thread for middle age to older Christian women.

Dear sisters...try this instead for their home page and you can sign up for devotionals, too.

https://proverbs31.org

Ellen

Thanks Ellen. That link did work. I have seen Lisa on a talk show with other Christian women and she is so dynamic. This is a great ministry.

Debbie, thank you for your prayer. Amen. Praying for your needs as well.

Love,

Nancy

Nancy, I'm sure all of us here will be praying that your MRI brings nothing but good news and you will be able to put your worries behind you. I love the rainbow (I'm sure it's a good sign) and also your last butterfly picture. It's sure to win the prize this month.

Ladies, I'm asking for prayers once again. My GI issues are still ongoing, finally have an appointment with the GI Dr. late September. I have my cancer blood work next Monday and while I'm hoping it gives me a clue, I'm worried about the tumor markers. Praying that all will be okay. The longer I'm on only letrezole for treatment, the more I worry, it will fail me. My anxiety has really been bad lately. Praying for peace and good health for all of us.

Love and prayer,

Faith (in the future).

Heavenly Father, Please be with and give Your comforting love to

all those wonderful people here. Bless them with Your caring arms

of love, guiding and helping them to stay strong. Please walk beside

Nancy, Faith and other facing tests or challenges and needs Your

Spirit of Peacefulness around them. Give strength and peace to

all those that are hurting or going through a lot, may their family or

friends reach out and help them through in whatever they need.

Please bless those that are going through treatment or other things

to help them feel better. May they feel Your loving touch as we look

for the rainbow on a day we are going through a lot. Knowing You

will always carry us through in You arms of love. Please bless and

be with all the wonderful stage4 people, as You know, Lord their

every need and challenges. Or they just need Your caring love to

give them comfort through lifes challenges. In Jesus Wonderful

name we pray. Amen

Nancy, praying the Father covers you with peace during this anxious time, and that the reports show only good news.

Heavenly Father, Please walk beside Nancy through all she is facing,

That Your loving arms around her will comfort and guide her through

this mountain she is in front of her that she will find a rainbow. Please

be with Faith and others in need of Your help and comforting arms

around them, as You fill them with peaceful loving thoughts of Your

love and the way You show us hope and Your caring kindness, Father.

Bless all those that are in need of You to walk beside them, be they new

or going through a challenge a lot. Be with those that are facing surgery

or treatment, as You, Lord guide their hands and give them strength and

Your guiding Spirit to relax and do well.

Please be with those that are hurting, in the hospital or just You, Lord know

their need and all they are facing. Please be with all the family member and

caring people helping. That they will rest in Your arms of comforting love.

Please be with all the stage4 people an bless them with Your loving care

and help with any needs. Thank You Lord for all You have done and are doing

to help everyone here. they all love You very much, Amen

Heavenly Father, Please walk beside and comfort those that need

peacefulness and Your caring arms to guide them. Please be with

Nancy and others facing a lot and need Your loving strength and

kindness. As You carry them through with Your loving arms, as they

rest and feel Your healing love. Please bless those that are fighting

for home care, that they will be guided with Your love Lord. Please

bless those that are going through surgery or treatments and need

You to hold them and comfort their fears away. Thank You for being

with those that are sick or weak and need strength from Your caring

love and strength, to help them. Please be with all those that are hurting

or just need Your kindness to comfort each tear. In Jesus name. Amen

Debbie, THANK YOU for the beautiful prayers! They are blessing all of us as we know the Lord hears every word prayed.

Faith & Nancy - praying your GI issues will all be solved (having that problem today myself in empathy!) )

Nancy - praying for great results on your MRI and thankful for the peace the Lord is granting you. We ARE in His hands.

Faith - praying for God's peace and that your bloodwork comes out VERY GOOD. BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS AHEAD FOR YOU & A WONDERFUL YEAR TOO! My sister's B-day is tomorrow. Enjoy that beautiful cake from Nancy & save me a piece!

Nancy that rainbow just glows! I believe it is God's word to you that all will be well. He used one in that very way with us years ago. Your latest butterfly is the best I have EVER seen (and I have a butterfly calendar!). May I make a print and add scripture for one of my grandaughters? (NOT for sale - I would never do that!) I just LOVE that photo!!!

Ellen I have signed up for that devotional - THANK YOU!!!

JAMES HAS NO MORE FEVERS OR SWEATS FOR SEVERAL DAYS NOW!!! THANK YOU LORD!!!

The Lord bless and keep you all,

Ade

Heavenly Father, Thank You for being beside this wonderful group

and hearing all their needs and wiping every tear. Please bless all

those that are going through tests or treatments, knowing You Lord

are holding their hand each time. As You comfort those that are hurting

and wiping every tear. Please help us to stay strong and remember, Lord,

You are always near. Please bless Nancy Faith and other here as You

know their ever need. Please fill them with hope and Your love, knowing

someday they will be with You and hurt no more. Please help those that

need help with bills or food, that someone may hear and help get them

their needs. Thank You Father for all You are doing and have done.

