Posted on 03/28/2002 4:04:27 AM PST by billbears
Prayers requested during week of 3/24/02
Prayers requested during week of 3/17/02
Prayers requested during week of 3/10/02
Prayers requested during week of 3/03/02
God bless you for always being there for me! I appreciate you!
Anyway, God bless you, and I hope you had a blessed Easter! Your kind wishes and prayers mean soooo much to me; I think I'll print out this thread and take all your messages to me into pre-op, and post-op! Knowing that there are wonderful FReepers who actually care is a great source of comfort and strength to me. I can't even explain my feelings, and what an emotional boost you all gift me with!
Many blessings to you!
keep a stout heart, because before long, this will become but a memory.
Some of us understand more than you realize. I'd like to take the liberty of sharing a story that is amusing now that I look back on it but caused me a mild panic at the time.
A number of years ago I was scheduled for surgery. I had had a malignant melanoma removed in the doctor's office and the biopsy report indicated that all of the cancer had been removed with the initial surgery. But as a precaution, I was to go into the hospital and have a large chunk removed from my back.
My family and friends all knew that the surgery was to be at 2:00 p.m. and I knew that there was a prayer chain to start at that time. The doctor had apologized for not being able to get an OR any earlier and said that if something opened up, he would move the surgery forward.
On the morning of the surgery I was awakened at 7:00 and told I was being taken for surgery right then ...... yikes! My husband wasn't even planning on coming to the hospital that early! I was frantic for a few minutes. All I could think of was that I needed hubby there before I went into surgery and that my friends wouldn't be praying for me until 2:00. I distinctly remember thinking "Oh, no! I can't have surgery now! No one is praying for me yet!" I was fit to be tied until I realized that the Lord knew what was happening and that He was with me always .... that He would be with me during the surgery regardless of when it was. I then felt a great sense of peace come over me and could be thankful that I didn't have to wait half the day for the surgery.
I barely had time to call hubby and he got to the hospital in time for me to see him briefly before I was wheeled into the OR. And my friends told me that they had started praying that morning rather than waiting until 2:00 .... but I certainly understand how important it is to know that others are lifting you up in prayer as you go into surgery. I will start praying for you early that day!
May the Lord give you peace and comfort! And may you sense His presence with you as you face this surgery. God bless you!
Also - urgent prayers for America and Israel right now - and all the MIddle East - needed. If you have a prayer "ping" list - can you send an alert? If not - thanks for your ongoing prayers for Matthew - and for all things of urgent concern. God's blessings on you!
Call to Prayer - and references from the Elijah List website
I have not been into reading about these recent "words" given to different people - and usually don't put much stock in such. However, I have personally heard from a few people whom I trust about the Elijah List - and those who are involved there. Further, I do know that the events unfolding are definitely a part of God's plan - and that we as Christians are called to prayer participation in them!
So, FWIW - this thread - that GretchenEE started last October and I have updated today - gives some powerful infor for informed prayer on the issues of today.
Just returned from pre-op testing and poking and electronic post-it notes dotting my bod! I AM SOOOO SCARED! But I will have your print-outs to keep me calm and sane! (OK -- as sane as I get, anyway!) *G* ;-}
FReepers are A#1 -- none better! I love you all!
God bless each and every one of you and your loved ones!!
Amen!!
Help me, help me! My imagination is running amok! My blood pressure is gonna go wacky! Spill the stories, already, dude! Please?!
Not to put any pressure on you, but my health and my entire future are at stake! (You didn't find out that I'm a spy, did you?! Oh man -- busted!!)
Spill!! FReepmail me if need be?! Please?????
*sniffle* *snort* *HONK!*
(Do you still love me??)
;-{
this will pass. my story is bittersweet, and you'll need your strength.
when i was a child, i dreamed myself to sleep envisioning the green bicycle
my parents told me they would one day buy for me.
guess what... that dream still works - a small blond haired boy riding that
green bike down the canyon by the creek.
as the moody blues said... red is gray, and yellow white, but we decide which is right - and which is an illusion.
this evening, choose peace, and get your needed rest. God be with you.
Breathe deep the gathering gloom,
Watch lights fade from every room.
Bedsitter people look back and lament
Another day's useless energy is spent.
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one;
Lonely man cries for love and has none;
New mother picks up and suckles her son;
Senior citizens wish they were young.
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colours from our sight,
Red is grey and yellow white
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion.
-- Graeme Edge (of course!)
And it's always Tuesday Afternoon for me, IF you can dig my snow drift?! I listened to only the Moodies the first time I drove the Blue Ridge Parkway, from East Tennessee into Asheville. The scenery was breathtaking, and the music just -- well -- fit! With all the orchestral background from the London Symphony Orchestra, and the depth of meaning in the lyrics and prose/poetry . . . I can't think of anything more perfect. Prime leaf-turning season in early mid-October. Gorgeous! We had to stop the car and get out to look in every direction every few miles! Next time, I'm taking Smetana's The Moldau as well. Just for icing on the cake! It's my favorite orchestral piece of all time, by anyone; Smetana was Austrian, The Moldau is a river in Austria, and you can hear and feel the water flowing -- making its journey down the river in the music. I've never truly seen and experienced a major body of water; I've never even been to the ocean at all, except for flying over it en route to London, which doesn't count! Listening to The Moldau is as close as I've come to really experiencing it, though.
I am intrigued by these stories you have to tell me! Are you using psychology on me, Glocksey?! Telling me to ping you when I'm back online, so I'll feel as if there will be no problem whatsoever with the surgery, and there is no doubt at all that I'll be back just as soon as I start feeling well enough to get back on the 'puter?! Sneaky little bugger, arncha?? *G* But I appreciate what you're doing! It helps. Tons!! Thank You! You are a dear! I mean that sincerely!!
Wonderful day for passing my way.
Knock on my door, even the score
With your eyes.
Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.
Dark cloud of fear is blowing away
Now that you're here, you're going to stay,
'cause it's
Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.
Tell us what you've seen in faraway forgotten lands
Where empires have turned back to sand.
Wonderful day for passing my way.
Knock on my door, even the score
With your eyes.
Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.
--Hayward(?)
And until I see you again: tomorrow I'll be here; not inside your 'puter, but where the hyperlink leads you! *G*
God bless!!
;-*
Prime Time
(Eric Woolfson - Lead Vocal)
Well even the longest night won't last forever
But too many hopes and dreams won't see the light
And all of the plans I make won't come together
Something in the air
Maybe for the only time in my life
Something in the air
Turning me around and guiding me right
And it's a prime time, maybe the stars were right
I had a premonition, it's gonna be my turn tonight
Gonna be my turn tonight
Well even the brightest star won't shine forever
But all of the hands I play are working out right
And every move I make feels like a winner
Something in the air
Maybe for the only time in my life
Something in the air
Turning me around and guiding me right
And it's a prime time, maybe the stars were right
I had a premonition, it's gonna be my turn tonight
Gonna be my turn tonight
Gonna be my turn tonight
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now you've done it...i have to be to work at 4:30, and i'm rummaging
through this dusty pile of CD's... eek. i gotta go. best wishes for tomorrow. - gr
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