Peace With the Psalms: Week Thirty-Nine

 

Fall is officially here, y'all!

Boy, it has been a week.  

Trip had many appointments this week, and the consensus is he will require knee surgery.

Monday morning.

I have a lot I need to accomplish this weekend!

Wish me lots of luck!  ;P

Now on to the lesson....

This lesson is a tough one for me because, as my late, beloved grandmother used to say about me:  "You've got a mouth on you."  I can be very pithy and snarky.  But it makes me feel a wee bit better that King David also struggled with his mouth.  Because he, after all, was "a man after God's own heart."

Below is King David's prayer from Psalm 141 praying for God's help in his speech.  I also included two graphics for the other scriptural references. 

Prayer Requests

• Pray for Mary's family and friends as they grieve over her passing.  She will be missed, won't she!  I was always inspired by her blog posts and enthusiasm for celebrating the seasons. 
• Pray for Kris's husband Terry to find something here in Illinois full or part time so they can stay there for a few more years.  UPDATE:  Terry is up hopefully for a good job here in Illinois. Prayers he gets an interview. 
• 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.  
• Molly bought a home that’s 15 minutes from her work!  What a praise!  Molly sees the beauty in how this all worked out according to God’s plans.
• Let's pray for all of our health, and for the health of our families.  
• Pray for Carla's son Sam and his new wife, Cate, who were married on August 29th.  Pray for the happy couple as they begin their new adventure! 
• Kris's Grandson Edmund will be a Big Brother in March!  God is so good!  Let's lift both mother and baby up in prayer.  UPDATE:  Kimmie was in a car accident, and she had to go to the hospital because the seatbelt cut into her.  She will have a follow-up ultrasound with her OB/GYN.  Pray for her and her baby!
• Please lift up Rita in your prayers!  We have a praise that she is finally over cyclospora, and her arm feels like it's healing very well.
• Pray for Rita's brother's companion Betty who was diagnosed with squamous cell from her lung biopsy.  Betty started radiation last Monday.  Also pray for Rita's brother Joe;  he was scheduled to have a prostate biopsy on 10/1 (yesterday). Please lift them both up in prayer. 
• Kitty's brother is home from the skilled nursing care.  Please pray that he can manage.
• Pray for Kris's SIL Tim who still needs a job.  He has to test into another hospital system and they do not have an opening until the middle of this month.  
• Pray for our male Westie Finlay.  His vet found a large mass on his bladder.  He will need further testing to determine the type of tumor and how to proceed.  UPDATE:  They have eliminated the really bad transitional cell carcinoma.  He had another ultrasound, and a needle biopsy on Tuesday.  Hopefully we will continue to get good news.
• Kris had a fall (just skinned-up), because sometimes her knee goes out on her.  She's also struggling with a shooting nerve issue in her foot and leg.  Pray that she will get the appropriate healthcare so she can feel and move better.  UPDATE:  She is undergoing lots of testing.
• Please pray for Trip.  His knee surgery went well, but starting with day three (on Wednesday) he was having pain.  Pray for a speedy recovery of his drop foot.
• Please pray that I can get better sleep and rest.
• Pray for Kitty's grandson Connor (the one that was a Marine and was in Afghanistan when the thirteen Marines were killed). He has cluster migraines, and he needs to get an appointment at the VA to get referred to a neurologist.
• Pray for Kris because she is having an MRI Friday, 10/2!  It should determine what is going on with the right side of her body with the nerve.  She is hoping it will be something that is not complicated to fix or get some relief.  She needs to be in top form for her family trip to Disney which is coming up soon!  
• I had another root canal this week.  They think that there's a slight possibility that my vestibular neurosis was caused from one of my tooth abscesses (I've had two this year!) because if they are in the upper jaw (both of mine were) they can cause it.  Who knew?

I hope you have a lovely first weekend of autumn!

Until next time...

Blessings!
Ricki Jill