Please pray for Mr. P’s doctor’s appointment today. I really want him not to be in the pain he is in and to be able to get off of the pain meds he takes or at least most of them. He may have to face the reality that he won’t be able to work again. That means I have to face the reality of I will have to work for a really long time.
I would like prayer for a short trip I’m taking to Chicago this weekend. A friend is going to attend a conference, and I am taking the opportunity to get a ride and have her drop me off at a friend’s house.
I have two friends in particular that I want to see. I wasn’t able to see either of them when I was briefly in Chicago five years ago. (The summer we got engaged . . . the Chicago portion of my trip got shortened, first since my almost-fiance wanted to see me sooner on the front end, and then since I negotiated with him that he would go to my Chicago church with me at the end of the trip but it meant that he would drive me over there Sunday morning and I only ended up with one day in Chicago, since my plane ticket was for Monday. If I had known that trips to Chicago would pretty much not happen, I would have insisted I simply had to spend some time with my friends that week. One had just lost a child to suicide, but she had no transportation in that 24 hours. The other one was out of town that weekend, and she has since lost a leg to diabetes. If I had it to do over with, I would say, “Honey, I know you want to pick me up at the airport and spend as much time together as possible, but I haven’t seen my Chicago friends for several years”–I had a ticket the year before, but got seriously sick and had to cancel, and then he and I were courting and I didn’t reschedule in the spring as I planned to do– “and I simply have to have a few days with my friends while I have the opportunity.” I ended up taking a ten- or eleven-day trip that was supposed to be a week staying with his family, getting to know his parents and the girls, with a few days of visiting in Chicago, and turning it into ten nights with his parents and one night in a basement in Chicago before I had to fly out the next day. I got to see whoever was at church and just one other friend, and he and I and the girls did stop by my old workplace after he picked me up at the airport. But I spent 14 years in Chicago, I still have dear friends there, and I’d love to see them every year or two, not every six or eight!)
So, my prayer in this visit is that I’d be able to see the friends who need to see me, that I could be an encouragement to them without being a burden on any of them. (That isn’t a “low self-esteem” concern. It’s the reality that my friends have genuine health concerns.)
Husband was exhausted yesterday after climbing in and out of the truck maybe fifty times in the morning, more in the afternoon as they learned backing. He was thinking he might need to quit, but I mentioned going from only going to coffee with the old guys each morning and shopping and being chalked off as dead by his doctors last year, might make him a tad out of shape and with a few days, he would be back in the swing of things. But it is his call. It is his hobby. And I do see a big improvement in his attitude. He is a very social guy. Prayer for God’s wisdom. Thanks.
Mike is one of the most gregarious people I have ever met. Well read and can have a conversation about almost any topic you can think to discuss. I know. I have spent quite a few hours in a car with him. 🙂
Still struggling with tax issues. Privacy laws and all the various forms make it all a nightmare. Plus, everyone who deals with taxes are incredibly busy. Add our own technology challenges and it is most stressful. Thank God for those who are patient, kind, wise when dealing with people!
Praying for your husbands etc. I can understand Mike’s exhaustion. He won’t be doing quite that, though, daily. He may want to hang in a little longer to see how the job itself really is.
Prayers for me, please, that I can not be so distracted from my writing projects by figuring what to do about this women’s conference trip. I lost the info I was sent by a relative of the deceased concerning hotel information so now I have to scramble for a place to stay.
Our store is closed for stock take this week. Our only store. They were open on Monday, but nowhere to go for last minute things. And now they say they will not be open on Monday and not sure about Tuesday. Not a complaint, but just pray that we will all be gracious and share with each other as folks run out of things.
The rest of you can you imagine having no store at all for over a week??
I have asked for prayer for my friend Jenn a few times in the past. Jenn has several serious health problems that have caused her to be disabled. Today she found out there is an issue with her heart, although she didn’t specify what it was. But she did, in her frustration, spell out her health issues: “Bladder removal surgery .. Heart issues .. Spinal stenosis .. Tail bone needs removal .. Blood disease .. Endometriosis and no digestion to digest food.” (She’s already had 14 surgeries for various things, & after the tenth one was told she could have no more surgeries because it was too dangerous. And yet, she still needs surgeries.)
She cannot eat real food, only baby food, & very often gets infections or blockages (which can be very painful) in the tube that empties her bladder. There are other issues, too. If I didn’t know her & her family, I’d think a lot of this must be made up for attention, but it isn’t.
And yet, Jenn is usually so sweet & encouraging in her posts on Facebook, & often writing about how grateful she is for her family & friends, & that even with all these problems, & the constant pain, she loves her life. Some days reading her posts makes me want to slap myself for being grumpy about some stupid little thing.
Anyway, please pray for healing, for lessening of pain, & for the salvation of her husband & grown son & daughter. (The daughter is expecting twins in September, & Jenn is hoping to be able to be a part of their lives for a long time, & would love to be well enough to play with them.)
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Pray Lindsey would feel better soon. She was still quite sick last night…
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Please pray for Mr. P’s doctor’s appointment today. I really want him not to be in the pain he is in and to be able to get off of the pain meds he takes or at least most of them. He may have to face the reality that he won’t be able to work again. That means I have to face the reality of I will have to work for a really long time.
