thread for middle age to older Christian women.

footprintsangel

Teach Me To Love

Teach me to love, just like a child.

Remind me every day to smile,

To trust You as I take each step,

Erase old wounds and passed regrets

Teach me to swallow pride and greed,

And trust You'll supply all my needs.

Show me how to schedule my day,

To learn from You and to always pray.

For Mercy and grace are hearts and believe.

Childlike faith will grow and become....

A reflection of Jesus, my Savior, God's son.

bandwoman1234

Debbie, I am agreeing with you in that prayer. That could be a prayer for each one of us for sure.

Have a great day dear sisters.

Love,

Nancy

footprintsangel

A Prayer Of  Thanks

While freely we receive Your gifts,

We strive to freely give

To friends and strangers, far and near,

In the vast world were we live.

Heart gifts, wisdom, joy and love,

Fruitful seasons which we share,

All good gifts are graced by You

And remind us that you care.

You giveth power for us to give,

Your grace will see us through.

The gifts we give to others , Lord,

All serve to honor You.

bandwoman1234

Amen Debbie.

My tech guys came out to install some new equipment and Cammie did just fine and did not have an out of box experience the morning after. Thank you Jesus!

Have a good evening dear sisters.

Love

Nancy

Ade

Thanking the Lord with you Nancy that Cammie weathered the tech guy storm. (I have to laugh at the term "out of box experience"! So she's NOT thinking outside the box - or thankfully anything ELSE!!!) YAAAY!!!

Love the hydrangeas, poems and songs, ladies! There is always something to bring a smile on here, and we are blessed in encouraging one another.

In the ongoing saga of my husband's much needed medication - oh where do I start! His 2 heart attacks & surgeries were a YEAR ago July - and he STILL doesn't have the medication we have been fighting for! He didn't even start the samples from the doctor's office until August of this year. (The cardiologist thought he'd been on it this whole time.) The nurse told us to meet her at the once a month local clinic (their office is 3 hours away) and she would give us a couple more samples. We waited an hour and James went back to the secretary who said she had told the nurse but would remind her again. Patients came and went this whole time and nurse saw us but pretended not to. When we finally were called back she said, "OH! Was I supposed to bring those today?" She had just told James the following week she would bring them. This was the 2nd time this happened. The first time we traveled an hour to get them, the secretary went back and came out to us to say the nurse said they were out of them. (She has just said prior that there were plenty of them!) We drove an hour back home. Then when James told his cardiologist in August he has had no meds (Dr. thought he had been on them since January) he was pretty mad. He called nurse in and then she said the secretary never told her we were there and that she DID have the samples! OK...after this last visit to the local clinic (where she forgot them) nurse told us to come back the following week to the other cardiologist's clinic and she would send the samples with them. Well guess what...yep...she forgot again! So we leave for Ohio for 2 weeks next Friday - with no medication.

This med is over $1,500 a month! We were assured we qualify for assistance which nurse was SUPPOSED to have been applying for since January - but has no updates on the application statuses at all. Hmmm. Finally I went online myself and downloaded an application from the pharmaceutical company myself. I filled out our part and when we went to the local clinic we had the doctor sign it and nurse filled out their part of it - incorrectly! The company called her last week but she failed to do her part and they called again this week to remind her - all the time holding up our application still longer.

I am having a bit of a hard time having a Christian attitude toward this woman as she is telling lies to us and the cardiologist and preventing my husband, who nearly died, from getting his medicine. I am forced to write a letter to the cardiologist about his nurse. Please pray we say the right words, that the doctor GETS the letter (will mark PERSONAL & CONFIDENTIAL on it), and realizes 'the problem' in his office. I DON'T think he will be happy!

I apologize for what may seem like a rant - but I/we really need prayers on this - it is important. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!

Blessings upon your day!

Ade

IntoLight

Nancy, hooray for Cammie! Her angels must have been prodding her all the way.

