Happy March, Friends! Wow, March came in like a lamb....like a very warm lamb here in Central Alabama. We have been enjoying sunny skies and temps in the eighties this week. It has been heavenly! But I think that's about to change: It's supposed to rain and storm off and on all weekend long. That's okay, because our workers are supposed to finish our kitchen this morning. Praise God! Everything has to be cleaned, and I have to literally wash everything before putting it away due to the dust.
Has it been worth it? I'll let you know next week once my work is done!
This week's lesson is entitled "No Need to Fear," and it's based on a Psalm written by King David, Psalm 27. How many of you have already flagged this lesson? I have because I particularly love the prayer:
Thank you for calming all my fears and never leaving my side. Remind me of that throughout the day and when I ready myself to sleep tonight, and bring it to mind if I wake in the night...~p. 39
We've never been forced to live on the lam and hide in caves like David. Yet he maintained his faith and dependence on God.
Here is this week's scripture:
I'm also sharing a favorite verse of mine from Psalm 27, below.
Thoughts?
Before moving on to the prayer requests, I wanted to share part of a prayer from St. Patrick to welcome March.
Peace before me.Peace behind me.Peace under my feet.Peace above me.Peace within me.Let all around me be peace.
- Pray for Rita's daughter Megan as she finishes her masters program this semester. Pray that she will stay healthy, and that she will manage her time well for work/school/life balance.
- Pray for my best friend Barbara who is battling cancer. UPDATE: She is finished with her chemotherapy and radiation treatments. SHe will be having scans next week.
- Carla would like for us to pray for the military build up at the door of Iran. Pray for our leaders to seek wisdom. that we pray for our military, our young men and women who are at that door waiting what orders might be coming. May God protect them.
- Please pray for Kris's MIL because she has been having some heavy health issues, and Kris is currently her full time nurse. Pray that God will help and bless Kris as she cares for her MIL. Pray that other family members will step-up and will be discerning about what's best for her care.
- Rita's friend Pam needs our prayers because her cancer is stage four.
- Please pray for my baby great-niece.
- Pray for Rita's neighbor Chris. A .5-1cm lesion was found on her bladder at her 6mo scan after kidney surgery. She had two small papillary tumors successfully removed via outpatient surgery recently.
- Pray for Kris's son-in-law Tim that things will continue to go in his favor at work.
- Pray for Carla's friend Alice who had plastic surgery on her nose due to skin cancer. UPDATE: Alice did not have a good outcome with the reconstructive surgery. They will be looking at doing another.
- Carla recently had to deal with a very bitter person. She has been very bothered by this, and she does not want this person to steal her JOY.
- Praise God I'm still cancer-free!
- Carla has an extended family member stationed in Kuwait named Haley. She is her cousin Steve's daughter. Please pray for her safety!
- Carla's Sam has several Wisconsin Guard friends stationed in Kuwait and Iraq. Sam will be having Drill this weekend. As this war continues, we pray for our troops and for the troops preparing to deploy.
I have been making my coffee with a French Press during kitchen construction, and I think I like it better than drip!
I will need lots to get me through the weekend.
I hope y'all have a blessed weekend doing lots of fun spring things!
Until next time...
Blessings!
Ricki Jill
Ricki Jill
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