I’ve previously mentioned, more than once, the long, long days he puts in, & the lack of sleep. I’ve mentioned that we are asking God to bring him some relief, a new opportunity, or whatnot. We don’t even know what the answer could possibly be. (As I said not too long ago, he shouldn’t sell his route before he gets a job lined up, but how can he get a job lined up if he doesn’t know how long it will take to sell his route?)
Anyway, I’m feeling more urgency for God to answer this prayer. Lee often has trouble keeping his eyes open during the 45-minute drive home. Sometimes he blinks, & his eyes stay closed longer than they should. This scares me!
While trying to figure out his ordering, or doing anything that takes some concentration, he feels so tired he can’t think straight.
And in three weeks, he will have 16 schools added to his already too-long route. This is just too much! I fear for his health & safety.
I am praying for a miracle for my husband. Please pray with me. Thank you.
Karen, I was just going to suggest he hire some help. But your 8:10 answered that.
How can they add something to the task? It’s his business, isn’t it?
But you’re right about the danger. He needs to do something.
I will continue praying about this.
I am still thanking the Lord that he kept my tongue from evil (or my fingers, as the case made be) last week, when I was severely provoked. I know it is an answer to prayers. Thanks to everyone who prayed!
My dad is also doing better. It is a time of life, when his health will go up and down. As long as he is ok with his relationship with God, I will be satisfied.
Praying for you all, too. That seems impossible for you, Karen, but not with God, of course. I had a friend who said eating sunflower seeds was enough to help him stay awake. I know, only too well, what can happen if someone falls asleep. I have lost people that way and, also fell asleep myself once. Praying for the solution and that Lee is wise, in the meantime about his driving. Loud music, fresh air–whatever it takes.
Prayer please as you counsels troubled, emotionally disturbed, oppositional, almost thirteen year old. Seventeen year old has a few hours and is fresh from watching one of twelve year olds moments. I showed her a letter twelve year old wrote which is almost identical to the letters twelve year olds’ mentally ill older sister was writing. Sad to see life repeating. But seventeen year old was so concerned she has taken it upon herself to give the younger girl counsel. She is doing an outstanding job and little girl is quite cooperative. Prayer that older girl’s words will enter younger’s heart. They are words of Truth.
Update, continuing to praise God for 17 seizure-free days for Shane.
it seems the seizures he had that landed him back in the hospital were due to the brain tissue being irritated from surgery. He has continued to heal and hasn’t had any more problems since that one morning. We’re still a little bit on pins and needles, hoping that he doesn’t have another episode like that. But every day that passes, it becomes less likely that he’ll have any more. 🙂
Chas – Lee owns the territory, so the schools go to him. The manager of the branch asked/told him to try it out, & then if it doesn’t work, he may be able to sell them to another route, or come to an agreement with another driver to service them for “proceeds”. The problem with the latter is that Lee would still be responsible for them, so if the other driver messed up or took a sick day, Lee would have to step in. He’d also have to do the ordering for them.
I have to admit I’m having trouble having faith for a good outcome. But I continue to ask God to do something wonderful, even surprising, for Lee. He’s done that before, & I know deep down He can do it again. I guess I’m having wondering if He will. I hate that I’m feeling that way.
Kathaleena – Sometimes he’ll stop to buy a coffee. I’ve suggested that he not only have on some loud music, but that he sing along, too.
Thank You for Your word and the multitude of benefits You have given Your children through it. Thank You for young ones like at Mumsee’s nest who can share Your word with a sister in need. You placed her in her circumstances for just such a purpose. You are so wise.
Lord, I lift up all the members of this blog who have loved ones including pets in need. I ask for complete and thorough refreshing sleep overnight for the weary. Especially I lift up Lee for You to make a way through the fog of his current work situation. I pray You will help him find new ways to stay alert while he drives. Lord, I don’t
Lord, I don’t know anything about routes, but You know possibilities of hiring an apprentice to learn and possibly buy the route. Please make all feasible options known to Karen and Lee. Help Karen to do research to find any other possibilities they have not yet considered. Also, I ask for You to let Karen again feel the solid foundation of faith in You. Help her to go deeper in prayer, even so far as making her breaths turn into affirmations of her faith in You. When her doubts try to surface, please flush them out through her constant prayers and praise. Please defeat the evil one who looks for the vulnerable in whom to plant seeds of doubt. Away with his desperate tactics against your beloved children, Karen and Lee. You are mighty, You are strong. You are a fortress against such attacks. Please make Your power evident in the lives of Karen and Lee. Give them Your strength during their moments of weakness. I pray in the awesome name above all others, Jesus, Amen
Tim is improving daily. Today he even managed to sit outside with me as I picked peas and cucumbers and kohlrabi and carrots. I am lasering him daily and am please with his progress. Still no word on an MRI appointment. Please continue to pray for complete healing.
