people have such urgent needs, i have always been reluctant to ask God for anything except forgiveness. i know i am unworthy of the blessings He has already bestowed upong me, so i find it extremely hard to ask for more. my daughter is in such dire straights, though, and if it be His will, i would like him to open a door for her to walk through before her job literally kills her. she has been doing the work of 3 people - working weekend, using a modem to work after she finally gets home. she has been promised promotions that don't come through. most recently she was promised 3 new hires only to have a hiring freeze go into effect before she got them. her blood pressure is up. her cholesterol is up because she grabs dinner on the go so she can get home, feed the cat and get to her modem. she hardly ever got sick and recently spent a week off work because her body broke down and she got sick. she has to neglect herself, her children, her housework. you would think the company would be grateful she is single handedly keeping it afloat, but they aren't. the just pile more on her and then criticize when something falls through a crack - even though they know why it did. in addition, she commutes and hour and a half to work. i just want some peace in her life again ... through a new opportunity with another company. i know if God wills it, it will be and the door will open. i don't ask that anyone pray for a job change for her because that is in God's hands. please pray for my daughter, though. i don't know how much more she can take before she collapses from exhaustion.
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OMGosh phyllis - we ear be twins. i was born with an immune deficiency so i have kind of been sick most of my life. then in 30s, diagnosed with hashimotos. weight gain is a symptom. at 50, diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure. i have always had asthma but with the immune deficiency, i got pneumonia ... sometimes 2 or 3 times a year and by 58 i had COPD. that's nothing compared to helping my daughter get out of a really bad marriage and then get sole custody of my precious grandchildren, both of whom had been dealing with physical and verbal abuse when they were at their father's house on his visitation time. family is everything to me, so those children were my priority until they went to college. my husband is 16 yr older than i am and we thought age wa only a number. not true! i almost lost him to encephalitis and then to heart disease. i would have been a 58 year old widow except that with the laying on of hands and prayer, he turned the corner and recovered ... only to start showing signs of dementia before i was 60. he's now got full blown dementia (as in i have to help him dress, remind hi to shower, make all decisions for him, deal with his anger and frustration and paranoia. he was the most gentlemanly man i ever knew and now her curses and accuses me of things i didn't do.
i have prayed for you. i'm not a prayer warrior like some people are, but i pray just the same, especially when the Spirit puts it on my heart to lift someone up.
God is good in all things so please don't be faint of heart. i don't go anywhere. i don't do anything, but i asked God to continue to use me and His answer was that i can still encourage people and love them and pray for them so that's what i do.
it is horrible to be lonely and alone, but we really are never alone. the Holy Spirit is within us the moment we believe, accept and surrender our will to God's.
it's okay for us to falter in our faith when we get discouraged - that's maybe why God brings brothers and sisters in Christ into our lives to prop us up when we're down so we can find our way back to the faith we once had.
this life is but a preparation for the transition to the next when God will throw out the trash (our imperfections) and we will be perfected in His name. no more hunger, thirst, suffering, pain - that wasn't a 'maybe' it was a PROMISE.