Daily Prayer Post

Happy New Year!

requests: 

Hope as she travels out east for Peter's memorial.

Paula who had her surgery yesterday.

Marianne who has just lost her father.


Those who are homeless in our state that need shelter in winter.

Our troops near and far.

please add any requests you may have:

I dont have a prayer request  i just wonna say thank you for posting this.
Also the prayers do work thankyou...

Would like to ask prayers for my daughter and her family.  Her marriage has been bad for years and has started to get more physical against her and both boys.  Yesterday was very bad and they are for sure getting a divorce the way it looks.  It is going to be a messy stressful time for them all and it hurts so bad to see her and the boys ages 13 and 9 being hurt.  Her faith has been lacking the last few years as her husband did not support going to church and etc.  I pray she also learns again to lean on God for love and support.

I also want to thank everyone for all of your prayers for my surgery next week and for Lyn's at the end of the month.  I hope I am not being selfish going ahead with the surgery with all happening with my daughter but I know in the end I will be a better Mom and Grandma having the surgery and will be around longer for them once I get the diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol, sleep apnea and arthritis under control.

Love you all my friends,  Terry

Terry,

You may want to suggest to your daughter that she find a support group..just as you have found us here.

Growing up, my mother was physically abused by my father. His discipline would definately have qualified as abuse today. Back then though, no one really though much of belt marks on a kid or black eyes on a woman. It was just assumed that they deserved what they got. But it was abuse. My father finally crossed the line when my oldest sister was 14 (I was 11, Cindy was 8 and Petie was 4). My mother asked me a few years later if I resented her for getting the divorce. I told her that I resented her for not getting it sooner. So many women thinks that it would be best for the children to try to keep the marriage intact. That just isn't the case! If the situation is abusive in any way (physical, emotional, mental), then your daughter needs to get her & her sons out of that situation. I can guarantee her that the longer she stays with him, the more it will hurt her sons now and in the future.

Often, people are spokespersons for a cause that they believe in..one that has personally touched their life...cancer, breast cancer, cerebal palsey, diabetes, coronary issues, etc. For me, it would have to be domestic abuse. Please advise your daughter to get some help in getting out of this situation. If it has become physical, she needs to take immediate action for the sake of her sons and herself. Avoiding making that decision should not be an option. As for you and Lyn though...your daughter is an adult. You two having your weight loss surgeries are the adult decisions you have made to best get you physically healthy. She needs to make and adult decision to get her family physically...and emotionally & mentally healthy.

My prayers are with you as a concerned mom...and with your daughter. The next few years may not be easy ones, but I doubt they will get any better by staying in the situation.....

Sherri

Terry,  Sorry to hear about your daughter's cir****tances.  I went down that road too after 15 years.  I will pray for them all.  And you are not being selfish for having the surgery on schedule.  It just may be perfect timing so she will have something else to focus on besides her complex life.   Watching you go thru the journey and being a support person for you and Lyn both will be good for her. 

take care,

Huge hugs,
Tracy

Thanks Tracy and Sherri for your advice, thoughts and prayers.  I went thru this with my ex also and I think this is why it hurts so much to see her going thru it.  Just wish I could take all the hurt away.  I definately think a support group or counseling is what they need,  she has tried to get him to go with her for years and of course, he thinks he does not have a problem.

Thanks for the prayers.

Terry