thread for middle age to older Christian women.

bandwoman1234

Dear ladies,

For some reason my email notifications got knocked off and I have some catching up to do but getting ready to leave for the afternoon. Mags, I did see about your wanting to know if this friend could join us. I think most of us here would welcome anyone that needs prayer and encouragement.

I have been burning the candle at both ends and next week is going to be even more intense. Will catch up with you when I can.

Love,

Nancy

Psalm 73:23-26New International Version

(NIV)

23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.
24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.

pinkninja9560

thanks Mags for inviting me to join this group and thanks group for having me. I am looking forward to getting to know you all and for praying for you.

I went from being a 2 year survivor to having mets to both lungs, both kidneys, one adrenal gland, my liver, lots of lymph nodes and some bones in just one week. To say it was a shock would be an understatement 😂 However, to the Lord, nothing's a shock.

I haven't really had time to process it but am grateful I don't have to go it alone. I'm loved by my Creator, my family and lots of friends. I have an incredible husband and support system and I know that as tough as it will be to go through this, I will make it through, as will each of you.

I need to hurry up and get ready for church but I look forward to going back and reading through your posts. I like going Saturday nights because there's a lot less people. I attend one of those mega churches but I love it. I was blessed to be on staff there for many years so it's here me to me.

bandwoman1234

Good evening dear ladies,

Just quickly checking in before doing some more studying.

G, you will be terribly missed but take care of yourself. I did send you a PM and hopefully you will see that.

Aurora, I thought you had started your chemo last Friday so I have been praying in advance I guess you might call it. Praying that this treatment will help your condition to stabilize.

Lita, I know this has got to be very scary reading these PET scans but like you say try not to fret as I have tried reading some things on my own and got myself worked up into a tizzy needlessly. God is in control of every single one of our situations. I pray that He gives you the grace and all of us the grace to accept whatever is to come. We know the end of the story and it is a WONDERFUL beginning.

Mags I am glad you invited your friend to our little corner of the earth. I hope that once you resume treatments that you will feel encourage and that you can tolerate it knowing that it seems to definitely be shrinking those tumors.

Pink, welcome. I have to say that I love your little dog. My neighbors have a little dog that looks so much like your little one and I love that dog to pieces. I am sure you feel the same about your little fur baby. I know you must be in that shock phase of hearing your latest news. I am so sorry that things have worked out in this way. This is a great bunch of ladies who will encourage you and pray with you. I too go to a Mega church but we don't have Sat night services anymore so that means I need to get to bed early tonight. Feel free to post anytime.

I have survived my first week of class. This coming week I have added another evening workshop so it is going to be grueling. I am studying my head off but I am motivated to take my photography to the next level and see what the Lord has in mind for me.

I will post when I can but it may be stetchy this week.

Have a good night everyone.

Love

Nancy

bandwoman1234

Habakkuk 3:17-19King James Version (KJV)

17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

King James Version (KJV)

magdalene51

Zephaniah 3:17 NIV

[17] The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing."

Welcome, pinkninja, and may you find encouragement from these wonderful sisters.

I started chemo again Thursday, and I'm in the lowest trough of side effects this weekend. But I will survive this too.

pinkninja9560

thanks everyone!

Mags, that's one of my favorite verses! When I went thru chemo the first time and was in the "lowest trough", I would read that verse and imagine myself as a baby in a crib with the Lord standing over me singing lullabies and love songs. It would bring me great comfort.

I pray that you will sense God's presence today and let Him wrap His great big daddy arms around you.

ladyb1234

Welcome Pink.

Sisters, I pray that each of yoy were able to stand in the presence of our All Mighty Father today. That you were filled with his presence. Praying that your cup runs over with love, peace, joy and strength as you rest in the Father's arms.

G, will miss you but understand and please take care. Will continue to keep you up in prayer with your workshops.

Aurora, Mags, Pink, and Lita continuing to pray for each of you as you go through your treatments.

Sue, still lifting your family and Jeremy in prayer.

Jo-5 how is your daughter? I continue to prayer for her and the kids.

Love Across,

Angie

auroaya200882

Joanne I pray for God's power to come down from heaven and fill you and your daughter so that you may win this battle. Please don't feel like you can't post these things here, I at least an acquainted with alcohol and drug addictions and they are indeed a spiritual battle. If you want to talk pm me.