Ade, I am amazed at your saga. You should not feel at all hesitant about writing the Dr. as it reflects on him and I am sure affects other patients too. Know you are bathed in prayer for this situation.

bandwoman1234

Ade, I pray that this is you walking through as God makes a way for James to get this needed med. As far as I am concerned you have had the patience of Job during this whole fiasco and I say you certainly had every reason to write that letter. I would be having an out of mind experience going through what you have!

Yes, Ade and Chris I know something was happening in the spirit world to calm Cammie as she endured two guys invading her space. Today she decided she would use both boxes. She really likes to mix it up just to keep me on my toes. As soon as I think I have her figured out then I haven't.

Have a good day dear sisters. We are in for many rainy days back to back if the weather persons are correct. I got out with my camera yesterday knowing it might be the last of the nice days before I leave for my Mom's. While walking in the woods I kept hearing sounds that sounded like an elephant. LOL I could be losing it which is highly possible after enduring months of the Cammie saga! Maybe I shouldn't repeat that to anyone. Oh well. After I hit submit it is out there

bandwoman1234

The two words that seem fleeting at times are hope and trust. I pray today that every one of us can experience an extra dose of both of these things. When we keep our eyes on Him and NOT on our problems that is the fastest way to experience both of these.

Love,

Nancy

footprintsangel

Hold My Hand

Oh, hold my hard, dear Savior,

When heartache come my way.

For when I have Thee near me,

There dawns a brighter day.

Oh, hold my hand, dear Savior,

When shadows cross the sky,

For  when I'm close beside Thee,

My thirst is satisfied.

Oh, Hold my hand, dear Savior,

That I'll not loss my way,

For Thou, my gentle Jesus,

The fullest price dids't  pay.

bandwoman1234

Good morning dear ladies of faith,

Debbie and everyone, this banner is for you.

Love,

Nancy

zjrosenthal

Nancy, glad Cammie is behaving. Ade I pray God breaks through and James gets his meds. May God give all here strength, provision and hope in your individual situations. My hubby and I are trying to salvage,some assets in our daughter and son in law's business that is on the verge of bankruptcy. Please pray for this. Love, Jean

bandwoman1234

Jean, I am sorry to hear about your family members huge financial challenges. Praying that assets can be salvaged and that God will work in this situation.

Dear ladies...............you have heard many people talking about making a grand entrance. Well.......................today I made quite an exit but it was NOT grand. I go to a very large church and after the service there is a sort of bottleneck with many people trying to exit at the same time. I am always a bit uneasy when exiting the auditorium because I can easily lose my balance in these types of situations. Today as I was in this bottleneck this man fell in front of me and knocked me down. Luckily the domino effect did not continue as I remember looking behind me and a young man who looked like he had just had his foot amputated was behind me in a wheel chair but a little distance away. Thank God I didn't end up running into him and hurting him. I don't think anything is broken but I have several areas that are hurting. I am leaving for my Mom's on Wed and my prayer would be that there will be nothing from this fall that will prevent me from going. Her 93rd birthday is this week and I really don't want to miss being there for that. The man that knocked me down must have made a fast get away so hopefully he is okay.

In all the situations I find myself in when out shooting with my camera I never expected to fall right inside of my own church.

Have a restful night dear sisters.

Love

Nancy

bandwoman1234

I kind of feel like this cat. I am doing fine but I hurt everywhere. I said to my neighbor how do you ice your rear end!

Joanne, I hope nothing more shows up because plenty showed up yesterday. I thought I would have a black eye because the whole side of my face hurt and felt numb but I lucked out. I am SO very fortunate because this could have been horrible if I had hit one of the seats which was only a few feet away. I feel very fortunate that at least I don't think I broke anything at this point. I leave for my three hour drive to my Mom's tomorrow and hopefully I will be able to stand it.

Have a good day dear sisters.

Love,

Nancy

IntoLight

Nancy, I am so sorry to hear about your fall (or knock-down!) Hope you feel well tomorrow. Give your mom a hug from all of us!

Ade

Aw sorry Nancy! I pray you're on the mend and soreness dissipates for your trip. Give your mom a warm birthday hug from all of us!!!

