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Praying for you, Joe and your mum. may God bless you and keep you strong.
Amen, cassie89! If gold had feelings, this is exactly how it would feel as it was being purified by fire. Oh, but to glance ahead and see the graces associated with that same purification! It is then made perfect and acceptable. She is bearing a heavy cross, and we pray for her strength to be built up. Our shock, our dismay, our despair is sometimes rooted in our lack of knowledge of the strength we possess. May the Lord be her constant help! Amen!Praying for you, Diane, your husband, Joe and your mom. I know these times have been very hard on you and for many in this country, in fact it may seem that God has abandoned you and that is what the evil one wants. Please continue to pray and surrender it all to Him. I know it is easier said than done sometimes, but you will find some peace in it. Do not give up hope for many of us here on the forum are praying for you and I will continue to keep you in my prayers my dear friend. May the Lord bless you!
Lord Jesus touch Diane and her husband Joe and mother with your heavenly touch of healing warming through them. May they all be comforted by you. Wrap your strong arms around them and be their strength through these difficult days.I have been away from the Forum for a few months. My husband has pancreatic cancer (diagnosed in April, 2008) and it has been the most awful experience one can imagine. I mentioned before about his “chemobrain” and things getting done (decisions being made) irrationally and on the spur of the moment. For one …now we are in Pennsylvania from Florida. He wanted to be near his “family”. My 84 year old mother lives with us. I was fired (again) from a job–this has happened before. I miss too much work and take responsibility for being agitated because of all that has happened over the year. Now we have lost our home to bankruptcy, filed bankruptcy, are up in Philly and I cannot find work. We’re renting an apartment and Joe is experiencing ups and downs with moods. He is depressed mostly and has many headaches from his chemo. The dr. here is good and treats him with compassion far greater than the one in Florida. I am asking everyone who reads there to please pray for Joe. He went through Cyberknife (instead of surgery–he would have died from the surgery) and the dr. here says the solid mass is not so solid anymore and the dr keeps telling us things are going well. Joe just sits from the chair to the bed. My mom sits in her room and cries. I am so depressed (and this is hard to admit) I took a handful of pills thinking I didn’t want to wake up…but I did…I’m so very angry with everything. …It is so cold up here and the only reason I agreed to “come” with Joe was because he said he wanted a trial separation if I didn’t. I don’t know what to do. I’ve prayed to God, Our Mother, St. Perigonne, St. Jude…and anyone else who will listen…I Need prayers but for Joe’s recovery and for my mom. It hurts me so bad to see them suffer. PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR HIM. Over the last month I’ve felt my faith slipping away and I know it is wrong…PLEASE saya prayer for us. Diane
Praise God for His mercy! Diane, take that strengthening that you have received and put it to work during your trip. Since you will have time to pray, take advantage of it and pray before the flight, during and after - both ways. The more faith and trust you place in our Lord, the more rewarding will be your journey. We, for our part, will continue in prayer for you during this test of your faith. Since the Lord always provides, do not occupy yourself with worry while you are gone. Your prayers for Joe’s care are already answered. You just do not know what they are yet!
Hi Diane, I can’t improve on the words by po18guy, so thought I would just remind you of what he said and also to reassure you about flying. My Mom passed away 2 years ago and my Dad passed away last September so I ended up flying a great deal more than I ever wanted to! However, just as “po18guy” said, “the Lord always provides” and you know, Diane, He really did! I was scared spitless the first time, but by the time I flew home, it was not so difficult! The Lord really did have everything well in hand and I could see His intervention in how smoothly everything went! So, like the saying goes; “leave the flying to us!” (or in this case, the praying!!) Cause we “got your back!”May Christ’s peace travel always with you.