Aurora

zjrosenthal

Same here,Joanne. I continue to pray for these children. Love, Jean

bandwoman1234

Joanne,

I am glad you posted because I feel sure the ladies will surround you with prayer for your family situation. You know I am praying.

Angie, I know you are always so busy. I did send you some PM's in case you don't know that. I know I am not getting any notifications at all so it is easy to miss something.

Jean, hope you are doing well.

I am going to ask that you pray for Faith. She is going through the very difficult time of losing a close friend to cancer and I know this is breaking her heart. She may not post and I hope she doesn't mind me posting for her. I know the difficulty I had with Kath's (from this thread) death as we were very close and I never even got to see her in person so to have a close personal friend that you interact with in person and to see them slip away is difficult. I know she would appreciate your prayers. She is having her second cataract surgery on Feb. 27.

Remember Jenn is have surgery on March 1st as well.

I am a little overwhelmed with all the unbelievable info from my classes but it is a jumping off point for me for life long learning process. I only have two more nights to go and I am doing pretty well as I was so concerned that my back would give me problems sitting in those awful chairs but I have been doing very well and keeping up with my swimming definitely helps.

Have a good night dear sisters.

Love,

Nancy

zjrosenthal

Ladies I have a prayer request for my friend Anna. She has had several joint replacements and has developed an infection in her knee. She is facing multiple surgeries to try to save her leg and was very discouraged.

Today I am very grateful for a decent night's sleep and to be relatively pain free. Love, Jean

bandwoman1234

Praying for Anna.

Take this verse and put it in your heart and mind today.

Love,

Nancy

Faith-840

Nancy, thank you for mentioning my friend who is dying. Ladies I really would welcome your prayers for Rosemary and her family and friends. Hospice is coming in a couple of days and I am so sad about all of it, I just don't know how to deal with it and what I can do for her and the family besides pray. She has many, many, friends and a wonderful family and I sometimes feel as if I'm another burden if they have to respond to my emails or phone calls. At the same time, I feel we've become very close even if I've only known her for about 5 years while other friends are life long.

I take some comfort knowing she is at peace, knowing she will see her DH andinfant daughter in her next life. I really don't know how people deal with death if they don't believe in God and have faith.

Take care and God bless you all,

Faith (in the future)

bandwoman1234

Dear ladies,

I feel some of you out there needs to hear this video. Praying that it is a balm for those who need comfort and assurance today.

Joanne, yes, grace is why we are all here for sure. Thanks for sharing those beautiful banners.

Faith, I know your heart is heavy. Know I am praying.

Love,

Nancy

zjrosenthal

Thank you Nancy. I needed that reminder of my need for Jesus and without Him I can do nothing. How often I wander off and try to do things in my own strength. I have scheduled my next hip replacement for May 3rd. Looking forward to getting it done and being relatively pain free. Love, Jean

bandwoman1234

Hang on to Jesus dear sisters. So many are going through such difficulties and God is whispering in your ear it is going to be okay. Hang on and look to Me. He KNOWS what you are going through and He is using it for a greater purpose. He LOVES you and CARES what you are going through. DON'T GIVE UP.

Love,

Nancy

ladyb1234

Joanne I pray for You and your family. Please post as it gives me info for more targeted prayer as we know this is a spiritual battl and I will continue to intercede. Your family is part of our ministries intercessory prayer. Pleas feel free to PM me anytime to communicate any specific prayer request or even if you need us to pray while any preceding are in process.

Amen Jo-5 to your prayer and statement that "Faith works best when we come to the end of ourselves."

Jean and Faith, prayed for your specific request,

Nancy, I will check my PM's. Love the video so calming and places you in worship. It speaks to me that we can have peace in the middle of the storm -- which each of us are testimonies too.

