Peace WIth the Psalms, Week Forty-Six

 

Happy Friday, Friends!  What have yo been up to this week?  We have been preparing for Christmas decorating and taking care of Christmas shopping.  I still can't get over how many of our favorite shops are having their Black Friday sales now.  A couple had theirs last week!  I feel like I'm in a good position to have most of the hard work done by December 1st so I can enjoy Advent.

Today's repeat lesson is one of Kitty's choices on page 81.  Its focus is Psalm 145: 18-19.  I loved this lesson's focus on the difference between being tired and being weary.  I have been struggling with sleep for the past few months, but I want to encourage you because I'm resting better at night, thanks to your prayers.  I'm reading this lesson at night, and I think I will continue reading it for the next week or so.  I absolutely love the prayer, especially this line:

Help me to use even my tiredness to honor you.

Featured scripture from this lesson:

Below are some possibilities for our study for next year.  Please let me know what you think.  Each graphic has a link.

We would repeat this one because it is 26 weeks.

There is also another one Ann wrote Praying the Names of Jesus if you prefer.  It has the same format.

This is another book we could repeat lessons.

This one is a 52-week study and looks super fun interesting.

Please let me know if you've seen one you'd like for us to consider.  I'd like to have it chosen by Black Friday so we can get them on sale.

Prayer Requests

• 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.  There are a couple of opportunities that will be available at the first of the year.
• Travel mercies for Carla and her husband as they travel around Texas and Louisiana.  They will go home Sunday.  
• 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 now off all other meds.  Mike can obviously do very hard things, but let's continue to pray for his health, especially his mental wellbeing.  PRAISE:  Mike is appreciative of our prayers, and he feels like his mental acuity is returning 
• Please lift up Rita in your prayers!  She is getting PT for her wrist.
• Pray for Rita's brother's companion Betty who was diagnosed with squamous cell from her lung biopsy.  Betty has started radiation.  Also pray for Rita's brother Joe.  UPDATE:  Joe's results came back, and he does have cancer.  The cancer is in his lymph nodes but not his bones.  Please lift them both up in prayer. 
• Kitty's brother is home from the skilled nursing care.  Please pray that he can manage.
• Praise!  Kris's SIL Tim is working at his new position as a paramedic and is doing well.
• Pray for our male Westie Finlay.  His vet found a large mass near his bladder.  He will need further testing to determine the type of tumor and how to proceed.  UPDATE:  Finlay had further testing this week, and his tests have been sent to Auburn University.  All the results are back but one, and no definitive cancer yet.  His vet thinks that the last test will be positive, unfortunately.  He will beginning steroids, Prilosec, and chemo as soon as we receive them.  I'm taking him to the vet this morning to discuss whether or not to start chemo.  Still no results! 
• Kris started PT yesterday, and they think she will need therapy for about 4 to 6 weeks tops (two times a week). She hopes she can start to regain strength and not be so tired after doing things. 
• Please pray for Trip.  He is still recovering from knee surgery, and pray that he will fully recover full motion in his foot.  UPDATE:  His recover is so slow, and he is getting a little discouraged.  
• 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 currently the thinking is that they are probably seasonal. 
• Rita has an urgent, unspoken prayer request.  
• Please pray for our friend Eddy who will be having surgery for colon cancer on November 10th (this Tuesday).  Please pray that his recovery will be quick without any complications.  UPDATE:  Eddy's recovery from his surgery is going well, although he had a rough night last night (typical of Day 3 after any surgery).  We are praying that he can go home today.
• Kitty asks that we pray for her youngest son and family.  They are pursuing a move to Durango, CO, which would take her two youngest granddaughters from her.  Kitty asks that we pray to surrender this decision to God for He knows what’s best for them.  God's will be done!
• Pray for Rita's brother and SIL who relocated to Texas last year after his stroke. The closing on their home in West Virginia is scheduled for early November. The buyers have been very contentious in negotiations, and she is praying the closing goes smoothly.
• Pray for Maureen's baby granddaughter who is only ten months old and had two open heart surgeries. the last one at the end of October.  She writes the blog Red Cottage Chronicles.

Let me know if there are any corrections or updates!

Sweater weather is here in Central Alabama!  We are having freezes this weekend with highs only in the fifties.  After taking the pups to the vet, I'm stopping at Starbucks for one of their Christmas drinks.

Until next time...

Blessings!
Ricki Jill