Please pray for my husband. For confidentiality’s sake, I don’t want to go into much detail, but he runs himself ragged, is reluctant to accept help, and the stress of his taking on too much has resulted in a couple situations recently, including this morning, that could have had serious consequences due to his lapses of judgment on those occasions.
Please pray for me, too. I never thought I’d be dealing with stuff like this when we are still relatively young (early/mid 50’s). Thank you.
6 Arrows – It sounds like you & I have somewhat similar, yet different, situations with our husbands – over-extended, stressed, exhausted men.
Since I don’t know exactly what is going on with your husband, I’ll just share what I sometimes do. If I feel Lee is trying to do too much (more than the usual too much, that is), I gently suggest that he might want to let that particular thing go, or sleep in (on a Sunday or Wednesday, when he still gets up pretty early). I make sure he knows I am coming from a place of love & concern, & am not trying to tell him what to do.
Sometimes he’ll take my advice, but often he won’t.
I look for ways I can ease his burden, if possible. I make sure he knows how much I care about him, & I find little ways to bless him, like making foods he especially likes. We pray together almost every evening, even though it’s only for a few minutes. I gently remind him to get to bed if he loses track of the time.
Most of all, I pray, pray, pray. Being our husbands’ advocate before the Lord is the greatest help we can offer our husbands.
Karen O, I’ve often thought that your husband and mine sound quite similar, too, though their situations are admittedly a little different.
Thank you for your comment and advice. Kare2012, for yours, too. Prayer for our husbands is so important, and I need that reminder to do it regularly and with fervency, not with half-heartedness or only when troubling situations arise.
Years ago, I bought Stormie Omartian’s book, The Power of a Praying Wife. The prayers in that book hit on just about every aspect of a man’s life. I hadn’t been using it for a while, but am back to it.
She & I were talking a while ago, when she filled me in on the haircut situation with R & F (see the daily thread, if you haven’t read about this already). One thing we are very convinced of is that R has a narcissictic personality. It is a personality disorder that usually develops due to certain negative things in a person’s upbringing.
We know that R’s father faded out of his life, not keeping his word to his children when he said he’d pick them up, & suchlike. (Sound familiar?) But R’s mom is a sweet lady who seems to have been a good mother. (She once had a long conversation with E about how she thinks R’s father is a sociopath. Narcissists have some of the same traits as sociopaths.)
As we talked in the kitchen, E said she hopes it turns out that R’s mom wasn’t really a good mother, because if she was a good mom, & R turned out like this, couldn’t F turn out like that, too, no matter how good a mother E is? It looked like she might start crying, & E is not a cryer usually.
Please pray for E to see her & F’s need for Jesus, that the Holy Spirit would use her fear & concern to draw her to Him even this very night. And please pray that F will not follow in his father’s footsteps spiritually or personality-wise, but will have a heart that beats for God (which is one of my daily prayers for him).
So sorry about this, how about, “she really loves her children and did her best.”
I’m going to second or third Omartian’s book. It has 30 chapters, 30 prayers. For years, I prayed whatever the date number was–that prayer. For example, today is the third, so I prayed chapter 3’s prayer.
I have been amazed and greatly blessed by the changes for the positive in my husband and his spiritual life. I should probably dig it out again now that I have a chance of being a normal person again.
Wandering Views 
The first four verses of this psalm are a song. Anyone want to sing with me?
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Asking prayers for Lee again.
I’ve previously mentioned, more than once, the long, long days he puts in, & the lack of sleep. I’ve mentioned that we are asking God to bring him some relief, a new opportunity, or whatnot. We don’t even know what the answer could possibly be. (As I said not too long ago, he shouldn’t sell his route before he gets a job lined up, but how can he get a job lined up if he doesn’t know how long it will take to sell his route?)
