Monday Prayer Requests

Anonymous: I noticed a lump in my left breast about 2 weeks ago, and today I had my doctor check it out.  He believes it is nothing serious but he still wants me to have diagnostic testing done asap to determine what the lump might be.  I go in on Thursday morning – pray that the doctors/technicians have wisdom about what they see, and that hopefully it is nothing.  If it is something I pray for wisdom on how to proceed in further diagnosing what the lump might be. UPDATE: I had a mammogram AND an ultrasound of my left breast and everything came back negative!  Even more, there was NO SIGN of a lump in any of the films or on the ultrasound machine, even though both me and my OB felt a definite lump just 2 days ago.  I’m sure there is a perfectly good medical explanation for this, but I don’t care – I believe it was the prayer of your many readers that brought this situation about.  Thank you to everyone for praying!!!”

Jenn: Please pray for Daniel’s grandfather. He was admitted in to the hospital with pneumonia this morning. He has been sick on and off for a while now — pray that he doesn’t have to stay in the hospital long and that he makes a full recovery. Thanks!!!

Anonymous: I am really bummed out lately and feel totally blah. :o( It is all attributed to my weight. I haven’t been doing all that great at the losing part. I seriously feel like a “diet failure”. :o( I need strength to fight the urge to eat when I please and to work out hard to get this darn weight off.

Lizette: I’m a 26 yr old preschool teacher who has always felt as if i was born to raise a family. last year i was diagnosed with cervical cancer and had a radical hysterectomy last month. All hopes of me having my own children were crushed. Two weeks after the surgery, my fiance ended our engagement. Just this morning I found out I have stage 3 lung cancer and i’m considered untreatable. I’ll be learning my prognosis within the next few days. I’m not really sure what my prayer request is at this point. I’m having a very hard time seeing what God’s plan is through all this. I guess i’m asking for peace and not to lose faith through this as this all unfolds. I thought I always knew what my purpose was and now i’m just not sure. Please keep my request anonymous if at all possible, i would appreciate it very much. UPDATE: I’m sad to say my updates arent very good. As of last month my prognosis is 12-14 months. I’m considered untreatable at this point. Thank you again for all of your concerns and prayers, its appreciated more than you know.

Kat:Being able to get everything done for the curriculum, my first deadline is comnig up (we are giving the teachers Dec and Jan at a teachers meeting in a few weeks) and I already feel the pressure/anxiety building. Please pray that I let God lead in guide me in time management and what HEwants me to include.

Holly: God provided a $1500 anonymous gift from our church.  And my Chris took over the bills (he is so much more detail oriented for numbers than I am!).  We are now on Microsoft Money with a budget and God provided MARGIN!  Praise Him!  Praise Him!

Mandy: I was put on limited bed rest at the end of september for some issues with my pregnancy. It was really a blessing in disguise, because I needed the rest and needed the time with my kids. Anyways- because of the issues, we were due to induce at 38 weeks. which would have been Oct 7th. the first weekend of October I got sick with the H1N1 flu and am now hospitalized. so I was sick and in the hospital for my first induction date. then, they let me go home and we rescheduled- but two days after being home, I got pneumonia and ended up back in the hospital. So I was in the hospital at 39 weeks too and my dr didn’t want to induce because my body just wasn’t ready to handle labor. Sooo.. I finally got to come home last weekend and i’m doing sooo much better. going on day 4 feeling human again! But now, here I am, 40 weeks, entirely too uncomfortable, emotionally a wreck and waiting for baby. we were going to induce today, but my dr called friday night and said she just didn’t feel right about it. my other prego issues seemed to have fallen to the wayside because according to monitors, the baby seems to be doing fine. My doctor said that it just wasn’t very safe to make me go through labor when my lungs weren’t ready. She is a very conservative doctor, and even though i feel better, she still won’t do it. I really am okay with that- but i’m just so worn out. I wake up a little bit more ‘down in the dumps’ each morning when i realize that my contractions stopped during the night. I’m starting to take my frustration out on my kids and husband. I repent, apologize and then do it again. I don’t know what my problem is! I know that God has perfect timing, and I know this won’t last forever… my head KNOWS all these things- but my heart is having a hard time believing. so anyways, I would appreciate your prayer that the baby would come soon and that there would be no complications and that he would be healthy and that I would continue to be believing God for His perfect will and yielding to HIM in all that do. I would also appreciate prayer for my wacked up emotions- so that I can continue to be the mom  and wife that God wants me to be during this time. UPDATE:  A healthy, baby boy was born!  Praise the Lord!

