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Prayer Requests 11-17-17

It’s Friday, so please remember to pray for Mumsee, Mike, and the Nestlings.

Anyone else?

Psalm 101

1 I will sing of your love and justice;
    to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life—
    when will you come to me?

   I will conduct the affairs of my house
    with a blameless heart.
3 I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.

   I hate what faithless people do;
    I will have no part in it.
4 The perverse of heart shall be far from me;
    I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

5 Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret,
    I will put to silence;
   whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.

6 My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
    that they may dwell with me;
   the one whose walk is blameless
    will minister to me.

7 No one who practices deceit
    will dwell in my house;
   no one who speaks falsely
    will stand in my presence.

8 Every morning I will put to silence
    all the wicked in the land;
   I will cut off every evildoer
    from the city of the Lord.

9 thoughts on “Prayer Requests 11-17-17”

  4. 6 arrows, I have been praying, as well. It occurs to me, that the book recommended by Janice (I think!) some time ago, may help you. It was “Finding Grace in the Face of Dementia” by John Dunlap, MD. It was helpful to me. I have my own mother with the issue, but it also put to rest some other concerns about my husband.

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  5. Thank you for the book recommendation, Kathaleena. I requested it on interlibrary loan just after I saw your mention of it. It will go along well (from what I’ve seen excerpted on Amazon) with some thoughts I’ve had since Roscuro mentioned the possibility of early-onset dementia the other day. As I replied to her, he has no family history of early-onset dementia that I’m aware of, but 1) maybe there is some I don’t know about, or 2) even if there isn’t, it doesn’t mean he couldn’t be the first. Something to look into.

    Also, another friend who knows more details than I’ve shared here mentioned the possibility of covert drug or alcohol abuse that might be affecting his actions. A very important consideration I had not previously pondered.

    All this to say that I so appreciate all the advice and insight friends are willing to give.

    Finally, your prayers mean the most. I requested prayer for wisdom on when and how to discuss the financial situation, in which I was going to announce my total relinquishing of dealing with financial matters.

    The Spirit, however, has clearly led in a different direction. No matter what is happening with my husband, whether his poor judgment is due to dementia setting in, or drug or alcohol abuse going on, or simple stress-related confusion, or anything else, I realized that it would be especially dangerous for my daughter, who now has ongoing medication needs due to her asthma, if there were no money available at the time we need prescription refills. (We don’t know at this point what those costs will be, as she is on a 2-week trial, after which time she’ll be seen again and we’ll talk about more of the long-term picture.)

    Which means I will need to be on top of the financial situation so that necessities are met, and I will not be saying, here, the job of handling all the finances is yours.

    Today I transferred money out of the joint account that I see he has been whittling down (withdrawing money for reasons I don’t know) to my separate checking account that I set up for my music income and expenses. He won’t be able to touch that money and use it for his own purposes while I’m still alive.

    What my prayer is now for myself is for calm rather than despair with whatever comes in the future with him, with us — regarding finances or anything else. I don’t think he will be happy when/if (okay, when) he discovers I’ve transferred out 85% of what was in that joint account. Prayers that I will have the right words and tone to explain my concerns about his health, our daughter’s health, and that my actions were motivated by love and protection at a vulnerable juncture in our family life.

    Thank you so much.

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  6. Praise report:

    This afternoon I got my first response to the ad I took out announcing a discount in the 45-minute tuition rate for Winter 2018 — a call from a lady in her sixties, retired, and wanting to take up piano playing for the first time in her life. That made me smile. 🙂 I love hearing about individuals excited to embark on new adventures! She’s never studied any instrument, but really wants to now. She talked about how she’s always loved listening to music, and how her tastes have expanded over the years. We had a great conversation, and she is coming for our meet-and-greet and her free mini-lesson on November 27.

    Thank you for your prayers when I asked for them just before the publication in which my ad appeared hit the streets.

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  8. 6 Arrows – Transferring that money sounds wise.

    Your mention of the “possibility of covert drug or alcohol abuse that might be affecting his actions” almost made me shudder. You may remember that Hubby had become a secret alcoholic, & his behavior & attitude had become extra grumpy & contentious.

    It was the day after I was praying for his repentance & deliverance that it all came to light, & God did indeed deliver him. Praying that whatever is going on with your husband, whatever that might be, will come to light.

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  9. Thank you, Kizzie. I did remember that your hubby had been an alcoholic, but forgot it was secret for a while. My grandfather had been an alcoholic, and I remember visiting as a child and being told that if he was out in the shed, we children should not go out there. Perhaps we were being spared from anger at those times? I don’t know. I only recall him being gentle and humorous when I was around him.

    I pray, too, that we’ll soon have some answers for what’s going on with hubby, and for grace in the waiting. Thanks for joining me in prayer.

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