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Yes we need you Lord every hour. Bless us now my Savior. I come to thee as your child. You know our deepest struggles, our deepest fears -- bless us now our Savior as we come to thee with outstretched hands and heart. Thank you Lord Jesus for being with us on this journey called life and meeting us where we are and continuing to intercede for us. Only you know what tomorrow brings. Continue to teach us to live for today and know that you have ordered our live's and footsteps. Abba Father, as we rest in your bosom renew our strength, calm our minds and our hearts, and bring to rememberance your Word that keeps and sustains us. Quicken Your promises in our hearts if we waver or feel that our faith is waning so that we may stand steadfast on what you have told us - That You will never leave us nor foresake us that if We call on You -- You will answer. That You know the beginning from the end. That you love us. Bring us closer as You comfort us. Teach us to continue to prayer for others despite what We may be facing. Put a hedge of protect around us and send in your ministering and warring angels . As prayer warriors we know this battle is spiritual and it is only by your protection that we can stand in the gap for others. Father we worship and praise Your holy name. Guard our hearts, increase our faith and continue to draw us ever closer to you. In Jesus Name I pray. Amen.

Love across the miles,

Angie

Forgive any typo's as the above prayer was written after listening to the video Nancy shared and I didn't go back and edit it. The song moved me to tears. Now going to my prayer closet.

bandwoman1234

This is a time in your life when you must learn to let go: of loved ones, of possessions, of control. In order to let go of something that is precious to you, you need to rest in My Presence, where you are complete. Take time to bask in the Light of My Love. As you relax more and more, your grasping hand gradually opens up, releasing your prized possession into My care.

This was taken from part of my devotional today and this coincides with Joanne's prayer. I will see if I can find a banner which uses one of the scriptures for today which we have posted on this thread often. Is. 41:13

Angie, I use Youtube videos to coincide with my prayer time occasionally and when I do that I am ushered into His presence every time. I am glad that ministered to you as it did to me. Thank you for your beautiful prayer.

Debbie (from Ireland) needs our prayers as her privilege to use this cancer drug being the only one in Ireland when she started it stopped working in December. I know many of you can relate to this and even if you don't know her (she has been on this thread in the past) she needs our prayers.

Praying for you dear sisters.

Love,

Nancy

Lita57

Need prayers! Shoulder injury acting up VERY bad. Ibuprofen does not touch it. Can't move it without major, major pain and throbbing. At wits end.

It's bad enough to have pain from bone mets, and now this Again!

Thank you.

bandwoman1234

Lita, I will be praying for your shoulder pain. I do regularly pray for you but will ramp up the prayers today.

Remember Faith is having cataract surgery tomorrow (Monday, Feb. 27)

Jenn is having surgery on March 1 I believe. Will go back and check later.

Joanne and her DH have been sick. I am sure they would appreciate prayers for a complete recovery.

Off to church.

Love,

Nancy

Lita57

Have to miss church...off to the emergency room for shoulder. No sleep at all last night, boo!

Thank you for the prayers.

GardenGal777

Dear Sisters of Faith,

Some of you may remember me being on here for several years
and for many I am just a new face. I left this thread a while back because of
the failing health of my father and my husband. But I was not fully truthful. I
also left because I felt that I did not have a purpose for being here. See, I
came here because I walked on breast cancer’s doorsteps. While I waited for my
results, I sought out resources and God led me to this thread. I don’t believe
it was coincidence. I know that it was for a purpose and for a season. While I
had breast surgery, I was given a reprieve. It was caught just at the beginning
and I was pulled from the doorsteps. While I waited, God gave me a new vision.
He showed me how truly devastating this disease can be and he let me see how
much I did not know about breast cancer. Being here taught me compassion for
those with this disease. I now can be more sympathetic and pray more earnestly
for those that are experiencing it. I remember reading on here that someone
said women should not suffer in silence. I see so much of this in women I know.
People have a sense that breast cancer is not such a bad thing because so many
women do not wish or feel they can allow people to see how rough it is. This
has led to much misconception about this dreaded blight. When I got my results,
I asked the ladies if it was okay that I stayed to be a prayer partner for as
long as God wanted me here and they so graciously accepted me in. But as time
went on, some of these dear sisters have gone on to be with our Heavenly
Father. No longer suffering but never the less, greatly missed by those that
loved. Others have moved on with their lives as God has graciously healed them.