Stacy: Please pray for Danny’s dad who found out he has a “bad kidney”.  During a regular CT of his chest a mass was found on his kidney.  He has undergone several CT’s and he has an MRI today.  The doctors are almost 100% positive that it is malignant.  Please pray for my husband and all his siblings for comfort during this tough time.  Most of all, please pray for his dad, who is going through such a scary time right now.  Please pray for wisdom for his doctors that they perform the right procedures and make the correct diagnosis.  If it is cancer, please pray that that’s the only spot and that it hasn’t metastasized.  Thank you.

Amy: sking for prayer for the delivery of my second baby girl. Feeling a bit anxious about it because the doctor is wanting me to induce due to some symptoms I’ve been experiencing however my desire is to wait until my little one shows signs of being more ready to arrive despite my due date. Also, hoping the symptoms I’ve been experiencing don’t get worse, if they do get worse it could lead to an emergency induction which I don’t want. And lastly praying that I’ll feel more at peace about what the transition will be like for my 2 year old daughter and the adjustments of having a new baby/sibling. UPDATE: A beautiful baby girl was born in God’s perfect timing this past week!

Amber: my girlfriend is still struggling with her decision to leave her husband. she has so many people telling her to stay but she is really afraid for her life and I hope that you all will lift her up in prayer.  her faith has been shaken. please pray for strength and courage as well as the ability to see God’s love for her and that He wraps His arms around her in love.

My dad’s diabetes seems to be affecting his overall health more and more, just pray that there is a better medicine he can be put on or that there will be relief where there is pain.

my career/job situation. I havent’ heard anything back regarding my two interviews and am just praying for Gods’ wisdom in this situation, there are a lot of factors that go into but I am opening my heart to whatever opportunity the Lord has in store for me.

both of our grandmothers are going through chemotherapy. mine has just completed her treatment and the results look good but it has slowed her down a great deal and due to her age she has experienced certain complications. please pray for strenght, patience and courage for her. His grandmother is still undergoing both chemo and radiation and is in MAJOR denial about her situation. please pray for peace and clarity for her as well.

please lift up our entire family as several members are out of work or are on the verge of losing their jobs. please pray that they are able to find replacement work or that God will provide a way when they need it the most.

Happy Weekend to you….

I won’t be posting this weekend, but hope you enjoy this time of the year, the smells of the season and the hope in each of our hearts, during the wonderful time that is Fall.

Enjoy each day.

Prayer Reminder

Don’t forget to send in your prayer requests for Monday’s post.  There have been some amazing updates to the weekly submissions.  God is good!!

Christmas on the brain.

This picture has nothing to do with the following post….I just like vintage advertisements, don’t you?

SO.

I have the Christmas bug.  Don’t get all frantic, you Thanksgiving-lovers.  I don’t shift all my focus completely…but I do allow for some festive planning and that includes homemade Christmas gifts.  I’m hoping to make almost all of my Christmas gifts this year, or at least assemble them and make them unique and one of a kind!  I love the idea of handmade gifts and some of my favorite gifts of all time are those that someone especially made for me.  Aren’t those the best?

This morning at our MOMS group, we made magnet boards and bottle-cap magnets.  I chose to make a specifically Christmas-themed board and magnets.  And surprise, surprise….they are vintage images.  Cute, huh?:

What I want to know is this….

Are you crafting any gifts this holiday season and if so…what?

Do you have a favorite craft you make each year or a link you can share so we can all see?

I would love to know your crafting secrets!!!

always hope…

…for next year.

That’s the beauty of sports.

who would you be…?

You know when you get asked questions like,

“if you could be someone else for a day……?”

“if you could only read one book forever…..?”

