One Thousand Gifts: Monday, Week Forty-Six

 

Happy Monday, Friends!  Can you believe that this is the last week of June?  This year is flying by.  I'll spend most of this week planning for the Independence Day holiday.  I'm truly looking forward to the planning and anticipation of one of my favorite holidays!

This week's lesson is entitled "pit grace," and Ann's isn't talking about cherry pits...methinks she means the pit of hell.  That's just a guess, I haven't read it yet.

Here is this week's featured scripture:

Prayer Requests

• Pray for Kitty's son Mike to get a job. AI has taken away many jobs in his industry.  Mike might have the opportunity to redo a game with a friends.  Let's pray that this works out for him, and it will lead to more opportunities.
• Please pray for our military and military families.
• Continue to pray for Carla's son Sam and the 157th!  Sam is in Louisiana training.  Pray for his safety, and a safe return home on June 30th. 
• It looks like John has been accepted as a patient at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.  It could be up to 12 weeks before he is admitted.  He has seen several specialists in the last 3 or 4 years.  Diana says if they don't get any answers there, they are pretty much out of options as far as improvement in his quality of life.  Let's pray for a speedy admittance and answers!
• Pray for Diane at the Lavender Dreams blog.  She has been unable to go on her many hikes, and is having to stay indoors due to a hurt foot.  Pray for a speedy recovery, and a resumption of her outdoor activities.
• URGENT:  Please pray for Rita's childhood friend's daughter-in-law (Jennifer Price) who was diagnosed with breast cancer in early May. She has triple negative invasive ductal carcinoma and will begin 20 weeks strong chemo June 27 (tumor was removed already). Her husband, Rita's girlfriend's son, died in a lake boating accident 4 years ago this month. Their daughter Emmy is 10, and witnessed her Daddy's death from the boat they were in at that time (he fell out with an apparent heart attack, and didn't come back up).
• Rita's ballerina friend Suzanne has ovarian cancer. Her tumor was removed mid-March, and she has completed 3 of 6 chemo treatments. They reduced her amount as she got a fierce case of neuropathy in addition to her nausea. She has a very positive mindset through it all, but is single, without a large network.  We can be a virtual network for her via prayer!  
• Travel mercies for Rita Wednesday and Friday of this week!
• Pray for Kris's husband Terry and his friends from church as they are on a mission trip this week.  Pray that God will help them as they serve others, and that they will lead many to Christ!

I'll be having iced coffee this morning with my devo!

What about you?  Do you like iced coffee when it's hot outside?

Until next time...

Blessings!
Ricki Jill