Peace With the Psalms: Week Twenty-Two

Happy Friday, My Lovelies!  I hope you have had a nice week.  I spent time going to wellness appointments to get them out of the way before our granddaughter is born.  I'm also having a few allergy issues that need to be resolved before I can travel.

What's new in your world?  I've heard from some of you this week, and we all have so much going on in our lives, and many of us are caregivers for multiple generations in our families.  

We can get through this.  God never leaves us!  He is always by our sides.  Like our Psalm reminds us this week:

[God] will sustain you.

I also appreciated the gentle reminder of putting on the Full Armor of God.  We have got to do this daily, Friends.  God in his grace has been so good to us that he has given us everything we would ever need to stand firm.  We can do it!

So this is two weeks in a row I've been depending on the prayers for our lessons.  They are most excellent!  

Prayer Requests

• Carla would like for us to pray for the military build up at the door of Iran. Pray for our leaders to seek wisdom.  Continue to pray for our military, our young men and women who are at that door waiting what orders might be coming. May God protect them.
• Pray for Kris's son-in-law Tim.  UPDATE:  Tim was fired for his job after 17 years on at the fire department.  Please say a prayer for Tim that he can get another job quickly.  He is devastated by all of this.  
• 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 had an update for us from his teammates who are currently deployed in the war zone. Please be in prayer, they have been bombed several times. Continue to pray for safety.
• Continue praying for Kitty's son Mike as he continues on his journey of no pain meds.  Mike is off of pain meds for several weeks and is weaning off several other prescriptions.  Mike is requesting that we pray for his mental health.  
• PRAISE:  I am going to be a grandmother.  I am so excited!!!  Please be in prayer for Shanley Belle and Christopher as they prepare for parenthood, and pray for my little precious granddaughter.  I'm calling her my Little Starling!  UPDATE:  She will be born by Wednesday at the very latest.
• Kitty would like for you to pray that her daughter sells her barndominium and can find a home closer so that she’s not driving two hours a day.
• Pray for my health as my Mast Cell Activation Syndrome has come back in full force.
• Pray travel mercies for Trip this weekend.  He's going to Nashville for a business meeting.

I've been trying to make myself slow down, so I'm doing a lot of "analog" activities, including making coffee with a pour-over set-up, like this one.  More later!

Have a blessed weekend and week!  I love you all!!!

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Until next time...

Blessings!
Ricki Jill