Prayer Requests

[Sailor]

This devotion book is free  not sure how long it will be and wanted all of you to have an opportunity to get it. I know it will be a blessing.

I just picked this devotional up, it's a 17.99 price book.  Wow.  Now if I can find my Kindle, it has been lost for about 1 month now, I can't find where I put it, I can start reading it.

Thank you for all the prayers, I sure do need them. More things are going on here, so I am locked in my house and not leaving!

I am also praying for our group here.  God will prevail in All things!

Sailor

[Leslie]

Thank you all for your support and prayers. You don't know how much I appreciate it.

Dad has not been eating or drinking well, so now he is dehydrated. They are transferring him to a medical unit. Will he get better care there? Who knows? It all points up that he is complexly ill and it also shows how much work my mother has been doing to keep him home and healthy for so long. She is very depressed that he is not home -- as she says, the house is empty and she misses him so much -- and she keeps saying, "I knew something would happen but I didn't think it would happen this way." We are all upset and have no clue what is next for us. Like they say, one day at a time. That is what we are trying to do.

Thanks for your support and prayers, everyone. You don't know how much I appreciate it. Every time I read this thread I start crying. Well, I'm emotional. :-)

L

[Cindergayle]

Leslie,

I will be praying for you and your family. My Dad lived at home with us for two years while suffering from Alzheimers I know that it is very difficult to have a sick parent.


Cindy

[Linda Cannon-Mott]

I spent my commute to work this morning praying for everyone in this wonderful group and for specific individual needs of those asking for prayer. I thanked God for everyone and the way He led us to be together which is awesome when you think about it. We have never met but through our love of God we have grown to love each other. We are a family and I think that is amazing. This group blesses me everyday.

Leslie my heart goes out to you during this difficult time.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all ways and He will make your paths straight.  Proverbs 3: 5-6
Linda

[mwvickers]

Please be praying for Brianna.  She went to her hearing test today, and she failed it.  The doctor said that this can happen, and that it is not uncommon.  We take her back when she is a month old to test again.  She was very fussy, so I pray it was just a fluke.

[drenee]

Absolutely we will be praying for Brianna. 
Try not to worry about it.  I know, better said than done. 
deb

[Suzanne]

Brianna will be in my prayers, Martin, as will both you & your wife.

[Neversleepsawink;)]

Brianna is in my prayers, along with you and your wife.  I'm sure all will work out. 

[Linda Cannon-Mott]

Martin, praying for you, Chrissy and Brianna.

[geoffthomas]

Martin,
As you know, she is made in the image and likeness of God, so there can be nothing "wrong" with her. But we will pray for her well-being and for God's will (which we know is for her to be what she is - a beautiful child with loving parents). 
I agree with the rest, it is surely a temporary thing. Children have all kinds of "things" that they grow out of.

In His name we pray.

[Angela]

Martin, my prayers are with you, Chrissy and Brianna.

[Cindergayle]

Martin,

I will be praying for Brianna. I hope that all goes well.

Cindy

[Leslie]

Hi everyone,

My father is still on the medical unit. They are trying to stabilize him. The bad news is that he has been diagnosed with some form of Alzheimer's disease. My mother didn't remember the name but said it is something unusual in that he has hallucinations. The worse news is that they think he probably won't be able to go home -- he'll need to go to some sort of care facility when he gets well enough to be discharged from the hospital. Who knows when that will be. My mother is very upset and worried about money. I am upset and worried about everything. I am also worried about my daughter, how she is doing in school, getting her out of junior year successfully...they talk about "the sandwich generation" and I really feel like that in the space of three weeks, I have become a stomped-upon PB&J. Geoff, you say that God has a plan. Really? I am having a hard time imagining what it is right now.

L

[Suzanne]

Leslie, I'm so sorry to hear about the diagnosis. My mother-in-law had Alzheimer's and she hallucinated a lot. She also told wild stories. We just went along with everything. It was the only compassionate & loving thing we could do, to our way of thinking.

Since it is Alzheimer's, it does seem necessary that he be in a facility for his own safety. Hopefully, you will find a nice place that you can afford.

Please try not to blame God for this. I don't know where you are as a Christian or if you are a Christian, but it is through the sin of Adam that sickness & death came to the human race. We all will die eventually; that is our legacy from Adam. Some will die sooner than others. My nephew died of leukemia when he was only 12. I don't blame God for this. We are all Adam's children and thus have sickness & death in our lives.

I will pray for you, your dad & your family to get through this difficult time.

