¹Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
Chas, the road was open so they got in at midnight. Mike was able to catch an earlier plane out of Denver so he was two hours early but the crew was already on the road so that was just a relief for him to get out of Denver and into Missoula before the weather changed again and he got sent somewhere else again. They are safely home and thanks for praying. Vacation begins today.
Please continue to pray for my back. I guess I just thought I was better and then I did too much. Yes, I went to the weight room. The elliptical was fine, but never should have done a single sit up! Oh, my, I am in bad shape now. Hard to straighten up or even to get up. The good news is that Tuesday is a holiday, so if I can just get through Monday, I can rest some more. Prayers appreciated. I went for a short, level walk today, just to try and loosen up.
First day of vacation here, as husband has taken the children off by himself. First to church, then dinner, then swimming. I stayed home from church as there is a newborn and shingles is contagious to the unvaccinated as chicken pox. Prayer for wisdom for him and sanity. Thanks.
My friend N needs prayer — she’s been diagnosed with sarcoma with 2 masses that appear to be growing rapidly (one near the liver, one near the spleen). She’s the 81-year-old I drive to and from church every week and we’ve been friends ever since I joined the denomination at a former church (where she was a member) some 16 years ago.
She saw the surgeon this past week — the wife of our associate pastor who has some medical training is going with her to her appointments — and he basically said she’s got 2 choices: Surgery (with risks) or do nothing. The surgery, he said, would last about 6 hours and he’s wary because of her age. She’s also and a past heart condition (she had a valve replacement when she was 64) but the status of that seems good.
She’s in a dither, not knowing what to do — I suggested she call her oncologist to see if she can get in or schedule a phone consultation for his opinion — but I suspect she’s leaning toward just doing nothing. But the surgeon said the masses would eventually get so big they’d press on her stomach and she would be able to eat (and could literally starve). She’s extremely underweight and so he’s having her drink Boost to help build her body up at least.
I spent some time with her in her house after dropping her off today, she’s always been a person who has a hard time making decisions (she has no family) and on top of all this she’s trying to get everything in her house in order, along with paperwork, etc. Her faith is strong, but this period of indecision is weighing on her. And she goes back to the surgeon Thursday which is when he said he wanted a decision.
I’m feeling very burdened for her right now, as are others in her church family. Pray for clarity and that she could gather some more knowledgable information in the next couple days that would help her come to a decision.
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When did Mike, et. al. get in?
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Chas, the road was open so they got in at midnight. Mike was able to catch an earlier plane out of Denver so he was two hours early but the crew was already on the road so that was just a relief for him to get out of Denver and into Missoula before the weather changed again and he got sent somewhere else again. They are safely home and thanks for praying. Vacation begins today.
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My grizzly-bear escaping niece finally gave birthday today to a little boy. Thanks for your prayers last week.
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Please continue to pray for my back. I guess I just thought I was better and then I did too much. Yes, I went to the weight room. The elliptical was fine, but never should have done a single sit up! Oh, my, I am in bad shape now. Hard to straighten up or even to get up. The good news is that Tuesday is a holiday, so if I can just get through Monday, I can rest some more. Prayers appreciated. I went for a short, level walk today, just to try and loosen up.
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Praying, Jo.
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First day of vacation here, as husband has taken the children off by himself. First to church, then dinner, then swimming. I stayed home from church as there is a newborn and shingles is contagious to the unvaccinated as chicken pox. Prayer for wisdom for him and sanity. Thanks.
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My friend N needs prayer — she’s been diagnosed with sarcoma with 2 masses that appear to be growing rapidly (one near the liver, one near the spleen). She’s the 81-year-old I drive to and from church every week and we’ve been friends ever since I joined the denomination at a former church (where she was a member) some 16 years ago.
She saw the surgeon this past week — the wife of our associate pastor who has some medical training is going with her to her appointments — and he basically said she’s got 2 choices: Surgery (with risks) or do nothing. The surgery, he said, would last about 6 hours and he’s wary because of her age. She’s also and a past heart condition (she had a valve replacement when she was 64) but the status of that seems good.
She’s in a dither, not knowing what to do — I suggested she call her oncologist to see if she can get in or schedule a phone consultation for his opinion — but I suspect she’s leaning toward just doing nothing. But the surgeon said the masses would eventually get so big they’d press on her stomach and she would be able to eat (and could literally starve). She’s extremely underweight and so he’s having her drink Boost to help build her body up at least.
I spent some time with her in her house after dropping her off today, she’s always been a person who has a hard time making decisions (she has no family) and on top of all this she’s trying to get everything in her house in order, along with paperwork, etc. Her faith is strong, but this period of indecision is weighing on her. And she goes back to the surgeon Thursday which is when he said he wanted a decision.
I’m feeling very burdened for her right now, as are others in her church family. Pray for clarity and that she could gather some more knowledgable information in the next couple days that would help her come to a decision.
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With you in prayer, Donna.
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Me, too, Donna.
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