Anyway, I’m feeling more urgency for God to answer this prayer. Lee often has trouble keeping his eyes open during the 45-minute drive home. Sometimes he blinks, & his eyes stay closed longer than they should. This scares me!
While trying to figure out his ordering, or doing anything that takes some concentration, he feels so tired he can’t think straight.
And in three weeks, he will have 16 schools added to his already too-long route. This is just too much! I fear for his health & safety.
I am praying for a miracle for my husband. Please pray with me. Thank you.
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Also, this route is hurting us financially.
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Karen, I was just going to suggest he hire some help. But your 8:10 answered that.
How can they add something to the task? It’s his business, isn’t it?
But you’re right about the danger. He needs to do something.
I will continue praying about this.
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I sang with you, Jo.
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I’d sing, but I don’t know the music. We do have a liturgy in our hymnbook, though, that has a song based on verse 8.
Praying for both you and Lee, Karen.
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I am still thanking the Lord that he kept my tongue from evil (or my fingers, as the case made be) last week, when I was severely provoked. I know it is an answer to prayers. Thanks to everyone who prayed!
My dad is also doing better. It is a time of life, when his health will go up and down. As long as he is ok with his relationship with God, I will be satisfied.
Praying for you all, too. That seems impossible for you, Karen, but not with God, of course. I had a friend who said eating sunflower seeds was enough to help him stay awake. I know, only too well, what can happen if someone falls asleep. I have lost people that way and, also fell asleep myself once. Praying for the solution and that Lee is wise, in the meantime about his driving. Loud music, fresh air–whatever it takes.
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Prayer please as you counsels troubled, emotionally disturbed, oppositional, almost thirteen year old. Seventeen year old has a few hours and is fresh from watching one of twelve year olds moments. I showed her a letter twelve year old wrote which is almost identical to the letters twelve year olds’ mentally ill older sister was writing. Sad to see life repeating. But seventeen year old was so concerned she has taken it upon herself to give the younger girl counsel. She is doing an outstanding job and little girl is quite cooperative. Prayer that older girl’s words will enter younger’s heart. They are words of Truth.
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Maybe I should proof read before I post. prayer as seventeen year old counsels ….
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Praying and singing.
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Update, continuing to praise God for 17 seizure-free days for Shane.
it seems the seizures he had that landed him back in the hospital were due to the brain tissue being irritated from surgery. He has continued to heal and hasn’t had any more problems since that one morning. We’re still a little bit on pins and needles, hoping that he doesn’t have another episode like that. But every day that passes, it becomes less likely that he’ll have any more. 🙂
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Thank you all for your prayers.
Chas – Lee owns the territory, so the schools go to him. The manager of the branch asked/told him to try it out, & then if it doesn’t work, he may be able to sell them to another route, or come to an agreement with another driver to service them for “proceeds”. The problem with the latter is that Lee would still be responsible for them, so if the other driver messed up or took a sick day, Lee would have to step in. He’d also have to do the ordering for them.
I have to admit I’m having trouble having faith for a good outcome. But I continue to ask God to do something wonderful, even surprising, for Lee. He’s done that before, & I know deep down He can do it again. I guess I’m having wondering if He will. I hate that I’m feeling that way.
Kathaleena – Sometimes he’ll stop to buy a coffee. I’ve suggested that he not only have on some loud music, but that he sing along, too.
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Heavenly Father,
Thank You for Your word and the multitude of benefits You have given Your children through it. Thank You for young ones like at Mumsee’s nest who can share Your word with a sister in need. You placed her in her circumstances for just such a purpose. You are so wise.
Lord, I lift up all the members of this blog who have loved ones including pets in need. I ask for complete and thorough refreshing sleep overnight for the weary. Especially I lift up Lee for You to make a way through the fog of his current work situation. I pray You will help him find new ways to stay alert while he drives. Lord, I don’t
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Lord, I don’t know anything about routes, but You know possibilities of hiring an apprentice to learn and possibly buy the route. Please make all feasible options known to Karen and Lee. Help Karen to do research to find any other possibilities they have not yet considered. Also, I ask for You to let Karen again feel the solid foundation of faith in You. Help her to go deeper in prayer, even so far as making her breaths turn into affirmations of her faith in You. When her doubts try to surface, please flush them out through her constant prayers and praise. Please defeat the evil one who looks for the vulnerable in whom to plant seeds of doubt. Away with his desperate tactics against your beloved children, Karen and Lee. You are mighty, You are strong. You are a fortress against such attacks. Please make Your power evident in the lives of Karen and Lee. Give them Your strength during their moments of weakness. I pray in the awesome name above all others, Jesus, Amen
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Amen.
