Maybe we should wait until Monday or Tuesday. Not to put it off, burt so people hear and know about it and have time to plan accordingly! A weekend day is probably not good, since people will be gone and busy. Shall we say MONDAY, August 28? Let us know, everyone, if that will work for you all to pray for Kathy's son and Jackie's step-sons.
Monday is good for me. I am looking forward to getting into some prayer time for these guys. You girls are so awesome!
Monday is good for me. We have no outside activities that day. We do have dental check-ups, but they are 1st thing Mon. am. I can easily join in. Maybe I'll let the kids watch a DVD on the way (hour drive) and get some good prayer time in while driving. You & your ds are already in my prayers!
Nothing pressing on Monday that I can't work around (like laundry, lol!). It's also our first day of school, but that will only mean I can have the kids pray for their brothers and Kathy's boy, too!
Just knowing about all of your prayer support helped me get through this wkend. Son & DiL seem to be splitting up. My MFH (mightly fine husband) is able to rest in God's goodness & provisions. I'm having a more difficult time doing that. To our prayers for our family, I've added Michael & Jason also and several others. Ps. 46:1 says,"God is our refuge & strength, a very present help in trouble."
Kathy and Jackie, I'M PRAYING!!! 1 Peter 5:6&7: "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. Cast all your cares on Him, because He cares for you." AMEN!
Praise update: Thank God that the internet can be used for His Kingdom. My MFH & I researched ministries in FL. & found Harvest Life, in Crestview. That pastor just now returned our call & gave us much hope: he plans to see both our beloved DiL and son today, if he can locate them. So, you may pray for wisdom for the pastor & that our enemy will not interfere. (BYW, I don't mind being called Kathy--always wondered how a more popular name would feel!--but that's not actually my name. I wasn't going to say anything, because God knows. And now you know too.) He will turn our weeping into dancing for joy!
PS. My MFH wants me to tell you all that he's very impressed that God's people "step up to the plate" (his words) when they don't even know who we are. He kinda choked up when he read your messages.
I am adding the pastor to my prayers. too. I pray that he can find your son and dil. I pray that God will give him wisdom in what he says, and I pray that both your ds and dil are receptive to him (and to GOD). I am also praying for comfort for you and your dh. Your son is so blessed to have parents who care so much for him. Praying...
The pastor didn't make contact yesterday. I'll let you know when that happens. The One Year Bible has been a wonderful resource for me, especially during times of trial, because the Scriptures are laid out by dates. In today's, I read, "Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God." Ps. 43:5
PH and Jackie, I know great things are at least set in motion because of all the prayers sent up on your behalf yesterday! Now we can claim the peace He promised us (see my text below), because we have done (and are doing) our part, now we can leave it in His hands! We will, of course, continue to pray! Let us know how things go!
Prairie Home, Have you heard any more from your ds and dil? Was the pastor able to contact them? Still praying for your family!
This is Monday, 9-4-06. His neck is broken, and his back is broken, but he is not paralyzed! Could this wonder be at least partially in answer to prayer--including all of your prayers?!! We may not realize the extent that our prayers really do make a difference! My husband and I were awakened at 2:40 yesterday (Sunday) morning with the news that our beloved son & friends had been jumping over a lane the night before onto a grassy acreage with a four-wheeler, when he didn't make it--landed in the grass & was air-lifted to Pensacola with-- it looks like-- vertebrae C1 and S5 broken. He was put on morphine, which we prayed he could be taken off, and he was, within 24 hrs. He just called from the hospital. I told him a lot of people were praying for him, and he said, "I need prayer." The pastor still has not called on him nor on his dear wife... We are now beseeching the Lord not to let any of this experience be wasted, but that ds will look UP; and that God's body on earth would strengthen ds and dear daughter-in-law in this time of need. God is still God, my dear sisters, & our souls can find rest in all circumstances. I pray many blessings for each of you and peace in your daily activities. Thanks for being there.
Wow...I am not quite sure what to say. What a horrible and frightening call to get . I am sorry for what you and your family are dealing with right now. But...as you said...God is still God...and praise God for that! I will continue to pray for your ds and dil... Hugs to you and we are here whenever you need us...even when people like me don't know what to say!
