Please, I need prayers for strength

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I feel really strange saying this because no one but my psychologist, a priest friend of mine I went to Confession to over this last year and my boyfriend know about it. Many years ago I struggled with anxiety which expressed itself in many ways…one of them being cutting myself. This was a really long time ago, when I was still a teenager. I hit a really low point last year and I did it again, once. I am going through some really rough things with my family right now, and am finding it amazingly tough to fight negativity. I tried so hard this morning, I tried to literally smile through the tears and worry, but in the end I couldn’t anymore. I’m home alone and I ended up cutting myself again. I don’t want to ever do that again, and I don’t know if I should tell someone or not. I’m meeting with my parish priest just to chat for a bit in a few hours, and I don’t know if I should talk to him about it or not…

In any case - I am in real need of prayers. I battled with depression when I was a teenager and while I will never allow myself to fall back into it, I don’t like the fact that I just did what I did. Please send me some strength. My family situation is so tough…I don’t know how to cope with it. I don’t want to fall back into this again.

Thank you so much in advance, and God bless you all.
 
Lord, please help Laura to discuss this problem of cutting herself with her priest. Satan wants her to keep quiet about it so this problem will persist. Help her to discuss her problem and grant her a fruitful meeting with her priest. Grant Laura strength, peace and healing, and help her to carry her cross with love, surrender, peace and thanksgiving. May she spend time meditaing on your love for her and on your thirst for love on the cross. May she focus on you and your love (and on loving you) so she doesn’t focus on her problems. Come to her assistance, Lord, and have mercy on her. Thank you, Lord, for hearing my prayer.
 
Lord, give laura the strength she needs to continue along The Way. Let her be open with the priest she is going to talk to and let her know that when she speaks to the priest that she speaking to you. :signofcross:
 
lauralh4 said:
I feel really strange saying this because no one but my psychologist, a priest friend of mine I went to Confession to over this last year and my boyfriend know about it. Many years ago I struggled with anxiety which expressed itself in many ways…one of them being cutting myself. This was a really long time ago, when I was still a teenager. I hit a really low point last year and I did it again, once. I am going through some really rough things with my family right now, and am finding it amazingly tough to fight negativity. I tried so hard this morning, I tried to literally smile through the tears and worry, but in the end I couldn’t anymore. I’m home alone and I ended up cutting myself again. I don’t want to ever do that again, and I don’t know if I should tell someone or not. I’m meeting with my parish priest just to chat for a bit in a few hours, and I don’t know if I should talk to him about it or not…

In any case - I am in real need of prayers. I battled with depression when I was a teenager and while I will never allow myself to fall back into it, I don’t like the fact that I just did what I did. Please send me some strength. My family situation is so tough…I don’t know how to cope with it. I don’t want to fall back into this again.

Thank you so much in advance, and God bless you all.
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Laurah, Greeting in the name of the lord… Cast ur Burden to the lord and he will surely comfort you. You need prayer and deliverance. Lord allows suffering to understand him and know his ways. I will remember you in my prayers, ( especially the prayer every First Friday night, where i would pray for many people and their needs before the lord. You can send your request too… We can claim an inner healing in jesus name. www.passion4christ.net
 
May God bless you and strengthen you. May He fill you with the loving assurance that He loves you and cares for you. And may the Holy Spirit guide your path every step of the way.

Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ

Amen.
 
Hi! :hug1: I agree with the others that you should talk about it with the priest you are meeting today! Satan likes to keep us quiet so we won’t reach out for help! May God bless you and heal you and may your visit with the priest be very fruitful!
(If you already went to see the priest but didn’t tell him , I would schedule another appointment!) :hug1: Let us know how the meeting went! We care! 🙂

Footprints
One night I had a dream–
I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord
and across the sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints,
one belonged to me and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that many times along the path of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I also noticed that it happened at the very lowest
and saddest times in my life.
This really bothered me and I questioned the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you would walk with me all the way,
but I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life
there is only one set of footprints.
“I don’t understand why in times when I needed you most,
you should leave me.”
The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child,
I love you and I would never, never leave you
during your times of trial and suffering.
“When you saw only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you.”