Now I can never profess to know what any of you have gone
through but have earnestly prayed for you in all this time and continue to do.
As time went on, some folks on here never acknowledged me and perhaps for good reason.
Perhaps I offended them or they felt I had no business being here. It hurt and
I felt that it was time for me to move on. But I also realize that satan will
do what he will to destroy a good work. And this thread has been for many, a
place of rest in the time of storm. God reminded me that His Son was considered
an outcast. He was not wanted and men despised him. But that did not stop Him from
loving or caring for them. I have hung
in the background and continue to read and pray for the needs of those on this
thread. I do know others that do this as well.



But in the past several weeks God has given me many sleepless nights about this
thread. And for whatever reason, I have earnestly prayed for what it was he
wanted of me. So, forgive me for intruding this one time. When I woke Saturday
morning, I felt God wanted me to post again. I guess to remind others that
satan (I don’t capitalize his name to give him more authority) will do what he
can to destroy a good work. There are many ladies on here that have come here
for comfort and prayer when no one else understands and satan would just love
to see this thread destroyed. Please remember that whether you like someone or
not, their prayers are being earnestly given up to Heaven for you. If we cannot
be the light among our own, how can we be the light in a world of darkness.



I also felt led to share the following link by Mke Donehey and why he wrote the
song, “I Have This Hope”. I have lost some stage four sisters and I have a dear
colleague that is young and in stage four prostrate cancer. I think that Mike
sharing this story proves that God is still in the healing business. If Jesus
can raise a man from the dead, he can bring us back from the edge of death. I
pray for all of you dear ladies and will continue to drift in the backgrounds
for as long as God tells me to. Please forgive me for this intrusion as an
outsider.

In Christ,

Char

https://youtu.be/ppy91cTHYJ4

https://youtu.be/whaPFecZjnQ

Ade

Thank you Char - I can relate to your post.

Praying for you Lita - may the Lord ease your pain and grant you comfort in every way you need it.

Praying for you all. Just not posting anymore.

Ade

bandwoman1234

Char, thank you for your post. I am sorry for what you have experienced. I hope you NEVER feel like a stranger here. You have always been such an encouragement and a great support here. I know satan would love to see this thread fail and I pray that will never happen. I hope you will post whenever you can.

Joanne, I think that you are not alone in feeling overwhelmed and not feeling like posting often. This thread has grown so much and so many people coming and going. I used to post a prayer list and then it got so long I was afraid that would scare people away from feeling too overwhelmed. I know you would like to see it more of a sharing besides just prayer and I think that will have to happen naturally.

I know I have said this before but it would only take a few seconds to say Amen to someones post or to at least acknowledge them. I have not had nearly the time with my two week classes the last two weeks and I apologize if I have not responded to you all.

I don't know what the answer is but I have said to the Lord over and over and over that I believe this is His thread and He will do with it what He wants. I do think we need to do our part in trying to welcome everyone whether you know them or not.

Ade, I am sorry that you don't feel comfortable posting anymore and I do apologize as you asked me about my class and I didn't respond. I have had trouble responding to everyone during this time of intense classes and tons of hours of studying. You have been good about posting and trying to include everyone. I know it is a real danger to mention every single person because that is not realistic but it used to be when there were less woman on here. Many times I will try to respond to different people at different times but then it is still very easy to leave someone out unintentionally hurt someones feelings.

I know this thread has attracted many stage four ladies and I think that is a sign that this thread still offers support for those ladies who need encouragement. Some are not stage four but are still fearful of their cancers coming back. Some are stage three. It really shouldn't matter as we are all sisters in the faith and hopefully can support each other even if it isn't bc related. I think for most of us we would like to take a mental break from thinking about cancer 24/7 and talk about other things.

I hope that this thread will be inclusive of everyone of faith and that everyone will feel welcome. I do think that we need to pray for this thread as a whole and if we think it has value then we need to fight for it and protect it with prayer.

Lita, I pray that you have gotten some relief as I know there have been ladies praying for you. I have prayed for you several times today.

Faith, prayers for your eye surgery tomorrow.

Have a good night dear sisters.