Love, Suzi

[Sailor]

I have read all our prayer requests and am praying for God to touch each and every one of us with His warm and loving arms wrapped tightly around us to keep us safe.  For His healing words to be softly spoken into our ears, ever so gently.  And His love to shield us from all swords that are thrown against us.

Sailor

[drenee]

Leslie, I am so very sorry.  It is so very hard to deal with aging parents.  The role reversal is incredibly hard.  There is absolutely nothing I can say that will help.  Just know that you have friends who care and are thinking of you.
deb

[Lynn]

Sailor- very nicely put. I am thinking of each of us daily and praying for comfort and support for us all.

Lynn L

[Sailor]

Immediate prayers needed!

I have an online friend named Stu who lives in Virginia.  He is contemplating killing himself right now, he has put a gun in his mouth and is PMing me on this.  I am trying to calm him down the best I can.

His thinks his fiancé is cheating, he will have to spend 1-2 months of nights in jail for something he wasn't responsible for and he has had it with life.

I don't know his phone number, or his address, or his last name, so I can't call anyone...and we haven't any mutual friends that I might contact.

Please pray that I can talk him out of this with the right words tonight, I think it's going to be a long night for me, and him both.

Sailor

[Sailor]

Stu isn't answering back.  It shows he sent the last PM at 9:10pm and his online status shows him in his PM box at that time, so this was the last PM sent.  We share personal 'stuff' going on in our lives every night, so I saw that 'something' would be coming to a head soon with him, he has been troubled for months now.

I am scared.  With him contemplating suicide, and me not able to talk to him, I have to pray and rely on God to intervene in his life.

I pray Stu doesn't do/or has done, anything foolish tonight.  I would feel so guilty for not being able to stop it if he does.

Sailor

[Cindergayle]

Leslie,

I am very sorry to hear about your father's diagnosis. I have been through this disease with my own Dad. It is a terrible disease. As I mentioned in my other post, we were able to keep him at home with us for two years while he had this disease. He had a stroke and later had to stay at a nursing home for about a month before dying. While he was at home with my husband and myself, sometimes things were very stressful. Most of the time things went as well as could be expected. My husband was great with my Dad. I was very fortunate to have such great help. I know that there are money worries as well. I will be praying for you and hoping you all the best.

Cindy

[Sailor]

I've been talking with Stu for hours now, since my last post he finally got back to me and we just ended talking.  This young man (27 y.o.) is pretty bad off, he was putting the gun in his mouth but the sight on the end of the barrel was hitting his teeth and he couldn't get the right angle, then wanted to go under his chin, or through the forehead...it was terrible that someone could be so far down in life to not want to live it any longer.

I got him to cry, let some of the pain out, and finally he said he was going to bed to try to sleep.  I feel comfortable that he won't do anything tonight.

Thank you for anyone that was able to pray with me tonight, I sure needed an army of angels with me as I tried to console Stu.  My heart goes out to him in his deep pain.

Sailor

[geoffthomas]

Sailor,
I am so sorry for Stu and am in prayer for him.
But I am also sorry for you.  This is an extraordinary burden for you.  So know that I will pray for you continuously. Yeah I will pinch myself every now and then and say a quick prayer all day.  So that you will be comforted in this.

[Sailor]

Thank you, Geoff, for your prayers.  Stu does appear to have a slightly better grasp on today.  He's still down, but able to be at work today, half a day; I just worry about when he gets home, alone. 

This only makes me wonder how many people are out there, and on our boards here, that are holding so much pain inside but haven't anyone to talk to.  Maybe just that kind word we give at the oppertune moment may be that person's reason to continue on with life just one more day...

Sailor

[Anju No. 469]

Sailor - you and your friend are in my heart.  It is difficult at night, but if Stu can get through tonight, maybe tomorrow will be better.  He is so lucky to have a friend in you to try to help him through this.  But remember you are not responsible for his actions, only your own and if you try that is all you can do.

Leslie - This is a very difficult situation for you.  My mother had severe dimentia, but not alzheimers, for which I was thankful.  But you are now the Mother and have to be the strong one.  Just know we are all here for you and sending you our best prayers and thoughts.

As for all the rest of you you are still in my daily (frequently throughout the day) prayers for strength and guidance and healing.  Because I know if I need you you will be there for me.

[Neversleepsawink;)]

Everyone is in prayers. 

Sailor sorry you had to go through this.  Through H/S I dealt with 3 friends attempting to kill themselves, 2 on the phone, 1 in person.  It's really hard to have to see your friends giving up on life, and very scary.  I can say all 3 friends are living very happy lives today.  I'm so glad I talked them out of throwing their beautiful lives away.