Tim is improving daily. Today he even managed to sit outside with me as I picked peas and cucumbers and kohlrabi and carrots. I am lasering him daily and am please with his progress. Still no word on an MRI appointment. Please continue to pray for complete healing.
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Thank you, Janice.
Praying, Kare.
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Please pray for my husband. For confidentiality’s sake, I don’t want to go into much detail, but he runs himself ragged, is reluctant to accept help, and the stress of his taking on too much has resulted in a couple situations recently, including this morning, that could have had serious consequences due to his lapses of judgment on those occasions.
Please pray for me, too. I never thought I’d be dealing with stuff like this when we are still relatively young (early/mid 50’s). Thank you.
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Also, I should mention I’m open to any practical tips any of you may have about how to be a good helpmate under the circumstances.
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6 Arrows – It sounds like you & I have somewhat similar, yet different, situations with our husbands – over-extended, stressed, exhausted men.
Since I don’t know exactly what is going on with your husband, I’ll just share what I sometimes do. If I feel Lee is trying to do too much (more than the usual too much, that is), I gently suggest that he might want to let that particular thing go, or sleep in (on a Sunday or Wednesday, when he still gets up pretty early). I make sure he knows I am coming from a place of love & concern, & am not trying to tell him what to do.
Sometimes he’ll take my advice, but often he won’t.
I look for ways I can ease his burden, if possible. I make sure he knows how much I care about him, & I find little ways to bless him, like making foods he especially likes. We pray together almost every evening, even though it’s only for a few minutes. I gently remind him to get to bed if he loses track of the time.
Most of all, I pray, pray, pray. Being our husbands’ advocate before the Lord is the greatest help we can offer our husbands.
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We definitely need to pray for our husbands. As mine is out of commission, it reminds me all the more and will pray for your husbands as well.
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Karen O, I’ve often thought that your husband and mine sound quite similar, too, though their situations are admittedly a little different.
Thank you for your comment and advice. Kare2012, for yours, too. Prayer for our husbands is so important, and I need that reminder to do it regularly and with fervency, not with half-heartedness or only when troubling situations arise.
Thank you to all of you who pray.
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Years ago, I bought Stormie Omartian’s book, The Power of a Praying Wife. The prayers in that book hit on just about every aspect of a man’s life. I hadn’t been using it for a while, but am back to it.
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I’ve heard of that book, Karen. Thanks for the reminder — we might have it in our church library. I’ll have to check it out if I can find it.
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Prayer request for E.
She & I were talking a while ago, when she filled me in on the haircut situation with R & F (see the daily thread, if you haven’t read about this already). One thing we are very convinced of is that R has a narcissictic personality. It is a personality disorder that usually develops due to certain negative things in a person’s upbringing.
We know that R’s father faded out of his life, not keeping his word to his children when he said he’d pick them up, & suchlike. (Sound familiar?) But R’s mom is a sweet lady who seems to have been a good mother. (She once had a long conversation with E about how she thinks R’s father is a sociopath. Narcissists have some of the same traits as sociopaths.)
As we talked in the kitchen, E said she hopes it turns out that R’s mom wasn’t really a good mother, because if she was a good mom, & R turned out like this, couldn’t F turn out like that, too, no matter how good a mother E is? It looked like she might start crying, & E is not a cryer usually.
Please pray for E to see her & F’s need for Jesus, that the Holy Spirit would use her fear & concern to draw her to Him even this very night. And please pray that F will not follow in his father’s footsteps spiritually or personality-wise, but will have a heart that beats for God (which is one of my daily prayers for him).
Thank you.
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The girls arrived safely. They were poorly directed by the tom tom but got there eventually.
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So sorry about this, how about, “she really loves her children and did her best.”
I’m going to second or third Omartian’s book. It has 30 chapters, 30 prayers. For years, I prayed whatever the date number was–that prayer. For example, today is the third, so I prayed chapter 3’s prayer.
I have been amazed and greatly blessed by the changes for the positive in my husband and his spiritual life. I should probably dig it out again now that I have a chance of being a normal person again.
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