In Jesus wonderful name. Amen

Nancy, I am so sorry to hear about all of your latest trials. VA? no pool? Bug spray??? I also didn't make it to church, but then I rarely do anymore. I am so exhausted getting ready to leave the house early and I never know whether I can sit through it all without having to get up quickly, so we don't usually try. I am praying God helps us find a closer church with a later service but I hate changing churches. And I am with you on waiting for results. Had a scan on Friday and it will be next Friday before I see my MO so I sit and wait... I pray that God will give rest and relief to both of us today. May He send a special joy and a peace that passes all understanding. Love, Chris

Dear LovedBy..., you truly are loved by our Savior. He also loves your daughter and I am praying God moves any mountains of restraint and despair in this situation. God can make a way where there seems to be no way. You are in my prayers. Chris

Ade, I am so sorry to hear about Jame's fever returning. I know this has to be so frustrating and disappointing. I had never heard an actual number on the VA backup. Of course your application is very different than mine. There are beaucoup bucks involved with disability claims vs the type of claim we are making for my Mom but nonetheless the backup could be similar. I knew that it might be a year but I also have a letter saying if approved it would be retroactive to a date in June. I just hope she lives long enough to reap the benefit before her money runs out. As far as James' doctor I don't know how much you can insist on him documenting things but if his application is anything like my Mom's you will have to have documentation from his primary doctor no matter what he says about getting old. I know my thoughts about that but I will keep them to myself!!!

Your rainbow is beautiful. The foreground makes it more interesting than my trees in my rainbow pic. I came home today in pouring rain and bright sun but I never did see a rainbow. I went quite a bit out of town and drug my heavy camera equipment on these trails to find this waterfall and hoping with school in session I would find it empty. What a laugh. It was full of people wading in the water in front of the falls so my photo opp was a bust. I ended up leaving as there were people everywhere and no way to get some decent pictures. Maybe just as well because it poured and I could have been stuck int he woods with my camera equipment and no protection.

I will try to walk instead of swim. I will have to do my best to get some type of exercise.

I still have heard nothing on my MRI and when I had it on Wed they said your doctor will get results in two days. She said she would call before putting it in MyChart. She has not done that before but so far nothing anywhere.

Dear LovedBy.............your angst is palpable. I am so sorry for all of the things you and your daughter and family are experiencing. When it comes to addiction the person affected is the one that has to want change. I am sure you are doing all you can for her in this situation. I say Amen to Chris's post to you. May God move mountains in this situation and show you what you need to do and how to do it. Trust in the Lord because He is the only one who can affect real change. Every single day leave all of your worries at His feet. You may have to do it over and over and over but He wants us to trust Him for every single thing. Remember that He loves your daughter even more than you do. He loves You as well. Let Him lead and guide you in this very tough situation.

Love

Nancy

Hi dear ladies,

The last couple of days have been pretty crazy and I didn't have a chance to check in. I had two apts yesterday and was supposed to be taking a friend for her skin cancer surgery on Thursday and I got home late yesterday and she had frantically been trying to reach me saying her surgeon had a death in the family and her surgery has been moved to today and the location was over an hour to get there. My friend lives a half hour from me and I had to pick her up at 7:30. We made it without a hitch and she only had to have one layer of skin shaved to get all of the cancer so it has been a good but very exhausting day.

I did get good new on my MRI and it looks like I do have a hamartoma of the brain which is what the initial MRI back in Nov. suspected. It is apparently an unusual place to have one of these tumors which sounds like it is pretty common in other parts of the body. There was no change from the last MRI in Feb. so I don't have to have a repeat MRI for a year. One very big thing off the radar for now. I am still seeing my social worker and we have entered a new phase doing CBT now. I think there is an end in sight and I wanted to continue until I have my next mammogram at the end of Sept because I certainly don't want anything else to trigger this detour I have been on for some time. Thank you for your prayers.

Faith, that is GREAT news but I know it doesn't help when you are still feeling so many SE's. I know that for me exercise is key and my pool is closed now for two weeks and I have walked a little but the rainy weather has been iffy. I am not sure if you are able to walk at all but I really think it would help you if you could.

Jean, I completely understand what you are going through. It sounds similar to what I have gone through but different triggers. I had my car totaled when someone rear ended me several years ago and it is a very traumatic thing. I hope that your new car will really help and I pray that your brain MRI will be fine. Do know if you don't already that it is perfectly normal to have hardening of the blood vessels of the brain. I read that on my first brain MRI before talking with my oncologist and freaking out because that was what I thought my Mom's issues were with her dementia. I guess it is as normal as having arthritis as we age.

LovedBy, I am glad that things are improving for you and hopefully for your daughter.

Chris, have you heard any results from your scans yet? Praying for good results.

Have a good evening dear sisters.

Love,

Nancy

Chris, I can certainly understand your concern. I am glad tomorrow is Friday so you can see your MO. If this was a PET scan you probably know that activity in a node does not necessarily mean anything cancerous. It could be inflammation or infection so I am praying that since your MO said stable that that will be what she reiterates when you see her tomorrow. In the mean time lifting you in prayer for peace and pleasant distractions.

Love,

Nancy