- OD's applications to grad school: Guidance and direction for her, please?
- YD's incredibly busy schedule and desire for Christian fellowship: Redeemer?
- My student: her (and my) need for more effective supervision.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Quick!
Hello, God. My DH will be home in 15 minutes or so, and I don't like to have this up when he's around. So.....
Friday, January 27, 2012
Praying for My Husband
Lord, how does he do it? It's 8:45 pm and he is still at work. He will be crazy-exhausted when he gets home. He'll also (maybe) have work to do over the weekend at home.
I know he does it out of love. He wants to provide for our family in the best way possible. What did he say to me many years ago? "All I really want in life is to be a good husband and father." I think, and maybe correctly, that he includes being a good provider in that desire.
But he is tired. (There's the phone! He's 25 minutes from home. Meaning--he'll get home around 9:30 p.m.) Lord, is there a better way for him and for our family? He has said that he would like to "retire" to an easier job closer to home. The girls are in college, and the oldest is considering grad schools (this weekend, but that's another prayer), which costs a LOT of money. We are spoiled, and You have provided so well for us.
I ask for him strength, endurance, joy, enjoyment of his work, a sense of the importance of his place at his job and in the lives of his co-workers. I ask for him a very clear and deeply held belief that his job is Your call in his life. Please give him rest when he is at home. May our home be a place of peace and restoration for him.
And thank You for him. He is a wonderful partner. In Jesus' name, Amen!
I know he does it out of love. He wants to provide for our family in the best way possible. What did he say to me many years ago? "All I really want in life is to be a good husband and father." I think, and maybe correctly, that he includes being a good provider in that desire.
But he is tired. (There's the phone! He's 25 minutes from home. Meaning--he'll get home around 9:30 p.m.) Lord, is there a better way for him and for our family? He has said that he would like to "retire" to an easier job closer to home. The girls are in college, and the oldest is considering grad schools (this weekend, but that's another prayer), which costs a LOT of money. We are spoiled, and You have provided so well for us.
I ask for him strength, endurance, joy, enjoyment of his work, a sense of the importance of his place at his job and in the lives of his co-workers. I ask for him a very clear and deeply held belief that his job is Your call in his life. Please give him rest when he is at home. May our home be a place of peace and restoration for him.
And thank You for him. He is a wonderful partner. In Jesus' name, Amen!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Annual Report
Thought: What if we each had to write an annual report on our lives? The thought makes me smile.
There is a serious prayer here, though. We have been asked, once again for the nth time, to write the annual report on the Junior Church ministry at our church. So it behooves me to ask the Lord to inspire my writing.
Lord God, You know that my deepest desire is to please You. At least I hope and want that! So I suppose my first prayer is that it would be true. Now, for the specific need of the moment, please help me to bring glory to You in the annual report this year. Give me something of value to say, although I suspect that few people read the report. :) I have thought of the WHO idea: who we teach, who we are, and who we serve and love. What do You think of that, Lord? I guess, until You give me something else, I will go with that and see where it, and You, lead me.
PS Jennie is having a lymph node removed tomorrow, and I sense that she might be somewhat frightened, although she puts on such a brave, spiritual front. Give her a deep peace that penetrates into the parts of her heart and mind that cannot be reached by humans. I do pray that nothing of terrible nature would be found, but perhaps if something must be found, that it would be easily treatable and curable.
Bless me, Lord! Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that I might not sin against You and that I might not cause pain! (My abridged version of the Prayer of Jabez.) Amen!
There is a serious prayer here, though. We have been asked, once again for the nth time, to write the annual report on the Junior Church ministry at our church. So it behooves me to ask the Lord to inspire my writing.
PS Jennie is having a lymph node removed tomorrow, and I sense that she might be somewhat frightened, although she puts on such a brave, spiritual front. Give her a deep peace that penetrates into the parts of her heart and mind that cannot be reached by humans. I do pray that nothing of terrible nature would be found, but perhaps if something must be found, that it would be easily treatable and curable.
Bless me, Lord! Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that I might not sin against You and that I might not cause pain! (My abridged version of the Prayer of Jabez.) Amen!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Amy's Request
This morning my daughter Amy texted me. Now this is not an unusual occurrence. What makes it noteworthy, however, is that I received it at 9:41 a.m. EST, and Amy is in Tijuana, Mexico, which would make that time 6:41 a.m. PST. :) She is not a morning person, but on this trip she has had to get up early to lead the group.
She asked specifically for prayer for the last day of their VBS with the Esperanza kids. I will include her quote here:
Lord, it is a wonderful feeling for a mother to see her daughter serving You so devotedly. I join my heart to hers, and to all the team's hearts, asking for you to open the ears and hearts of the young people at the orphanage. Many of them have not had easy breaks in life, and they could be bitter. On another hand, they could be calloused about spiritual things. In any case, please soften them to hear Your words spoken through Your missionaries, the kids from Gordon. I ask this, and I am sure the Gordon team is asking this, in the name of Jesus the Son of God and the Messiah. Amen!
She asked specifically for prayer for the last day of their VBS with the Esperanza kids. I will include her quote here:
Hi Mom :) Miss you lots. Could you please pray for VBS today? Were talking about some deeper issues with the kids and were really praying for God to open their ears and make them think...Love you Mama!So, I will pray!
Lord, it is a wonderful feeling for a mother to see her daughter serving You so devotedly. I join my heart to hers, and to all the team's hearts, asking for you to open the ears and hearts of the young people at the orphanage. Many of them have not had easy breaks in life, and they could be bitter. On another hand, they could be calloused about spiritual things. In any case, please soften them to hear Your words spoken through Your missionaries, the kids from Gordon. I ask this, and I am sure the Gordon team is asking this, in the name of Jesus the Son of God and the Messiah. Amen!
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