thread for middle age to older Christian women.

bandwoman1234

Lita, she did a fine job!

Dear sisters, I felt like the rug had been pulled out from under me when I got home from the vet. I was so disheartened knowing that Cammie more than likely had urinated somewhere in my house and I don't know where. That also means that the days there was nothing in the box it could have been someplace else. I was of course glad nothing serious was wrong and I don't have bloodwork results yet but nontheless the vet's opinion was still behavioral. Please pray with me that she can get back to using her box and get over whatever it was that disrupted her good behavior a few days ago. I know this probably seems like a small matter to most of you but this has been worse for me than going through cancer if you can imagine that. Thanks for listening.

Love,

Nancy

Lita57

No problem, Nancy...we understand. NO ONE wants to go on an "Easter Egg Hunt" and clean up hidden cat poop and pee, for heaven's sake.

Well, my weekend plans have been scotched. Woke up this a.m. and had another lovely experience with explosive diarrhea. Thank goodness I was wearing Depends and it didn't seep out onto my bed sheets, but it still wasn't fun.

Gonna have to ramp up to a stronger anti-diarrhea med b4 we leave for our trip at the end of the month. One of the ladies on another thread said that some chemos rip the heck out of you colon/digestive tract and actually damage the intestinal/colon wall. It took her a year on special meds to recover. Her SE's were much more of a nightmare than mine...so I realize it could ALWAYS be worse. I certainly hope I don't get to that point, but the longer St IV gals are on perpetual chemo, the worse it gets. My MO has said that I won't be going off chemo any time soon unless of course I'm ready to "throw in the towel" and go directly to hospice.

L

IntoLight

Nancy, you have way more patience than I with your cat. Even though I love my animals, I don't think I could do what you are doing. I usually have 2 cats at a time, but after the last one died I decided this one would be my last. She is very sweet and we can tell she loves being the only cat in the house. But her attachment to me sometimes drives me crazy!

Lita, you amaze me. I complain about the least little set-back and you are fighting tough with a great attitude. God bless you!

bandwoman1234

Good morning dear ladies of faith.

Lita, my Easter egg hunt found my goodies in her boxes. Yes, two boxes in one room. She did #1 in one box and #2 in another. Breathing easier today. Whew! Praying your diarrhea is much, much better today. You are a trooper for sure!

Chris, I don't know why I am going through this but I do believe the banner below with all of my heart. I am believing there is much hope for my cat. Most think I am either a crazy cat lady or out of my mind. One of my friends said I should write a book about Cammie. I will leave the book writing up to Lita. Another friend shakes her head and says I didn't know you needed to write a diary and be a psychologist to own a cat. She was a dog breeder back in the day. Praying for you.

Debbie, how are you doing? We miss seeing your encouraging posts. Praying for you dear sister.

Love,

Nancy

zjrosenthal

Yay Cammie! Keep up the good work. Lita hope your diarhea subsides. Wishing all here a blessed week. Prayer request....I misplaced my Tamoxifin, a new scrip for 90 pills. Please pray I find them. Need this drug. Love, Jean

Ade

Today is our 35th Born Again Birthday. What a special blessing it is for a husband and wife to come to salvation together. When we were saved we only knew the Charismatic church. We were taught that if you had enough faith and positive thoughts and words all would be bliss in our new life in Christ. Well - reading what God's WORD said changed all of that (thankfully!). (Jesus Himself said, "In this life you WILL have tribulation".) I look back on the years and see a lot of trials and tribulations including having the closest of family forsake me, spiritual leaders who caused heartbreaks, pretty much financial ruin through a "Christian brother" contractor who lied to and robbed us, not to mention near fatal heart attacks and cancer. No "speaking the Word or positive thoughts" would have prevented that - any of it. However we have a much greater treasure in that the Lord has taught us first hand about His faithfulness and love for us and He has drawn us closer to Himself through it all than we could ever hope for or imagine. THAT is what life is about - not that things should always go smoothly as WE planned, or that we are always happy. Instead He offers us His peace in the storms and assurance that He loves us no matter what and is doing His work in us making us more and more into the image of Christ everyday as we trust in Him. He refines us in the fires of life, and in that we learn Who He is. Along the way we see SO many blessings that far outweigh the trials and each is a sweet gift from the Lord for which we give thanks to Him. So we journey on not knowing what the future (on this earth) holds - but knowing and being confident of, WHO holds our future. It is my prayer that you know and love Him too, for He knew and loved you first. Blessings upon your day, Ade

IntoLight

Ade, Congratulations on your Born Again Birthday! I was saved at the feet of my kindergarten Sunday School Teacher when I was 5. I struggled a little as a teen (didn't we all!) and was Sanctified at the age of 16 when I realized God was not standing over me to condemn me but was beside me to love and help me. He has been with me ever since through all of my good times and bad. God does not send bad things, only good, but promises to stand with us through whatever this earth throws at us. I don't know how people live without Him. I join with you in praying for the love of God to rain down on everyone here. Chris

Lita57

Thanks for the uplifting post, Ade.