Love,

Nancy

7of9

So many children have adversity to face in their lives. I have a friend who has 2 special needs children who will never walk or tell her they love her though it's is abundantly clear they do. 3 of my cousins children have all been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I see children torn apart by divorce already in my sons 2nd grade class. I want to thank the doctors, nurses and researchers, the Xray technicians and all those who's efforts have gone into curing or beating our disease into submission or beating it back to allow our children to grow up as children should - whenever possible. They have enough on their shoulders in this crazy day and age without the burden of the loss of a mother. I am starting preparations for our 7 yr olds holy communion this spring. He had a terrible baseball practice yesterday and his basketball team lost by almost 40 today. Ugh! Hard to watch at first but I was so proud of him practicing this afternoon playing catch and again he and his team-mates trying hard and not giving up today. The score did not reflect their efforts and improvements throughout the game. I was most impressed with the boy appropriately named "Christian" who I saw walk up to my son after the teams had shook hands, to specially call him out and find him in the crowd and tell him good came and shake hands specially. What a class act. I am hopeful that he learns that in loosing and struggling with sports, you can practice, not give up, show sportsmanship, make jokes and either prevail or at least come out fitter and a better person on the other side. This would be so much preferable way for him to grow rather than the struggles of the youngsters dealing with sick parents. God bless the children. God bless the nurses and doctors who work so hard to keep their mom's health and quality of life high. Amen.

bandwoman1234

Dear 7 of 9

Your post made me smile. Thank you for giving us a bright spot in our day and sharing the story of Christian and your son. Also the point that we must NEVER give up. Nice to see young boys remind us of that!

Hope you are doing okay.

Love,

Nancy

bandwoman1234

We are all on broken roads in our journey in life. I love this song which points us to Jesus.

Love,

Nancy

GardenGal777

Hi Ladies,

I don't want anyone to feel bad about what had occurred with me. But instead, I wanted to share my links for those that struggle some days when it all gets a bit too much. I just didn't want people to think I was intruding.

God shared with me the story behind 10th Ave North's song and I founds it to be quite moving. He kept telling me to play it when I got up on Saturday and when my Alexa (Amazon Echo) kept messing up the name, I turned to my iPad and some how got on the YouTube thread for this song. Mike Donehey had quite a testimony to share about the song's background. I truly felt like I was supposed to read it and share it.

Ade, I just want you to know that I pray for you and all the ladies on here even though. many of you do not know me.

Nancy, you have always been such a dear sister on here and I have always admired your efforts on keeping everyone informed. I know it is not always possible to acknowledge everyone on here all the time but you sure have gone the strain mile.

Joanne, I did read your post before you deleted. You are right in that your situation can be scary to a lot of people but I would rather know the possibilities than to be blind sided by them. I tell young girls all the time about being dedicated in getting exams and some of them look at me like I am a crazy obsessed old person and that this will never happen to them...this only happens to older women. I see more and more younger women developing breast cancer before the age of 40 and it is a bit scary. I turned down my Tamoxifen treatments because no one could convince me that I would be better off with it. There were too many other risks to convince me that for my situation it was a valid treatment. Sometimes treatments can have just the opposite results of what they are meant to do.

I will contnue to keep all of you in my prayers.

Char

bandwoman1234

Jenn, dropped in recently to let us know she is 40 with five children and is having surgery tomorrow. Let's pray that she has a good outcome and a speedy recovery and that God will give her strength for this journey she is on now.

Faith, praying that you recover well from you eye surgery and are doing fine now.

Lita, how is your shoulder going?

Mags. how are you doing with your treatments?

Aurora, how are you doing?

Joanne, hope you are feeling much better.

Jean, how are you doing?

Ellen, praying you have a great Bible Study today and that the women are learning a lot under your leadership. Praying for your scans tomorrow as well,.

Ade, praying that you are dealing with your AI and getting some relief from the SE;s.

G, think of you and praying you have the needed strength for your new class of women with bc. I know you will be a blessing to them.

Char, I will hopefully have time to check out those links.

Angie, hope you are doing well.

Love,

Nancy

Vicks1960

Good afternoon,

I haven't been on the site for the past 3 or so months. Things are going well for me. Had my last appointment with my Oncologist on November 09,2016. He released me to continue follow up with my PC.

Have been off the Letrozole since mid October. I think some of the side effects have abated.

This winter, we are spending in Florida, it has been good. We have some relatives in central and southern Fl. so we go between our RV parks and family.

Our God has been SOOO GOOD. He continues to hear/answer prayers I send up to Him. With the way things are going in this world, I really look forward to the day our Jesus either takes us home with Him or comes to get us

Love to each of you still being treated...

Vickie