“if you won the lottery, what would you do with the money….?”

and of course, guilt sets in and you feel compelled to give answers like, “I would be the President of the United States so I could cure world hunger and stop genocides and halt all wars.  And I would only read the Bible (because that is the only book I read anyways) and I don’t even like other books.  And if I won 10 million, of course I would give to charity first and that would be most of the money and then I would give all the rest to my family and friends and probably only have enough left for a sweater for myself.  But, that’s ok, because I’m a giver.”

Good.  We got all those -guilt driven answers out of the way.

Now…..

Set aside your grand plans of changing the world and saving the whales.

If you could be anyone for a day (for fun)…..who would it be?

I have a couple ideas of who I would want to be….

(and yeah….i know it’s a guy, but I would be the girl version):

Scott Schuman of The Sartorialist.  He snaps photos of beautiful fashion all day.  I don’t wield a camera, but if I did, that would be what I snapped shots of.

In the afternoon, I wish to be Martha.  If for nothing else than to host her show for an hour, use her craft room and make dinner with her huge kitchen:

Early evening, I wish to be any cast member of MAD MEN.  I want to wear the clothes, and “live” in that era for just a day (minus all the drama):

In the evening, I wish to be Hannity.  So I can talk politics before dinner.

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And, of course I want to save the world.

weigh in.

Swine Flu.

Are you getting the vaccine?  Are you getting it for your kids?  Are you scared?  Do you wish that it would just go away?  Does this inhibit you from eating bacon (joke)?  Do you feel it is blown out of proportion?

Weigh in.

around the world wide web.

Nativity Egg People

Vintage Heating Pad MOD

Did you guys have one of these around the house when you were growing up?  I did–and I want this one!

Thanks alot, Shanna.  Thanks alot.

Vintage Mustard Yellow Rotary Phone-Cute!

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Have you found anything cool around the web?  Do tell.

so wrong, it’s right.

My cousin Janelle and I instituted “Family Fudge Day” yesterday.  Inspired by the fact that my late Grandma loved to make fudge.  We were sent, by my aunt and father, tons of old recipes she had, for various types of fudge.

We set out to make two recipes.  Our plan was thwarted when the following happened.

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It all starts out simple.  Two cute girls baking in the kitchen.

Mixing ingredients. Easy.

Warming them up.  Smelling the fragrance of chocolate.  Oh yea.

And then.

AND THEN.

Two girls (one of whom is getting married) start discussing wedding dresses and menu’s and honeymoon locations.

And oops.  Things go array, very fast.

Yea.  That is milk and sugar.  Which as all of you know, hardens into a candy-like substance VERY quickly.

Like, this:

Oops.

And then, you have one very handsome husband who comes to the rescue (having to use napkins, because there were no towels, sponges and all the dishtowels were in the washing machine), while the two girls begin a new batch.  Carefully.

Oops, again.

But hey…..I got spend time with one of my very favorite people.

Monday Prayer Requests

*Hi everyone.  I am so happy to be continuing the Monday Prayer Requests.  I started with a “clean” slate this week and so these are all “new”.  Some people had not removed theirs for over a month or so and I was unable to get a hold of them, so if you don’t see yours, it was removed just to keep the requests as current as possible.  Please email me if you would like it to be re-posted and I will throw it up immediately.  I need to find the best way to keep the requests updated!  As always, email me with ANY request and it will be put up–we want to pray for one another!*

Anonymous: I noticed a lump in my left breast about 2 weeks ago, and today I had my doctor check it out.  He believes it is nothing serious but he still wants me to have diagnostic testing done asap to determine what the lump might be.  I go in on Thursday morning – pray that the doctors/technicians have wisdom about what they see, and that hopefully it is nothing.  If it is something I pray for wisdom on how to proceed in further diagnosing what the lump might be.

Anonymous: 1. My husbands brother, who is a drug addict has just been arrested and will probably being going to jail for a few felonies. Please pray for his soul to hear the calling of teh Spirit and to keep him safe in prison.

2. My marriage, that God would keep my motto (that I applied to my situation/ reworded from the book of Daniel)  “God can fix my marriage, but even if He doesn’t, I will stay faithful to My God.” For the Holy Spirit to change my husband into the man God made Him to be; but not my will, His be done.