Here are a few of my favorite verses that get me thru the tough times:

"If we are children, then we are heirs - heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory." Romans 8:17

"Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all." 2 Cor. 4:17

"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." 1 Cor 2:9

Praying for you all,

L

bandwoman1234

Jean, did you misplace the script or the new bottle? Praying you can find it asap!

Ade, congratulations on your 35th born again birthday. That is truly a gift to celebrate! My parents came to the Lord together and it was a special gift. I was raised in a traditional church that did not preach salvation. Thankfully I did get the message of salvation right before my 21st birthday in Aug. 1972. I was the first in my family and then eventually all of my immediate family came to the Lord.

Chris, thank God for Sunday school teachers who preach the Good news.

Joanne, yes Cammie is a diva. I actually think just as people can be on the autistic spectrum I am starting to believe cats can be as well! She has some similar characteristics of some of my students that were on the spectrum. I am unable to give her pills so I will never know if she would benefit from some of those drugs they have for cats.

Yes, I am glad she is not sick. However tonight I am wondering if I am. I have had bad stomach pains all evening.

Have a good night dear ladies.

Love,

Nancy

bandwoman1234

Amen Lita. We must have posted at the same time. I believe many Christians are defeated because they have not understood that we are heirs of God and what all that means to us as believers. What will be waiting for us after this life will be so unbelievably fantastic that our human minds can't even comprehend it.

gkbuser

53 yrs old so hopefully that quaifies me for "middle aged" I am just looking to network with other christian women. Tired of other threads chastising women for bringing up faith issues. I live in Iowa. Found out today that one of my childhood heros Joni Erickson Tada was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. When I was a teenager reading her book was a life-changing book for me. Now in addition to being a quadriplegic she had breast cancer.

Vargadoll

Hey gkbuser! I follow this thread to! I had not idea about Joni! I did read were Billy Graham sister was just diagnosed to! This is a great thread with wonderful women! I rarely post but read here daily. It's truly uplifting!

bandwoman1234

Welcome GK. I remember some of the first ladies I met on this forum I believe were kindly asked to stop sharing their faith on another thread. There is no age limit here. We have had a 27 yr old on here for a time. I am sure sorry to hear about Joni. She has always been one of my heros as well. Feel free to join in. We love meeting new ladies but as we always say this was not quite the way we would like to meet people.

Vargadoll, it is always nice to hear from ladies who I know follow this thread but don't post. Every so often they will pop in and I am glad you are appreciating the uplifting tone of this Christian thread. Feel free to post anytime.

Love

Nancy

gkbuser

varga, thats hilarious! How many of the same threads are we on now? Lol.

Bandwoman, thanks!

Jo, I just found out. She ended up stopping chemo as it was causing lung side effects.

I was on youtube trying to find christian yoga for cancer surviors and I saw it.

gkbuser

jo, that is amazing! I have never seen this, thanks for sharing. And the smile on her face the pure joy! Another one of my heroes as a teenager growing up was Corrie Ten Boom. Have you ever read The Hiding Place? She was such an inspiration to me. How these people shine in the midst of tribulation is amazing to me.

IntoLight

gk, loved reading Corrie Ten Boom. I was fortunate to hear her at a youth rally when I was a teen. She is buried in the same cemetery as my brother in California and was an inspiration to me also during rough teen years after he died at 16.

Jo, love the banner!

bandwoman1234

HersheyKiss

Jo, I will echo Chris. That is a great banner!

bandwoman1234

Thanks Joanne for sharing those amazing pics. Joni and Corrie's lives have given so many Christians hope in their circumstances. I heard something on TV recently referencing thanking God in your circumstances. I read the Hiding Place many years ago and I don't remember all of the details but this person talking about Corrie mentioned her thanking God for the bed bugs while in the concentration camp. The guards stayed away apparently and that gave them the freedom to have Bible study.

Hershey, I continue to pray for you as you deal with LE.

Ladies, please pray for our sister Ellen and her family who lives in North Carolina. Hurricane Florence is headed right towards their state. Actually let's pray for all those in the hurricane's path. It sounds like the flooding besides the high winds will be catastrophic.

Love,

Nancy

zjrosenthal

I have avoided all news on 9/11 today. Our oldest son, who worked for NYC fire department was down in the pit for cleanup for months and his younger brother was on the Pan Am 103 that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland in a terrorist bombing in 1988. Even as I write this I am remembering the horrors of both. Please pray for my dear friend Carolyn whose mother died yesterday. Love, Jean

BTW, I didn't find my Tamoxifin but the my doctor called in a new scrip and the didn't charge me full price!

gkbuser

We'll pray about all those things. Our God is mighty!

