Posted on 10/12/2004 5:37:59 PM PDT by followerofchrist
Take care of her, Lord.
God be with your family in your time of great need.
I'll pray for your niece--and for your SIL as well. She's in God's care now.
Prayers for you all. Hand it all over to God, he'll take care of it.
Your family was trying to protect her.
You cannot predict what someone will do when they are desperate and burdened with mental illnes.
I pray for your family.
For Roxanne
In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded: deliver me in thy justice.
Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me.
Be thou unto me a God , a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.
For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name's sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.
Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.
Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth
prayer bump
Prayers on the way for your family, and for the soul of your former sister-in-law.
Sending prayers to Roxanne and your family... that He may ease your pain.
bless her and your family. prayers sent.
What a strange set of circumstances, especially with the Aunt having cancer too (?)
Have you had confirmation that the mother really died? Why were you called and not the your brother the ex husband?
When mental illness like your ex sisterinlaw had, which required her to be institutionalized for her safety - it seems you all did the best you could.
Good luck to all of you!
in Jesus name....Amen
God be with them all.
"A battered reed I will not break, a smoldering wick I will not snuff out"
I will pray for your niece and family tonight.
Prayers up.
I pray that you may feel the peace and strength of God's loving arms around you and your family, followerofchrist, in your time of grief, worry, uncertainty, and in the sorrow over the untimely loss of your sister-in-law. You and yours have had it bad--let go to the Lord. Let go to Him. His arms ARE around you. You and your niece will remain in my prayers.
GOD BE WITH YOUR FAMILY!
Your niece and family are in my prayers.
prayers on their way.
Here is one I wrote a few months ago that might help.
O Lord,
hear our prayer,
and let our cry
come unto thee,
as we grieve
for our losses,
the death of a child,
the death of a spouse,
the loss of a friend,
the loss of a fellow human.
So much pain, Lord,
we pour into your hands -
everyday,
pain from war,
pain from greed,
pain from bad luck,
pain from self-righteousness,
pain from impatience,
pain from indifference.
In our grief,
teach us to love
instead of hate,
teach us to build,
rather than seek revenge,
teach us to heal
instead of rage,
teach us to forgive.
Susan E. Stone, 2004
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