It’s Wednesday, so don’t forget to pray for The Gambia, and for Ajisuun as well.
Anyone else?
Psalm 40
¹I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.
4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.
14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Things still aren’t addressed around here so if you have a minute to offer up a prayer I would appreciate it. What part of the night I didn’t read I spent asking God to help me know what to do. As I told someoneone yesterday my brain is split in 12 different directions.
Isn’t it that God would do whatever work he has to do in the hearts of you and your loved ones?
Isn’t it that they would find the peace and forgiveness that ONLY Christ can bring?
Are you willing to be poured out wine for that outcome?
(Figuratively, not literally).
Forgive me for going all Biddy on you, but I suggest you sit before God (as I know you have been doing), and examine YOUR heart before him. Tell him all you are thinking and feeling.
Tell him how lost and unsure and heartbroken you are.
Tell him where you are angry and why.
Then listen to what he has to say in response.
That means sit there quietly and let him bring to mind what he wants to show YOU.
Cleanse your heart before him; confess your sins and let the peace of God which surpasses all understanding fill your soul.
Then leave them in God’s hands.
As I’ve prayed this morning, it seems to me total adults have chosen to make your heart a battlefield.
That’s not fair to anyone and it’s a really bad idea for everyone.
They are adults. They need to form their own relationship and you have nothing to do with it.
I’d go quiet.
Do nothing.
Make your plans.
Live your faith before them.
When they complain about the other, suggest they speak to that other adult. You do not need to, nor do you want to, hear anything ugly about someone you love.
And it goes both ways.
I’d say you need to leave them both alone to sort out in their hearts whatever it is that God is doing in those same hearts.
Pick up the scattered pieces of your shattered heart, proceed to the next thing you need to do.
Sure you’re going to be numb.
Sure you are hurt.
But give that to the one who loves you supreme and who knows the past, present and what is to come–particularly what he has put into motion for his aims in a future you cannot even guess at.
It’s all in his hands anyway.
You get to choose whether you will cooperate with him, no matter where it takes you, or continue trying to patch together what very well may not go together right now.
Do you trust Jesus?
Then give those broken pieces of your heart to him. Let him love the hard ones through what little you feel like you have to give.
Then step back and watch him work–and do not get in the way of the work he is doing in the hearts, minds, souls and even bodies of the ones you love.
Much love and many prayers, as I examine all those fingers looking back at me.
Prayers here as I prepare to play Monopoly with three children. One, an autistic emotionally disturbed fourteen year old. One, an autistic nine year old. One, a fairly regular eight year old. What was I thinking when I agreed????
At one of our casual evening gatherings during our church family camp a few summers ago, our pastor made that comment about how when you’re pointing at someone else there are all those fingers pointing back at you.
His 8-year-old son piped up “That’s why when I point I do this!” — all fingers extended as he hand-pointed at his dad. Cracked everyone up.
Good to hear. And we have told two of the growns that they were not allowed on the property until they could treat us as people. One fixed her attitude in about three months. The other has not been back and is training to be a missionary.
Michelle – What you wrote is what I have been doing (it hasn’t been a one-time thing for me) in regards to the situation with Chrissy. It tears my heart out (when I let it) that she is living with, & looking up to, a young woman (YF) who claims to be Christian but denigrates the biblical positions on almost any moral issue you can think of, & mocks & belittles traditional Christians. There is also YF’s sister (Chrissy’s best friend since childhood) who identifies as a lesbian, & was an activist in school for LGBT issues.
There are times when I still cry out for God to “rescue” her from their influence, deliver her from their lies, & bring her home. But then I stop & say, “But above all that I ask, Your will be done, Lord.” I realize & acknowledge that He may be doing a special work over there in that family, & in Chrissy, that I cannot see nor fathom.
But it is still a heartache, even though I am more used to the situation. My heart goes out to Kim for what she is going through.
I am hopelessly behind on keeping up with this website or even the prayer requests. 😦 I do pray for many of you anyway. Just been very busy. Spent from 7:30-5:15 today moving a relative with only a short lunch break. That job is not done by a long shot, but all the big stuff and most of the small stuff is moved. Think hoarders. (shudder)
Hope to see our little Annika tomorrow or Friday. Sad to say she has hearing loss. They will recheck, of course. Also, we were sad to hear that they hope she will be able to eat good enough by June 23rd! We hoped for her to be home soon. Please pray she will learn how to eat without getting milk in her lungs and that she will stay awake.
So thankful to have a pro-life daughter who loves the Lord and is willing to trust him. Also, her husband and children.
We have been overwhelmed with several family situations, so my time online is very short. As I said, though, I do keep you in my prayers.