Blessedteacher37

Good evening ladies,

Thanks, Nancy, for the prayer request for our safety. Yes, I live in NC near the location that Florence is supposed to come ashore. Tomorrow is "Prep" day...getting the outdoor stuff put away, washing all our clothes and freezing as much water as we can to put in the refrigerator, and later, coolers depending on how long we lose power. Cooking all raw meat so it can be frozen and eaten cold when it thaws if necessary. Being a native of this state, I have witnessed many hurricanes and it seems they are getting more catastrophic. Thanks in advance for prayers for my family.My mom is closer to the coast, but further north; I talked with my cousin this afternoon and she will check on her. My son in law is a first responder, so prayers for his safety too. A funny note...we can't have church tomorrow night because Clyde and I are under curfew! Our county issued a dusk to dawn curfew beginning tomorrow....don't think the Sheriff Deputies would take church as a reason to be out...roads to our church are flood prone.

Please pray for my health; not sure what is wrong but I seem to have gastritis or a hiatal hernia. Not able to eat much without extreme pain and nausea. An episode last night kept me restless all night so I missed Bible Study today. Will have to go to my doc eventually but nothing will be open for awhile, and we leave on a trip to AZ in two weeks.

Will check back in when I can....power outages are a certainty and with the last hurricane (Matthew 2016) we can get stranded away from main roads because of flooding. Praying all of you are blessed...having some good days among the tough ones. I feel for those doing treatments during this...no power or air conditioning for comfort.

Joann, your salvation story is like mine...same age, and the same song. Love it when you post those old hymns!

Nancy, praying Cammie will continue being a good girl. Hope your stomach is better .

God bless...Ellen.

gkbuser

bandwoman1234

Ellen, I will be praying for you and Clyde and your son and Mom. I knew your Mom was closer to the coast and I am glad to hear your cousin will be checking on her. I have never lived through a hurricane so it sounds very frightening to me. You prep makes you sound like a experienced survivor. I have been having some GI issues the last few days so I can't imagine you having these issues as your hunker down with this hurricane. I will definitely be praying for you. I know you may not see this until it is over but know you will be covered in prayer.

Love,

Nancy

bandwoman1234

GK Amen. God is awesome and it is amazing that we can come to Him with ANYTHING!!!

Jean, I am glad you were able to get a new script. God is good. Praying for you and for your friend Carolyn in her loss and yours in the memory of your son. Praying for your other son as well.

Love,

Nancy

bandwoman1234

gkbuser

So prayer request. My niece is getting married this Saturday. We are heading out Friday after we pick my daughter up from school. My husband and I have been asked to do the opening prayer at the wedding. We are working on what we're going to say now. There will be many in the audience that do not know Jesus so just pray that our prayer would be effective. I ditto feeling so sorry for people that are undergoing active cancer treatment and trying to evacuate from their homes for the hurricane. Sounds like tonight about 8 is when it's all going to hit. Have a great day everyone!

bandwoman1234

Lord, we ask for protection for all of the people in the path of this Hurricane Florence. We asked for Ellen and Clyde and her family that you would protect them, their home and their church as they prep for this storm. We are thankful that the storm has been downgraded but nonetheless it still has the potential of being a catastrophic event. We asked that lives be protected. Lord we know that you could change the course of this hurricane and make it go out to sea. We asked for a miracle as these days unfold. We pray for the hundreds of first responders and the many volunteers and relief organizations that are already on the ground. We are so grateful for so many people that are willing to sacrifice their safety for the safety of others.

Lord, we pray for GK and her DH as they say a prayer at their nieces wedding. We know that there may be people there that would never darken the doors of a church on a Sunday morning but desperately need to hear the good news of salvation that you offer. We pray that you would give them just the right words they should say that would be pleasing and in line with your will.

Amen.

NeverForsaken

Praying in agreement for an effective prayer for Ellen and her husband, that the Holy Spirit would bring the message of Christ to unbelievers and hearts will be changed..In Jesus~Amen~

It's been awhile..

I'm staying quite busy.

I went to a book signing for Beverly Lewis in a nearby town. (well, nearby for us means a half hour away,lol)..She seemed really nice. The little Christian bookstore was packed!

I got a signed copy of her latest book 'The First Love'..That was on Monday, today is Thursday and I am already half way through it!

It is staying nice and cool lately so I feel better as the heat always makes me sick.

Now I will go back and read the posts that I've missed..I am doing things backwards today, as I normally read first and comment after,

Blessings and Love~Lisa

Ade

AMEN to the prayers above!

Ade