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Unfortunately I am back to requesting prayer for my brother and myself. We had a brief reprieve and now things are back to chaos. I feel like the melting witch on the Wizard of Oz. Things are rapidly becoming a crisis point for me and I’m really not sure how or what to do. I would appreciate some prayers up. I thank ya’ll so much, you guys/gals really are the best.
Praying, Leave. The Lord said, “Be still & know that I am God.”
Thank you Joe. I will repeat that through out the day!
Dear Leave, Wish I could talk freely with you, but since this place is open to the World Wide Web …
My first thought is similar to the other comments: wait on the Lord – one day at a time.
I’ve learned that waiting on God is not sitting idly for Him to do something.
We need to keep seeking Him in prayer, and reading His Word.
He may work things out in a day, a week, or it may take years.
Recently I read a helpful message by a Christian counselor.
She wrote that when struggling with difficult circumstances, first go to God in prayer.
And, ask Him:
Lord, what are you teaching me?
Lord, how do you want me to grow?
Lord, how should I move forward honoring you in this place?
I’m planning on asking the Lord these questions about a few unresolved issues, too.
God always answers our earnest cries … through his Word, through His ways.
Trust Him to guide you through the days ahead.
I will pray for you and your brother, Leave …
May God fill your heart with His peace.
Excellent questions. I have asked what am I supposed to learn and how do I need to change to improve the situation, still waiting on the answers. Today the conversation I had w/him went a little better, part of it I think is acceptance we will never have the relationship we once had and we have both been throw in a mix of things we don’t want, but have to deal with. He suffers from major anger issues, PTSD, and that is something I try to deal with patience. I don’t know how his wife stands him, he is a good person but w/some major issues.
I have been reading a small, which is hard on my old eyes, pocket book from the 1829 called Acquaintance With God by Rev. James Sherman. It has some interesting pondering thoughts in it w/the Bible verses in the sentences. I am enjoying it, and appreciating someone from the 1800’s putting it together.
I appreciate your support and prayers!
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Leave,
“God will never leave me or forsake me.”
“God works ALL things for the good of those who love Him and who are called according to His Purpose”
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Put it on repeat. I love you and your brother. I am seeing so many of God’s people deeply affected and infected right now. the devil’s time is short and he is a raging lion seeking all he can destroy. Don’t let him. On repeat, friend.
Thank you!
Menagerie first brought Father Mike to my attention. Tonight the YT algorithm brought this up. Divine Intervention or the cyber space, dunno, but it is a good video. TAR.
More updates. Unexpected hiccup, UVA was supposed to have pre-admitted Jen as she was travelling in the ambulance to Charlottesville from 2 1/2 hrs away in Northern VA. When she arrived they took her in through the ER.
Unbeknown to any of us, UVA didn’t actually have an empty in-patient room available. Jen has been on a skinny flat ER bed for 17 hrs now while the doctors there subject her to the same testing and, very expensive, CTs and MRIs. Still with no answers beyond, “changes in her MRI from last time”. My granddaughter is beside herself not knowing what is happening to the person at the center of her world, right now.
They will next be doing a lumbar puncture, followed by (I don’t remember the procedure name) the thing where they insert a catheter in your leg vein and snake it up through to the heart, they will then go up into her brain to look at the blood vessels there too.
And they cannot say for sure there will be a room available for her even then, after two painful and very invasive procedures are done. Even if I leave right this second, I cannot do one single thing to alleviate her suffering and her fear. I heard both in her voice and my heart shattered. Until she has a real room, all I would be allowed is to wait in the waiting room. So here I sit helpless, handing it all to God. Praying for a miracle.
Dear God, please help Jen. Please give her strength to not give up or give in, Lord I know you can speak to these doctors and tell them what they need to do. 🙏🙏 🙏🙏
Aaah, Alleycats, I am so sorry. That is pretty crazy and I will be polite and say unfortunate. Can I ask how old your granddaughter is? I am sorry for all, and continue to send thoughts and prayers. I am praying for a room to open up quickly and arrangements made.
She’s 18. Just graduated high school 2 months ago. Thank you, Leave. Every single voice lifted is heard.
I’m praying for you too. I don’t know what your situation is, but I have been at the end of my rope before too. During those times I would ask God, “just today Lord. Just get me through today.” Then the next day, do the same.
Your granddaughter is a Trooper and a Blessing. I feel for her. It is all very scary and exhausting.