3. A car would be great, but one does not come, that I can learn to live without it.

Holly: God provided a $1500 anonymous gift from our church.  And my Chris took over the bills (he is so much more detail oriented for numbers than I am!).  We are now on Microsoft Money with a budget and God provided MARGIN!  Praise Him!  Praise Him!

Mandy: I was put on limited bed rest at the end of september for some issues with my pregnancy. It was really a blessing in disguise, because I needed the rest and needed the time with my kids. Anyways- because of the issues, we were due to induce at 38 weeks. which would have been Oct 7th. the first weekend of October I got sick with the H1N1 flu and am now hospitalized. so I was sick and in the hospital for my first induction date. then, they let me go home and we rescheduled- but two days after being home, I got pneumonia and ended up back in the hospital. So I was in the hospital at 39 weeks too and my dr didn’t want to induce because my body just wasn’t ready to handle labor. Sooo.. I finally got to come home last weekend and i’m doing sooo much better. going on day 4 feeling human again! But now, here I am, 40 weeks, entirely too uncomfortable, emotionally a wreck and waiting for baby. we were going to induce today, but my dr called friday night and said she just didn’t feel right about it. my other prego issues seemed to have fallen to the wayside because according to monitors, the baby seems to be doing fine. My doctor said that it just wasn’t very safe to make me go through labor when my lungs weren’t ready. She is a very conservative doctor, and even though i feel better, she still won’t do it. I really am okay with that- but i’m just so worn out. I wake up a little bit more ‘down in the dumps’ each morning when i realize that my contractions stopped during the night. I’m starting to take my frustration out on my kids and husband. I repent, apologize and then do it again. I don’t know what my problem is! I know that God has perfect timing, and I know this won’t last forever… my head KNOWS all these things- but my heart is having a hard time believing. so anyways, I would appreciate your prayer that the baby would come soon and that there would be no complications and that he would be healthy and that I would continue to be believing God for His perfect will and yielding to HIM in all that do. I would also appreciate prayer for my wacked up emotions- so that I can continue to be the mom  and wife that God wants me to be during this time.

Stacy: Please pray for Danny’s dad who found out he has a “bad kidney”.  During a regular CT of his chest a mass was found on his kidney.  He has undergone several CT’s and he has an MRI today.  The doctors are almost 100% positive that it is malignant.  Please pray for my husband and all his siblings for comfort during this tough time.  Most of all, please pray for his dad, who is going through such a scary time right now.  Please pray for wisdom for his doctors that they perform the right procedures and make the correct diagnosis.  If it is cancer, please pray that that’s the only spot and that it hasn’t metastasized.  Thank you.

Amber:

praise:

• had a second interview last week and it felt like it went well. not sure what God has in store but am open and excited about the possiblitlities and want to give thanks for the opportunity!!!
• I have mended some relationships that needed it and am working on others that are in need of repair
• my girlfriends hubby just graduated from the sheriff’s academy!! whoo hoo!!!

Prayer:

• my girlfriend is still struggling with her decision to leave her husband. she has so many people telling her to stay but she is really afraid for her life and I hope that you all will lift her up in prayer.  her faith has been shaken. please pray for strength and courage as well as the ability to see God’s love for her and that He wraps His arms around her in love.
• both of our grandmothers are going through chemotherapy. mine has just completed her treatment and the results look good but it has slowed her down a great deal and due to her age she has experienced certain complications. please pray for strenght, patience and courage for her. His grandmother is still undergoing both chemo and radiation and is in MAJOR denial about her situation. please pray for peace and clarity for her as well.
• please lift up our entire family as several members are out of work or are on the verge of losing their jobs. please pray that they are able to find replacement work or that God will provide a way when they need it the most

Amy: Asking for prayer for the delivery of my second baby girl. Feeling a bit anxious about it because the doctor is wanting me to induce due to some symptoms I’ve been experiencing however my desire is to wait until my little one shows signs of being more ready to arrive despite my due date. Also, hoping the symptoms I’ve been experiencing don’t get worse, if they do get worse it could lead to an emergency induction which I don’t want. And lastly praying that I’ll feel more at peace about what the transition will be like for my 2 year old daughter and the adjustments of having a new baby/sibling.