Monday, February 4, 2013
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Please pray for a friend of my daughter. Her name is Sonja. She's in treatment for an agressive cancer (3rd time it's returned). She is 18. I don't think she or her family know God. I'm praying that he will show mercy on Sonja and her parents through healing and that he will reveal himself to her and her family. Please pray for his mercy and healing. It's so sad and she's so young. Please father, let her live and hold ger close. Show her who you are and fill her with your comfort. Thank you. cheryl
Cheryl~
I prayed for Sonja and her family. Also, that God would use you and your family to be a shining light and that you will be able to boldly proclaim Christ to them.
I appreciate you sharing this article post.Really looking forward to read more. Awesome.
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I really liked the newsletter article this month.
I have a prayer request too - Please pray for me as I am currently unemployed. My unemployment is only half of my previous income and together with my husband's income, we will still be short on our upcoming bills.
We also had 2 cars and one of them died the week I was layed off, so we need for the job to be near my husband's work so I can bring it to him at lunch time so he can pick up our daughter at school. (He works 7-4 and they lock the door at his work at 4:10 once everyone leaves.) (We have no money to buy a new one.)
As always, my last prayer request has to do with me wishing that I could stay home and take care of the home, but financially that's just not an option. My daughter is now 10 years old, and 10 years later I still wish I could be a stay at home mom even after all these years. It's gotten a little easier over the years. I've gone from crying multiple times a day the first year, to once every 4-6 weeks or so now 10 years later. But there's not one day that has gone by where I haven't thought about or wished and/ or prayed that things were different.
I also have a couple of ideas for discussion which I emailed to you.
Thank you for listening to me ramble a bit - it's an issue with me that will always be right below the surface for which I get God's strength and grace for every day.
Lisa
Lisa, I just prayed for you. As a sister in Christ, I can relate to your longings and I feel for you. I still long to stay at home after 18 years! I have 4 kids now - youngest is 4 - oldest is 18. In fact, I go back on Monday after having January term off. I'm feeling very down today just thinking about it. It's good to know you aren't alone in feeling your heart's desire isn't being met. One thing I'm trying to do is to desire Jesus more than anything. That includes more than being a stay at home mom. It's hard, but I think that's what I need to learn. That Jesus can meet my longings IF I'll let go of it. I don't know why God hasn't answered your prayer to stay home (or mine), but like you my family depends on my income. Whether or not this was God's best plan for me (or you) is unknown. We can only pray that He will work things for the good - and trust that this pain and internal struggle will result in something good. I'll pray for you again in a few minutes. Just wanted to reach out to say I totally get what you are saying. cheryl
I have a thought for people and would like other's opinions about this. In terms of knowing God's will, I tend to believe that part of it is listening to your heart's desires. I read that over and over and hear others say that as well. However, when your heart's desire is to stay home, yet you don't think you can act on that because your husband is not in support of the lifestyle change, then you think maybe it isn't God's will. We are to take our husband's desires and wisdom to heart and we are to be peacemakers, be submissive, etc... My husband is a kind man and he is right, without my income we'd be pretty hard off. However, my DESIRE is to stay home. When I'm home with the family I'm at my most content and peaceful state. How do you reconcile that conflict? Is God's will truly the same as your heart's desire????
Cheryl
I find your comments to be quite interesting, I am a CWM and as many of you my desire is to stay home, my husband will never support a change in lifestyle, this is his second marriage and the first one was very hard financially due to his former wife being a stay at home mom, a decision he fully supported at the time but now his perspective is different. I am a career woman and i have set my goals, work my hardest to try to be with my kids when they start their preteen years. Only god can honor this plan in the meantime i get comfort remembering 1 Thessalonians 5:18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Anonymous, thanks for sharing. It is really hard when you want to stay home, but are not able to. I take great encouragement in you quoting 1 Thessalonians 5:18. It is much harder for us to give thanks in everything if we are not feeling thankful.
I need your prayers regarding my husband. He has made several job changes, has been going back to school, and because of an issue out of his control, is stuck playing the waiting game. He is not employed full time and is dealing with some debilitating pain in his joints. It seems he is knocked down every time he begins to make some progress and we need some prayer warriors to do some serious praying that this cycle would end, that success and direction would be clear to him. Thanks so much.
Hi Anonymous,
It sounds like your husband is a hard worker and keeps pressing ahead. I will pray for him and you as well. May God give you both clear direction.
I agree that I struggle with the desires of my heart (work part-time instead of full-time) vs my husband not wanting our lifestyle to change (ie wanting me to work full-time). I want to honor his wisdom and his place at the head of our household, but I feel like this discontent I have felt for the last 3 years is there for a reason. I continually pray for his heart to soften and his eyes to open to God's will (whatever that may be...I'm hoping it would be for me to decrease my hours and work part-time!). My heart aches sometimes about the time I spend away from my girls.
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