We had a WHOPPER thunder storm Friday night! Thunder, loads of lightning and big hail! Lightning struck the tower on the mountain behind us and knocked out the internet. We called and they said they'd have it fixed mid-morning Saturday. We JUST NOW got it fixed! (Tuesday afternoon) I was sweating bullets as I had SOOO many backlogged orders to fill before the post office closed at 3:30 today. But I made it JUST in time! Praying for favor with my customers for the late shipping now....but SO thankful to be up & running once more! Where we live we need internet for music (Pandora) and TV plus computers so all of that was silent for 3 days. Wow - you should try it. You don't realize how disconnected you feel with no communication other than a cell phone.

We leave for Ohio for 2 weeks starting Friday so I won't be here much, if at all. Love seeing the kids & families but dreading the fatigue that goes with it.

I'm praying for you all - with love,

Ade

Kat17

Nancy, sorry about your fall...but love your sense of humor

bandwoman1234

Good evening dear ladies,

Thank you for your prayers and encouragement and hugs for my Mom. I have been flying around trying to get things done before leaving tomorrow. On the way to get my allergy shot which is a ways out of town I ran into rain so hardly I could hardly see and then in a few minutes the sun was in my eyes. Strange weather for sure.

Joanne, I may have to get some Epsom salt when at my Mom's. I didn't have any on hand but I have used that in the past and it does help.

Ade, so sorry you were without internet when your business relies on having it. I am glad you got it back in time to ship to your customers. Praying you have a really good trip. Praying for strength knowing how difficult this is for you and James. I have been praying for the prescription fiasco and I hope this has a good ending for you both.

Thank you ladies. You are a great support and I appreciate all of you so much.

I will write when I can but when I am visiting at my Mom's facility there is no internet and my cell is not linked with my email so I can only write when staying at her house.

I will still read but may not have as much time to post as I usually do.

Take care dear sisters and have a good night.

Love

Nancy

EdithMary

Hello, friends! My name is Edith Mary, I am 64 years old, I have 3 married daughters and 17 grandchildren. My husband and I have been married for over 43 years, and are still incredibly close: we met at university. We have had our struggles as a family through the years, but God is faithful: all of my daughters and their husband are faithful, and my oldest daughter is married to an Orthodox priest (they have 8 children, 6 natural and 2 adopted). I am not afraid of death, though the prognosis does look fairly good for me (I am stage 2a). But I HATE medical intervention. I have been putting off seeing the dentist about an abcess as I am terrified of the idea of root canal, but I really need to have this seen to before I see the oncologist on Oct 24, as I suspect that it will delay radiation, etc. (I had surgery three weeks ago, a lumpectomy). Anyway, I would appreciate your prayers for my fears, that I can get things in order for what I will need to go through!

Thanks!

Edith

IntoLight

EdithMary, welcome to this site although I am sorry you have to be here.

As far as your dental work, I am the biggest dental chicken on the planet, but the benefits of a root canal far outweigh the pain and the fear. My last root canal was surprisingly easy so I will be praying for this for you.

Ade

Edith - glad to meet you but sorry about the circumstances. You're always welcome to post prayer needs here among a wonderful group of prayer warriors who really do understand. Please don't ignore that abscess. Praying it will go well and you can get your treatment on time. Thank you for posting!

Blessings,

Ade

bandwoman1234

Welcome EdithMary. I am glad you found this thread as it is a great prayer support with many wonderful ladies all dealing with bc. I am getting ready to have a crown put on in a few weeks and I can appreciate your apprehension and fear. We will be praying for you to get your apt with the dentist so you can deal with your bc treatments coming. You WILL get through this one step at a time. God will be your strength and will be right by your side for each of those steps. Let us know how you are doing.

Love,

Nancy

SuefromSydney

Hello all,

Just a quick greeting from down under. Thanks for sharing so much - it's such a joy to be reminded that our sisterhood is all over the world.

