Close Family

(This blog is just for my friends to view, upon my invitation only. I have not invited anyone who is personally involved in my family matters to view it, nor will I, so that I can speak freely in asking genuinely for prayer about serious matters regarding my family. This is important to me because I need to know that I'm not the only one praying for these things. If you are not comfortable praying for my family matters, then please only pray for my friends and myself.)

Dad

6-28-2005
My dad runs a small business. Please pray that God will guide him in that business, and will bless his efforts as he follows God's lead. Dad's business has something to do with mortgages. It's hard for me to explain it further, as it's fairly complicated and those kinds of things are truly over my head. Anyway, please pray that God will bless dad's business. It has been months since anything worked out for him. A number of his partners have been dishonest with him and this has hurt his business quite a bit. Please pray that God will protect him from this.

6-11-2005.

* Please pray that my dad will finally see that it's not about whether I'm doing the right thing or not, but it's about whether or not he loves me. Kind of the same as with my mom, but I'm starting different posts for each of them.

* Last November, my dad nearly died of a combination heart-attack/stroke. He has had to change his whole life around. Please pray that he will continue to do well when his doctor runs periodic tests to check his heart out. Also, that he will not have any more blood clots that could cause strokes.

* Because my mom and brother are traveling without my dad, starting last Thursday and ending a week from tomorrow (Sunday), while they visit her parents and then me, he is alone in their house in CA. He has severe glaucoma and can not drive. Please pray that he will have enough food (which my mom has left for him) and electricity, (they have been having brown-outs) to make it through until she gets back and can buy him more food (including food that doesn't require cooking). Their house is an hour's drive from the nearest supermarket, in Napa, CA.

* I have a lot of trouble forgiving my dad for many, many things in the past. Please pray that I will be able to do so.

Mom

6-28-2005
Mom has been very tired lately. Jeff and Dad have been a real handful for her, and she also has her regular work/errands to deal with. This is kind of a running request. Please continue also praying that she will have a positive attitude in life. Also, please keep praying that I can continue wanting to forgive her. Sometimes that's very hard for me.

6-21-2005
Things are going much better. God has really been working on her heart, helping her to see what she needs to see in regards to her relationship with me. Please pray that He will continue to do so. I also have been able to have more respect for her, although I do still have trouble with getting upset with her over non-life-and-death types of things (little irritations and so on). Please pray that God will help me to just let it go and forget about it if it's not that big of a deal. Mom and Jeff left today, so please pray for their safe trip home.

6-17-2005
Mom is doing better today, although this situation still needs much prayer. I need prayer too - I've really begun to loose patience with her. Also, we have both been working very hard on keeping this house running and making yard improvements, and are both tired, and we need prayer that God will bless us this Sabbath and give us the energy we need for the rest of her stay here. (She goes back on Tuesday, as it turns out.)

6-17-2005
Mom is extremely menopausal today, and is threatening to leave here early, as if I did anything wrong, which I don't believe I did. Please pray that she will calm down and see things clearly, or that if she doesn't, and if she does leave early, she and Jeff will have a safe and hopefully a peaceful trip home. Please pray that God will get through to her with His still small voice - this is extremely important. Please pray that He will continue working with me as well.

6-16-2005
Ok, basically, mom is driving me up a wall, with a lot of "attitude" etc. Please pray hard that she and I will be able to get along. This is extremely important to me.

6-13-2005
Please pray that I can learn to have patience with mom, and that she will become patient with me.

6-11-2005.
* Please pray for my mom, that she will begin to accept and love me for who I really am.

* My mom and brother are traveling (see my entry for Dad), so please pray that God will protect them and help them to have a good trip. Please also pray that mom and I will get along while she is here visiting me. Please pray that I can learn to forgive her for many things as well. She has hurt me deeply in many ways, and I feel like I can't really trust her. Please pray that God will help me to trust Him, that He will be in control, and help me to not feel bad when she treats me badly.

Jeff

6-28-2005
Jeff has been having more "upsets" than usual. Please pray that God will help him calm down, and will remind my dad more often to give Jeff his proper medications, which enable him somewhat to calm down. Jeff, along with his autism, suffers from sever anxiety and some depression.

6-11-2005.
Jeff, my brother, is autistic (age 26). He needs help in continuing to learn to live life, and more importantly, he needs a cure. Please pray for this, or even better, for his healing. I would love to be able to interact on an adult level with my own brother.