…Mary Stevenson
 
lauralh4 said:
I feel really strange saying this because no one but my psychologist, a priest friend of mine I went to Confession to over this last year and my boyfriend know about it. Many years ago I struggled with anxiety which expressed itself in many ways…one of them being cutting myself. This was a really long time ago, when I was still a teenager. I hit a really low point last year and I did it again, once. I am going through some really rough things with my family right now, and am finding it amazingly tough to fight negativity. I tried so hard this morning, I tried to literally smile through the tears and worry, but in the end I couldn’t anymore. I’m home alone and I ended up cutting myself again. I don’t want to ever do that again, and I don’t know if I should tell someone or not. I’m meeting with my parish priest just to chat for a bit in a few hours, and I don’t know if I should talk to him about it or not…

In any case - I am in real need of prayers. I battled with depression when I was a teenager and while I will never allow myself to fall back into it, I don’t like the fact that I just did what I did. Please send me some strength. My family situation is so tough…I don’t know how to cope with it. I don’t want to fall back into this again.

Thank you so much in advance, and God bless you all.
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Send in your prayer request. www.passion4christ.net. I will be praying for you this first friday late night. Stay awake and pray for your mircale
 
Thank you all so much for your prayers. Tough times aren’t yet gone, but I’m trying my best to fight negativity and to try to keep going. I had that meeting with the priest and I actually had my mind pretty set on not mentioning anything about this to him…but before stepping out of the house I came here and read all your comments and they gave me the strength to talk to him about it. He was supportive, he didn’t judge me and he kept reassuring me of that. The talk went well, I was able to talk to him about a lot of things. Oh…and, tiny little detail I guess, he is also now my Spiritual Director 😛 Thank you all so much, and please if you have any spare time, keep sending some prayers my way. Like I said, I’m still fighting it but on various occassions I am tempted to give in to the negativity that I feel lurking around.

Thank you all so much again and God bless you always.
 
Lord, I pray for strength for Laura and protection from the evil one by the Blood shed on Calvary for her, in Jesus’ precious name, Amen.

mlz
 
Oh Lord! You who saved me from the depths of the abysm, please help our sister in this situation, so that she may be with you forever and ever. Glory to you my Lord, forever and ever.

Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
 
Hi!!! I am so proud of you for talking to your priest about the cutting! Good for you!!! 🙂 The devil LOVES for us to hide in shame and keep things in the dark so we can’t get help! And the wonderful news that he is now your Spiritual Director is great!!! Sometimes people search for years searching for a good spiritual director! I am keeping prayers coming your way! God bless you my friend! :hug1:
Kim
 
lauralh4 said:
Thank you all so much for your prayers. Tough times aren’t yet gone, but I’m trying my best to fight negativity and to try to keep going. I had that meeting with the priest and I actually had my mind pretty set on not mentioning anything about this to him…but before stepping out of the house I came here and read all your comments and they gave me the strength to talk to him about it. He was supportive, he didn’t judge me and he kept reassuring me of that. The talk went well, I was able to talk to him about a lot of things. Oh…and, tiny little detail I guess, he is also now my Spiritual Director 😛 Thank you all so much, and please if you have any spare time, keep sending some prayers my way. Like I said, I’m still fighting it but on various occassions I am tempted to give in to the negativity that I feel lurking around.

Thank you all so much again and God bless you always.
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Praying for your intentions….

Lord Jesus, You have said, “Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.” With confidence in Your loving heart which offers rest to weary souls, we come to You in this time of special need. In Your unfailing love, read the prayer that is written on our hearts, and grant the grace that we ask of You, in accordance with Your holy will. In Your name we pray. Amen.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, and sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother, to thee I come, before thee I stand sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate! Despise not my petitions, but, in thy mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.
 
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