Prayer needed after a yuck week.
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Prayer needed after a yuck week.
This has been a tiring week, and then some. RABF has had a shocker of a time with his latest bout of Ulcerative Colitis, to which was added a UTI that he did not need. For the first time in the 20 or so years I have known him, he was beyond caring and so down it was scary.
He has gone to see his GP and then on to hospital for tests, and his Dr knows how fragile RABF is, so will keep eye on him.
Thanks be, he said he hasn't even considered having a drink to "blot" it out, and says the UC is a lot to do with his drinking and smoking, so him hitting it again would be a bit dumb. Yippee for that.
To give us a little more misery, the weather went berserk and we copped a thunder clap, that sent me out of a deep sleep and into scaling the wall at 3am. It was more than a clap....it was a blasted ovation.
It then rained all day, til in just over 15 hours we had 200mls of water land on us.
That is 8 inches of rain in 15 hours.......where was NOAH and his ark?????
I thought it was bad enough, but Dear Lord it just got worse while I was writing this post.
Ten minutes ago, my best friend rang to tell me that her daughter has Pancreatic Cancer, and goes to surgery in a couple of days. The outlook is not good according to the specialists, and my friend is shattered yet again.
She has only gotten near her normal self after grieving for her son, who hanged himself just before Christmas, 21 months ago and now fears she will lose her younger girl. Daughter has 3 young kids and isn't 40 yet.
Right now I feel like my heart is crumbling and my mind on auto pilot, as I do the necessary mundane things and feel numb all over.
I am off to her place to see what I can do, other than bawl along with her, and ask you caring souls to keep her and her girl in your prayers.
God bless
He has gone to see his GP and then on to hospital for tests, and his Dr knows how fragile RABF is, so will keep eye on him.
Thanks be, he said he hasn't even considered having a drink to "blot" it out, and says the UC is a lot to do with his drinking and smoking, so him hitting it again would be a bit dumb. Yippee for that.
To give us a little more misery, the weather went berserk and we copped a thunder clap, that sent me out of a deep sleep and into scaling the wall at 3am. It was more than a clap....it was a blasted ovation.
It then rained all day, til in just over 15 hours we had 200mls of water land on us.
That is 8 inches of rain in 15 hours.......where was NOAH and his ark?????
I thought it was bad enough, but Dear Lord it just got worse while I was writing this post.
Ten minutes ago, my best friend rang to tell me that her daughter has Pancreatic Cancer, and goes to surgery in a couple of days. The outlook is not good according to the specialists, and my friend is shattered yet again.
She has only gotten near her normal self after grieving for her son, who hanged himself just before Christmas, 21 months ago and now fears she will lose her younger girl. Daughter has 3 young kids and isn't 40 yet.
Right now I feel like my heart is crumbling and my mind on auto pilot, as I do the necessary mundane things and feel numb all over.
I am off to her place to see what I can do, other than bawl along with her, and ask you caring souls to keep her and her girl in your prayers.
God bless
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Hi, Jadmack. Wishing you, your RABF, your friend, her daughter and family strength and sending hugs.
We had a smallish quake here today, so a bit of a jolt from nature here as well. I hope the rainbow shows up for you soon.
We had a smallish quake here today, so a bit of a jolt from nature here as well. I hope the rainbow shows up for you soon.
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Thanks to all of you, for your messages of love and support. Honestly it has been a time and a half here.
RABF is a Kiwi and has been worried for friends in New Zealand, and for his hometown of Christchurch which copped it bigtime with the earthquake recently, and hundreds of aftershocks.
My friend has gone to be with her grandsons, and the family will be off to be with daughter who is in hospital 1000kms away, and feeling awful of course.
Contacted prayer groups all over the state, and I figure there is enough prayer going upstairs, to give God a headache.
I might add that friend's faith is so rock solid, it dumbfounds me at times. Each time she has been faced with such disaster, she asks God for his strength to bear it.....never blames Him for it happening.
We started to dry out the last couple of days, but now it is grey skies and drizzle out there, and looks like it has set in for the day.
I am having a sleepover with youngest daughter and all 4 young grand kids tonight, which will keep demons at bay for a while......no demons round that gang, what with the noise and excitement they give out.
Again my deep thanks, and gratitude to my SR pals who always rush the ramparts when anyone here is in strife.
God bless
RABF is a Kiwi and has been worried for friends in New Zealand, and for his hometown of Christchurch which copped it bigtime with the earthquake recently, and hundreds of aftershocks.
My friend has gone to be with her grandsons, and the family will be off to be with daughter who is in hospital 1000kms away, and feeling awful of course.
Contacted prayer groups all over the state, and I figure there is enough prayer going upstairs, to give God a headache.
I might add that friend's faith is so rock solid, it dumbfounds me at times. Each time she has been faced with such disaster, she asks God for his strength to bear it.....never blames Him for it happening.
We started to dry out the last couple of days, but now it is grey skies and drizzle out there, and looks like it has set in for the day.
I am having a sleepover with youngest daughter and all 4 young grand kids tonight, which will keep demons at bay for a while......no demons round that gang, what with the noise and excitement they give out.
Again my deep thanks, and gratitude to my SR pals who always rush the ramparts when anyone here is in strife.
God bless
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