Tuesday, June 1, 2010

365 Days of Prayer - 2 - Without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day

I'm giving praise and thanks to Heavenly Father for blessings on my prayer list:

J - 89-year-old - Found her purse and all is well. No need for crisis replacement of her door lock.
J - friend with lymphoma - She has been out of work and had lost her insurance so had no place to turn for meds for a possible bladder infection. She dug through old meds in her house and found an antibiotic, went to the pharmacy and spoke with the pharmacist who told her that med was okay. She was still feeling very sick so she went to a Planned Parenthood clinic -- where, I didn't know this, they treat all kinds of women's problems for low-cost, including bladder infections. She saw a doctor and got meds, whole visit was $26... But she was STILL feeling very very sick, sick enough to call me Sunday night to find out what ER she could go to on no insurance. She wound up getting a priesthood blessing from the father and brother of a friend, went home, felt dramatically better and slept well for the first time in weeks. No sign of having been sick today, although she plans to keep her oncology appointment this week and will finish out the meds.
Gabby - She clearly doesn't feel great but she is more active than when I first found her and she is nibbling on a little food and taking in some water. When kitties stop eating, it's very hard to get them to start back up. I will continue to give her canned food and kitty supplements until she is better.
Tigger -- I haven't seen him and the dry food I left for him has barely been touched but the water was gone. If he's like Gabby was, he was mostly thirsty. I've left canned food for him -- don't want to try to trap him if he is not attracted to food at this point. I need him to eat so I'll leave food out until it looks like he's eating and I see some sign of him, then I'll try to trap him or coax him to me.

I realized I forgot some things on my prayer list and need to add one new one...
For our ward choir and choir director -- Choir is off for the summer but the choir director is discouraged because a) nobody wants to sing in the choir, everyone is too busy, and b) there is no money for any music. We had a meeting with the ward music committee last week -- the first I can ever remember! It was a fabulous meeting (I am the organist) and it felt like instead of each of us being alone in our callings, we had come together. I suggested that we make this a concerted effort of prayer so several of us are praying for the choir and choir director.
Kirby - Took her to the vet last week and she has a bladder infection and a bacterial infection in her intestines. Giving her pills is VERY difficult. Need divine intervention!
DY - And a very dear friend of mine is working on an assignment in a different state and he lost his wallet. To replace the drivers license, he has to go back to his home state. Lots of consequences and risks and fears -- no sign yet that anyone is using the credit cards. So I am earnestly praying for DY to safely make it through this crisis.

See 365 Days of Prayer - 1 for my main prayer list.

Giving special thanks today that I was able to help two people in the ward drill buckets for their bucket gardens, and I gave each many plants -- tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, peppers. Total, I have given plants to three people at the office, two of my Team in Training marathon coaches, I sent a boatload of plants to a friend's office where she gave them to many grateful co-workers, and to about half a dozen people in the ward, maybe more. I still have one person that I'm setting up with a bucket system. She is a working mom with several kids, husband is disabled, and it's from a conversation with her that I set this whole project up.

Scripture for today:

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure aconscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; 2 Timothy 1:3

Since I open to these scriptures at random, asking what Heavenly Father has for me today, I consider it a confirmation that the Lord knows I am embarking on a special prayer journey and He is mindful of who and what I'm praying about, and how (night and day, my morning and evening prayer).

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