. May the power of Jesus’ name and the sustenance of Your word fill the heart and soul of 6 Arrows,’s husband so that he can soar like the eagle, run and not faint, walk and not grow weary. In Jesus’name, Amen
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It might not hurt to have him checked out by a doctor, 6Arrows. It could relieve a lot of stress, if he finds out there is no physical problem. Is he generally good at organizing. I ended up organizing my husband’s shop to some extent. I do have paint etc. in it, so had a reason to want things where I could find them. I am sure it would still not be done, if I hadn’t. I am good at organizing; he is not.
I would appreciate prayers for a friend, Charlie. He seems to have a blood clot behind his one good eye. Doctors are not giving him great hope for his vision clearing up. Please pray both for healing and for spiritual growth and peace through this.
Please pray, too, for my dad’s health and the spiritual health of my siblings and folks.
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6 Arrows, I worked alongside someone at church who had been in a car accident. She seemed to have some of those same type issues. She knew the head injury put some limits on what she could do. People who have things going on in that regard have to allow more processing time for their endeavors. Our world often does not allow enough time to do things as it is so it can be super frustrating for those who need the extra time.
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I really think he should see a doctor. Changes in personality are often a clue to something else going on.
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My husband Lee was in his 50s when he realized he has ADD tendencies. He has always had to work extra hard to be as organized as possible in his work, but that leaves little energy for doing so at home, although he tries. (People used to refer to tendencies like this as “absent-minded”.)
Because of the stress & pressure Lee is under, I’m going to ask you all to pray the same prayer Janice wrote above (last paragraph) for him, too.
I’ve been asking God to bring some sort of solution or change to Lee’s business, & that whatever that solution is, the result would be a relief from pressure/stress, less time working & more time for sleep (he gets 6 hours or less most nights), but still able to comfortably provide for our household (keeping in mind that for a while, he will providing for the equivalent of two households, when the girls & Forrest move upstairs). And I pray that in the meantime, God will give him a renewed joy & satisfaction in his work, & peace in his heart.
I often pray that God will give Lee a “song in his spirit, & a pep in his step”. 🙂
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6arrows, I’ll join the recommendation to have your husband see a doctor. I’ll be praying for your family and for Karen O’s.
Our dear friends who adopted three children from Ukraine are returning home today! As I look back over the years, as well as over more recent events, it is both awe-inspiring and humbling to see how God has orchestrated every detail in building this lovely family. I am rejoicing and praising God today. 🙂 We very much wanted to meet them at the airport when they flew in this afternoon, but the four-hour round trip to and from the airport felt too much for a snowy day.
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Yay, mmacmurry, more orphans from Ukraine given a better life! So thankful.
Praying for your husbands, 6arrows & KarenO.
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Prayers for my husband, too, since tax season can be a dreadful strain. Thanks.
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Praying for the above mentioned needs.
I’d like to ask for prayers for my mom. She’s devastated that my sister and her family have decided to remain in Rwanda indefinitely. They used to live just thirty minutes from my parents (the rest of us live about a five hour car trip away). She misses them terribly. Please pray for peace for her.
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Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. The day has gone well, and hubby and I have had some good talks on organizational matters and such. He has always struggled with that, so that is nothing new.
We talked about some of the stress issues, but he doesn’t believe seeing a doctor is necessary. And he can’t remember saying anything about thinking his concussion may have had any long-term repercussions. 😦 (That’s been quite a while since he brought that up, though; months or years, not recently, which may be why he doesn’t remember.) He believes the tension he was feeling last night was just simple tiredness from lack of sleep, and nothing more.
He actually had an appointment yesterday for his yearly work-related physical, and everything they checked was good. So maybe all of this is just temporary.
Prayers for more rest and relief from stress for him are appreciated, and for continued well-being in the ways in which he is healthy.
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Prayers please for my sweet husband. He was in a tremendous amount of pain last night and did not sleep. He was unable to go to church with BG and me this morning. He doesn’t complain. I don’t know how he does it.
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