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I would like prayer for a short trip I’m taking to Chicago this weekend. A friend is going to attend a conference, and I am taking the opportunity to get a ride and have her drop me off at a friend’s house.
I have two friends in particular that I want to see. I wasn’t able to see either of them when I was briefly in Chicago five years ago. (The summer we got engaged . . . the Chicago portion of my trip got shortened, first since my almost-fiance wanted to see me sooner on the front end, and then since I negotiated with him that he would go to my Chicago church with me at the end of the trip but it meant that he would drive me over there Sunday morning and I only ended up with one day in Chicago, since my plane ticket was for Monday. If I had known that trips to Chicago would pretty much not happen, I would have insisted I simply had to spend some time with my friends that week. One had just lost a child to suicide, but she had no transportation in that 24 hours. The other one was out of town that weekend, and she has since lost a leg to diabetes. If I had it to do over with, I would say, “Honey, I know you want to pick me up at the airport and spend as much time together as possible, but I haven’t seen my Chicago friends for several years”–I had a ticket the year before, but got seriously sick and had to cancel, and then he and I were courting and I didn’t reschedule in the spring as I planned to do– “and I simply have to have a few days with my friends while I have the opportunity.” I ended up taking a ten- or eleven-day trip that was supposed to be a week staying with his family, getting to know his parents and the girls, with a few days of visiting in Chicago, and turning it into ten nights with his parents and one night in a basement in Chicago before I had to fly out the next day. I got to see whoever was at church and just one other friend, and he and I and the girls did stop by my old workplace after he picked me up at the airport. But I spent 14 years in Chicago, I still have dear friends there, and I’d love to see them every year or two, not every six or eight!)
So, my prayer in this visit is that I’d be able to see the friends who need to see me, that I could be an encouragement to them without being a burden on any of them. (That isn’t a “low self-esteem” concern. It’s the reality that my friends have genuine health concerns.)
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Husband was exhausted yesterday after climbing in and out of the truck maybe fifty times in the morning, more in the afternoon as they learned backing. He was thinking he might need to quit, but I mentioned going from only going to coffee with the old guys each morning and shopping and being chalked off as dead by his doctors last year, might make him a tad out of shape and with a few days, he would be back in the swing of things. But it is his call. It is his hobby. And I do see a big improvement in his attitude. He is a very social guy. Prayer for God’s wisdom. Thanks.
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Mike is one of the most gregarious people I have ever met. Well read and can have a conversation about almost any topic you can think to discuss. I know. I have spent quite a few hours in a car with him. 🙂
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That would do it. But, in your kindness, you forgot to mention that he has an opinion on everything as well.
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Well, yes, there is that but we mostly agreed
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Still struggling with tax issues. Privacy laws and all the various forms make it all a nightmare. Plus, everyone who deals with taxes are incredibly busy. Add our own technology challenges and it is most stressful. Thank God for those who are patient, kind, wise when dealing with people!
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Praying for your husbands etc. I can understand Mike’s exhaustion. He won’t be doing quite that, though, daily. He may want to hang in a little longer to see how the job itself really is.
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Prayers for me, please, that I can not be so distracted from my writing projects by figuring what to do about this women’s conference trip. I lost the info I was sent by a relative of the deceased concerning hotel information so now I have to scramble for a place to stay.
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Our store is closed for stock take this week. Our only store. They were open on Monday, but nowhere to go for last minute things. And now they say they will not be open on Monday and not sure about Tuesday. Not a complaint, but just pray that we will all be gracious and share with each other as folks run out of things.
The rest of you can you imagine having no store at all for over a week??
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Please pray for a lady named Cindy, who is a missionary in Kenya, & is quite ill. Thank you.
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I have asked for prayer for my friend Jenn a few times in the past. Jenn has several serious health problems that have caused her to be disabled. Today she found out there is an issue with her heart, although she didn’t specify what it was. But she did, in her frustration, spell out her health issues: “Bladder removal surgery .. Heart issues .. Spinal stenosis .. Tail bone needs removal .. Blood disease .. Endometriosis and no digestion to digest food.” (She’s already had 14 surgeries for various things, & after the tenth one was told she could have no more surgeries because it was too dangerous. And yet, she still needs surgeries.)
She cannot eat real food, only baby food, & very often gets infections or blockages (which can be very painful) in the tube that empties her bladder. There are other issues, too. If I didn’t know her & her family, I’d think a lot of this must be made up for attention, but it isn’t.
And yet, Jenn is usually so sweet & encouraging in her posts on Facebook, & often writing about how grateful she is for her family & friends, & that even with all these problems, & the constant pain, she loves her life. Some days reading her posts makes me want to slap myself for being grumpy about some stupid little thing.
Anyway, please pray for healing, for lessening of pain, & for the salvation of her husband & grown son & daughter. (The daughter is expecting twins in September, & Jenn is hoping to be able to be a part of their lives for a long time, & would love to be well enough to play with them.)
Thank you.
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