A quick intro: I'm 62, married with four adult children and later this afternoon will have 9 grandchildren. Having had a number of careers, I left the corporate world a bit over 5 years ago and now work part time for a christian women's foundation with the express purpose of seeing women from generation to generation flourish in kingdom work. If you're interested www.deaconessministries.org.au

Love to all

susan

zjrosenthal

Praying for safe travel Nancy. Love, Jean

Kat17

Welcome EdithMary and SuefromSydney! Glad you found this forum and this group of Godly praying women! I may not post a lot but know I touch base daily and lift you all up in prayer!

PS. I just did the dentist drill (pun intended) and I feel so much better that it's done and over with. Checked that box and moving on. Kathie.

bandwoman1234

Just a quick note to say I made it safely to my Mom's house and even had time for a short visit last night before they lock the doors at 9 at her facility. Thank you for your prayers Jean and everyone. I hope to take both of us for a flu shot today.

Welcome Sue. I am glad you found this thread. Bless you in your ministry.

It is hard to imagine another hurricane causing so much damage. Praying for all of those affected and for our sisters in NC we pray that you will able to weather another horrible storm after just coming out of Florence.

Love,

Nancy

bandwoman1234

Hello dear ladies of faith,

It has been a very busy time while at my Mom's. Her 93rd birthday was on Friday but we as a family were celebrating her birthday on Saturday. On Friday evening after I had spent time with her in the afternoon she called me and was so excited. She was like a child and it tickled me so much. At her facility where she lives now the whole dining room sang Happy Birthday to her and they had a special chocolate cake with chocolate icing for her. I was so happy that she did have something special on her real birthday. We celebrated her birthday last night and took her out to eat. My niece and her husband came in from Iowa to be with us so it was a nice time for my Mom.

I know Ade is now with her family in Ohio and I know she was concerned about how fatigued she gets. I can really relate to that. I had another skin burning episode today. It has been a stressful time dealing with my Mom's house as there is always something going wrong. I was able to get a handyman out on Friday morning so I am thankful for that.

My Mom is doing very well and I cannot tell you how grateful I am for that as I thought when we had to move her from her home in January that it would be the end of her. Obviously that didn't happen and she has adjusted very well. Thank you Lord!!!!

Have a good day dear sisters.

Love,

Nancy

zjrosenthal

Nancy, glad Mom is doing well. I remember all the prayers that were going up when she moved. I needed that banner reminder today as was battling anger and resentment. Truly I am incapable if that kind of love without Jesus. Love, Jean

bandwoman1234

Thanks Jean. I needed that banner as well. I don't think there is any of us that can have that kind of love without Jesus. That is why we need Him and need to stay close to Him every single day. Let's say He is like our all weather coat for whatever storms we may encounter each day.

Love,

Nancy

gkbuser

nancy, so sorry that happened to you. And good luck at your mom's. When I was in my twenties I broke my tailbone by falling on ice, and as a matter of fact you can ice your butt ha ha I bought a gel pack, froze it in the freezer and sat on it while I watched TV. Sorry for the mental picture but....

bandwoman1234

Thanks GK. I fell down cement steps many years ago and bruised my tailbone. I sat on one of those donut pillows for weeks. I have a feeling you may have become acquainted with that type of pillow as well. OUCH. Without giving out TMI the actual place where my rear end hurt is in a very awkward place. I am pretty sure that I fell on my shoe so it is not quite what you imagine. It was literally a kick in the rear. LOL I am doing much better now but that was the last place in my body I was still feeling it. I know I was VERY fortunate and thankful because it could have been very bad.

Have a great day dear ladies. I will be traveling back home tomorrow and will have my last visit with my mom today. I was glad that we were able to visit her 90 year old sister yesterday who lives in another assisted living facility but it is a drive and my Mom has issues as soon as the car starts moving with having to go to the bathroom. We made it okay but I am usually white knuckling it before we get to a destination. They hadn't seen each other in a long time so my Aunt was very pleased we could come. They are the last two children living of nine siblings in their family.

Love,

Nancy