For Husbands

In the past week or so, the adventures of my youngest daughter have underscored the renewed urgency of praying for Godly husbands for my girls.  The ongoing friendships of my oldest daughter have prompted wonderings along that same line in the recent past.  Wow.  How did I get to this point in life?

That's a facetious question, of course.  As we adults raise our children to adulthood, we need to be very mindful of their eventual marriages.  I know I have prayed for their future husbands before, but I certainly have never been so impressed with the imminence of the need for that prayer than I am right now.  Better start praying in earnest!  I am a little more concerned about the pool of applicants for my younger daughter since she is not attending an openly Christian school.  Then again, I didn't go to a Christian college, either, and I didn't even meet my own husband in school at all.

Lord, You are Lord.  You are Lord of my daughters' lives.  I know they both love you with all their hearts, souls, minds, and strength.  Please lead each of them to the life partner that You have already chosen for them, and in the event that the life partner doesn't yet have a relationship with You, then please take my prayer and use it to lead him to Yourself.  In Jesus's name and for the sake of Your kingdom, Amen.

Answer to Two Prayers

My mother, a little on the elderly side but just about as sharp as ever, called yesterday.  That in itself is not unusual.  She asked about the girls, of course, but then she interrupted herself - that was funny - and announced that for the second month in a row, she has not needed an injection for her AMD.  Answer #1!  In fact, just a couple of months, or maybe three months, ago, she experienced a sudden decline in her vision.  We were both frightened.  I recall praying very hard for her over those few days, and begging the Lord to have mercy on her.  She was quite philosophically resigned to whatever the Lord's will for her might be, but there was a deep, disappointed sadness.  I couldn't blame her or preach to her.  I felt it myself.

Answer #2 was perhaps more surprising.  She said, in recalling her discussion with her ophthalmologist over this great news, "I wanted to ask him if he was a believer."  Haha!  She knows where this blessing originated!  And she is being prompted by the Spirit to make it public.  She was too unsure to ask the question--this time.  I think she might ask it on a future visit.

Outstanding, Lord.  SOOO cool not just that You do heal, even today, but that You are changing my elderly mother and making Yourself real in her life.  Thank You so much!  When the inevitable happens, we will have comfort.  Now--her husband, please?  ;)

Also, I want to piggyback on this prayer and ask for a good, strong, believing church in the Bronx for my YD.  Alternatively, a great Christian campus ministry would be completely acceptable.  She needs fellowship in order to stay close to You, Lord.  I know this is dear to Your heart as well.  Please lead her unmistakably to the right place.  In Your name and for Your sake I'm praying this.  Amen!

My Girls

(Just wiped out an entry.  Grrr!)

My daughters are growing up and away.  I don't hear from them often any more, although I think of them every day.  That's as it should be, I know.  It is an adjustment!  I come home exhausted, and I don't get many tasks done in the evenings.  :(  Even as I sit here and type this, I know I should get up and do a load of laundry.  So I just did!

It surprised me that my allrecipes.com blog received comments!  Someone even said, "Great blog."  I am both proud and disapppointed by this reaction to my posts.  The pride is self-explanatory, I suppose.  The disappointment comes from now being aware that others are reading my writing.  That is why I keep this blog secret!  It's therapy for me.  May I be for myself what I want to be for my clients: accepting, nonjudgmental, wise, insightful, loving, understanding.

Lord, I titled this "My Girls."  They, of course, are important to me and perhaps two of the few most important people in my life.  I want them to be certain always that I am interceding for them with You.  I want them to be secure in that certainty.  Most of all, though, I want them to have an intimate, obedient relationship with You.  Will you grant my request?  Especially right now, will you lead YD to the right church in the big (bad) city?  I think that's my "worry" since I know how tempting it might be for her to become lazy in her faith.  Bless them both bunches.  In Jesus's name, AMEN!

Mentoring the Coordinator

Dinner with Christine at Olive Garden on Monday, September 12:

• She is confident!
• She is insightful.
• She is a little prideful.  (This may come from being the youngest of four.)

Will flesh this out another time.