Peace With the Psalms: Week Eleven

 

Happy Friday, Friends!  How has your week been?  I've had a house full of folks working on our kitchen.  I am hoping and praying that today will be the last day so that we can clean and move everything back in over the weekend.

Psalm 30:5 might be one of the best promises in scripture:  Rejoicing comes in the morning!  

How many sleepless nights have you spent worried, discouraged, afraid, or heart-broken?  King David certainly experienced all of those things, yet he is certain that these worrisome times do not and will not last.  

And the reason for this is because of Jesus!  He is our morning star.  He is the light of the world, and where there is light, there is no darkness at all.

Jesus has ransomed us.  He successfully conquered death.  He defeated darkness.  And he conquered sin for us.  Morning will come, friends,  It will come.

The snowdrops around our church have been magnificent, and I keep forgetting to take photos of them.

Prayer Requests

• 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.  UPDATE:  Chris is particularly frozen in her fears of cancer.  Pray that the Holy Spirit will allay her fears.   Her brother was just diagnosed with esophageal cancer and she is about to start her own chemo treatment.
• 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.
• Continue praying for Kitty's son Mike as he continues on his journey of no pain meds. Praise: He has been successful for over six weeks!

Until next time...

Blessings!

Ricki Jill