Wandering Views 
Things still aren’t addressed around here so if you have a minute to offer up a prayer I would appreciate it. What part of the night I didn’t read I spent asking God to help me know what to do. As I told someoneone yesterday my brain is split in 12 different directions.
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Praying. As you recall, I was that way a few years ago. And I thank you for being here for me to give me time to think.
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What is the desired outcome here?
Isn’t it that God would do whatever work he has to do in the hearts of you and your loved ones?
Isn’t it that they would find the peace and forgiveness that ONLY Christ can bring?
Are you willing to be poured out wine for that outcome?
(Figuratively, not literally).
Forgive me for going all Biddy on you, but I suggest you sit before God (as I know you have been doing), and examine YOUR heart before him. Tell him all you are thinking and feeling.
Tell him how lost and unsure and heartbroken you are.
Tell him where you are angry and why.
Then listen to what he has to say in response.
That means sit there quietly and let him bring to mind what he wants to show YOU.
Cleanse your heart before him; confess your sins and let the peace of God which surpasses all understanding fill your soul.
Then leave them in God’s hands.
As I’ve prayed this morning, it seems to me total adults have chosen to make your heart a battlefield.
That’s not fair to anyone and it’s a really bad idea for everyone.
They are adults. They need to form their own relationship and you have nothing to do with it.
I’d go quiet.
Do nothing.
Make your plans.
Live your faith before them.
When they complain about the other, suggest they speak to that other adult. You do not need to, nor do you want to, hear anything ugly about someone you love.
And it goes both ways.
I’d say you need to leave them both alone to sort out in their hearts whatever it is that God is doing in those same hearts.
Pick up the scattered pieces of your shattered heart, proceed to the next thing you need to do.
Sure you’re going to be numb.
Sure you are hurt.
But give that to the one who loves you supreme and who knows the past, present and what is to come–particularly what he has put into motion for his aims in a future you cannot even guess at.
It’s all in his hands anyway.
You get to choose whether you will cooperate with him, no matter where it takes you, or continue trying to patch together what very well may not go together right now.
Do you trust Jesus?
Then give those broken pieces of your heart to him. Let him love the hard ones through what little you feel like you have to give.
Then step back and watch him work–and do not get in the way of the work he is doing in the hearts, minds, souls and even bodies of the ones you love.
Much love and many prayers, as I examine all those fingers looking back at me.
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Amen.
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Prayers here as I prepare to play Monopoly with three children. One, an autistic emotionally disturbed fourteen year old. One, an autistic nine year old. One, a fairly regular eight year old. What was I thinking when I agreed????
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At one of our casual evening gatherings during our church family camp a few summers ago, our pastor made that comment about how when you’re pointing at someone else there are all those fingers pointing back at you.
His 8-year-old son piped up “That’s why when I point I do this!” — all fingers extended as he hand-pointed at his dad. Cracked everyone up.
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I am not doing anything until we return from our trip. I am not going right, nor left, nor backward, nor forward. There will be no rash decisions.
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Good to hear. And we have told two of the growns that they were not allowed on the property until they could treat us as people. One fixed her attitude in about three months. The other has not been back and is training to be a missionary.
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Michelle – What you wrote is what I have been doing (it hasn’t been a one-time thing for me) in regards to the situation with Chrissy. It tears my heart out (when I let it) that she is living with, & looking up to, a young woman (YF) who claims to be Christian but denigrates the biblical positions on almost any moral issue you can think of, & mocks & belittles traditional Christians. There is also YF’s sister (Chrissy’s best friend since childhood) who identifies as a lesbian, & was an activist in school for LGBT issues.
There are times when I still cry out for God to “rescue” her from their influence, deliver her from their lies, & bring her home. But then I stop & say, “But above all that I ask, Your will be done, Lord.” I realize & acknowledge that He may be doing a special work over there in that family, & in Chrissy, that I cannot see nor fathom.
But it is still a heartache, even though I am more used to the situation. My heart goes out to Kim for what she is going through.
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I am hopelessly behind on keeping up with this website or even the prayer requests. 😦 I do pray for many of you anyway. Just been very busy. Spent from 7:30-5:15 today moving a relative with only a short lunch break. That job is not done by a long shot, but all the big stuff and most of the small stuff is moved. Think hoarders. (shudder)
Hope to see our little Annika tomorrow or Friday. Sad to say she has hearing loss. They will recheck, of course. Also, we were sad to hear that they hope she will be able to eat good enough by June 23rd! We hoped for her to be home soon. Please pray she will learn how to eat without getting milk in her lungs and that she will stay awake.
So thankful to have a pro-life daughter who loves the Lord and is willing to trust him. Also, her husband and children.
We have been overwhelmed with several family situations, so my time online is very short. As I said, though, I do keep you in my prayers.
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