I am right there w/you. Sometimes I have to ask to get through a minute, a conversation, the hour, the day. I am not a patient person and I do get tired and frustrated of things being so much work and effort when it doesn’t need to be that way, especially when I put out the effort to make things go smoothly and w/common sense. I am sure you know what I mean.
Hang in there, I hope by now Jen is in a room getting some rest w/a wonderful staff taking care of her. I hope you have been able to use the face time.
More prayers going up for your daughter and her family. I pray for you too dear Momma.
It does sound like they are searching hard for answers with all the testing. Hopefully a room will open up for her today.🙏
Alley … This chaotic situation doesn’t surprise me nowadays … nor the Lord God.
He is Sovereign and rules over all things.
We must trust that He knows best – and is at work.
Sometimes, “providential” setbacks happen – for our good.
We don’t understand all His ways – and, my thought went to:
Perhaps her room isn’t ready, because God wants Jen in a particular room with a specific nurse, etc.
He sees the whole plan.
Please don’t think I have it all together – because if this were my child, I’d be frantic.
I’m only trying to remind you of Godly truth to hang onto during the storm;
In times such as these, we cannot recall what we need to … or even breathe. 🥰
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Lord, please help Jen, her daughter and Alley right now, as they wait.
Alley is waiting on You, dear Lord.
We thank You for Your promise:
“The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;”
Lamentations 3:25
Continue to guide Jen’s medical team; give them excellent knowledge and skills.
Give Alley, Jen, and all her loved ones courage to wait on You … Lord, You are always on time.
Please bless Jen and her loved ones with Your Peace.
There is power in the name of Jesus Christ – everything in the universe submits to His will and His Word.
We humbly ask in Jesus’ name … Amen.
Amen, Miss Della. I am trying to remain calm and collected. I just spoke to Jen again a few minutes ago, still in the ER going on 31 hours. She is miserable and scared to death. I consoled her as best I could and let her know I’m coming Friday. Then I started babbling about my garden just to keep her distracted. By the time I was done she was asking me to bring her a beefsteak tomato and some loaf bread, praise God. She loved tomato sandwiches as a kid…
Kitten (my nickname for my granddaughter) asked the nurse if they could get her bundled up into a wheelchair and just get her out of the room for a bit. They agreed.
She got on the phone with me and said “Mimi, I’m going to find the chapel.” I praised her for this decision, and I praised God for his lighting the way.
Given that we have free will however, I did call the hospital Emergency Dept and had a conversation with the patient advocate. I understand the Neuro ICU has 12 beds and they are full, however for at least tonight could they not put her in a temporary patient room so she could at least sleep and be given dignified patient services like food and some personal cleaning, and proximity to a bathroom that does not involve going down the hall and around the corner?
In my opinion, it is the least they can do if she is stable enough to take a spin around the floor in a wheelchair, and also given the fact that it is tomorrow they will be doing both the lumbar puncture and the angiogram, which is very very invasive. I also noted to her that I would be arriving in person early Friday..
She said she would page Neurology and ask them to call me, and relay my request to consider a temporary bed for Jen. I pray they do this small thing.
I told Kitten if they go to the chapel, to just sit there away from all the noise and chatter, and simple talk to God. Ask him anything, or tell him your thoughts, or just vent; that HE is listening and He wants us ALL to seek His help. 🙏🙏
Thank you, my treeper friends. I’ll keep you posted.
Alley, thanks for the update … even if you can’t give one, please know we’re still praying.
First, what a sweet nickname – Kitten!
It hurts to know she is only 18 y/o with this heavy burden – 🙏🏻
But, I’m reminded God is fully aware – even allowing her to go through this for good purposes.
He loves Kitten so much and would not put more on than she could bear.
Alley, I’m glad you’re holding up right now – even thanking God for the simple things.
That’s huge!
Isn’t it a wonder that your tomatoes just happen to be in season at this time – and Jen loves them?!
A little story to clear your mind a sec:
Years ago, my hubs was freshman in college in the South.
He worked in the summer at a peanut grading place.
Across the road was a big sign: Beefsteak tomatoes.
He dreamed about that delicious meal coming when his paycheck came.
Then, he went over to the store and ordered a beef steak and some tomatoes.
They snickered a bit … then politely informed him that was a type of tomato and they didn’t have any steak.
