Prayer Requests / Testimonies

I was just sitting here looking out the window after reading this thread, feeling happy - especially for CathyMoran - wondering where to start, listing all the grace and miracles in my life. As I was feeling grateful I noticed the rain, falling gently outside my window. Such a miracle. And as if that weren't enough already, my husband handed me a hot cup of fresh coffee.

All of you, or your friends, in this string, with cancer, I pray for your recoveries, and as much ease as is possible during your treatments. Never lose hope and know many here are thinking of you and pleading for you. Healing comes, always. In ways we may not expect.

Microgirl and Splendour - I send you my love and prayers, for your friends, Microgirl, and you, Splendour, as well. This must be harder than almost anything to bear.
I am reminded of something, and without minimizing what you are going through, I thought we may all direct some prayers also to the grand-parents. I attended a lecture by Houston Smith who is a theologian who wrote "The Religions of the World" - a famous book. He said that he had always been convinced that the deepest pain was for a parent to lose a child - until his grand-daughter was murdered. His heart was not only breaking for his grand-daughter, but also to see his own daughter live with this pain of having lost her child, especially in that way. He felt his daughter had died a death herself. He said no religion in the world can take the pain away, only a surrender to "what is" we manage once in a while with the help of our trust in God and our religious teachings.

Never give up hope. 3% is 3% and our children will take advantage of this even when we don't want them to! Just yesterday, friends who came over told us that the husband of the couple was conceived inspite of four birth control methods used at the same time. It was kind of sad to listen to. Why his parents told him this is anyone's guess. Still, I bet that would have been far less than a 3% chance!!!

Also, no matter the hardship, never lose your trust in love. As I have heard said, suffering because we love is well worthwhile, a gift in heavy disguise and is a form of growing pain, while suffering for anything else, like money or fame, is a waste of one's life. To me children are the greatest teachers straight from God. Even a child that has passed away so early has come as a teacher of the only thing worth teaching - love and joy and peace. I pray that love, joy and peace will be with all the mothers who have had to let go of their children so early. From a purely spiritual perspective we also need to know that the love, joy and peace a child brings can be taken away and we are here to find the love, peace and joy that cannot be taken away. I pray for that, every day, for all of us.

"Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them."

my bestfriend (shes only 25) had a liver transplant 2 months ago, she had amazed everybody by her quick recovery. She got sick last Saturday night with what the doctors thought was an ulcur brought on by the drugs that she was on for her liver and had blocked it off but she got sick again yesterday and the doctors now realise it was an anurism, they have blocked it for the moment and have her stablised but she needs another liver transplant asap. please help me pray her through this....trust and Lord will deliver