Hubs said he’s never been more disappointed in all his life ….
Praying Alley ….
✝️
Lol, Miss Della. That’s funny, I bet the look on his face was priceless. It reminds me of a story.
A young lady at the convenience store, overhearing a conversation between a couple of old fellas about an upcoming turkey shoot. One fella was talking about the best way to line up the clays . She interjected, appalled at the idea of taking turkeys and lining them up to shoot like a firing squad, just for fun. They laughed for 10 minutes straight.
Jen just sent me a text saying she has a new nurse who got a real bed from somewhere and switched it out for the awful ER gurney. She was very sweet to her and gave her some cleanup care, a clean gown and some melatonin to help her go to sleep. She promised to check in on her often.
Thank you, God for this small gesture. Thank you Miss.Della.B. for your support and your beautiful words. You have a gift for speaking..
God Bless the new people that come in on the shift change, they can be so awesome w/their fresh energy. I am grateful they listened to you when you called. Sorry, I have to laugh at the melatonin, just do. I don’t like the stuff and we are in 2025. I remember when it was poo-poo’d by the medical world back in the day and now they dole it out. I sincerely hope it helps Jen though, everyone is different. Camomile tea comes to mind if she can have some.
Now what about Kitten? You could nudge some more and ask they find a recliner chair for her. If they are still in the ER there may not be room in the cubicle, I feel for her if she is having to sit or even slouch in a hospital chair for this length of time. They are not comfortable. I truly hope by now they have found a room somewhere in the building for them. Main thing is they are together.
The Lord is hearing our prayers!
That’s it! Keep moving forward and take control where you can. Hospitals, at least the major ones are supposed to have a Chaplain on call and they are supposed to be there during the day time. Up to ya’ll, but I wouldn’t hesitate to ask for one to come for a visit. Make them be useful LOL! Same w/”social workers”, they are supposed to help “navigate” patient services. Anyway, HAPPY Kitten found the Chapel, there is peace in Chapels whether one is religious or not.
31 flipping hours is NOT ACCEPTABLE, and if you do speak w/a Chaplain let them know of your frustrations. Kudos for raising some awareness, again, I will be polite since we are in a prayer room, although it pains me not to blow.
Heh, MOM is On The Way, LOOK OUT! Safe travels Alleycats.
Thanks. I had already given consideration to meeting the Chaplain once I was there. Kitten said the chapel was really pretty and even though they only stayed a few minutes it was good for them.
Thought you would like to know also, just a few minutes ago, a room opened up on a regular patient floor. A large private room with a loveseat and recliner. ☺️😇🙏❤️ All the way at the end of the hall. They are moving her in as we “speak”.
Don’t blow, it will be ok. I feel like this is testing my faith, our faith, and we just have to be steadfast today. Tomorrow I will be steadfast again, for that day.
Glory Be and Hallelujah! Love that large private room w/a loveseat and recliner!
You are doing GREAT! I am relieved and happy for Jen and Kitten. Hopefully they will get in some good snooze time to recharge. Ya’ll are still in bedtime, morning time, afternoon time, evening prayer time, carrying ya w/me wherever I go.
I will try to be good and control the Irish in me:)
I appreciate that, Leave.
Praying for you & Jen & your dear grand, Alleycats. You’re reminding me a lot of the things God used to do when my mom was with my dad during his numerous hospitalizations. He always provided for her with food and a place to sleep, even when it didn’t look like anything was available. He always made a way.
God love you & safe travels.
Thanks, Joe Blow. It was incredible how everything just fell into place.
Jen went down for her angiogram at 6:30am. I pray for a good outcome and some answers. She made sure to let me know she had a really good night’s sleep and felt much more calm about more rounds of tests and procedures.
Thank You, God. 🙏❤️
Glad she was able to get some rest. Praying for good test results today.
Checking in, Alleycats – praying for really good results today!!!! Father God, Abba, please hear our prayers. May this round of tests show a manageable, non-invasive, miraculous turn of events. Lord, for Your Divine Miracles, we pray on behalf of Jen and her kitten. Give Alleycats that peace that surpasses all understanding and to You God be The Glory and Honor. In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, I pray, AMEN
It is Friday, wondering if you made it to VA. I hope everyone is doing ok all things considered. Still keeping you in my prayers.
Good morning Leave. Thank you so much for thinking of us. Whew.. Friday was a whirlwind of activity. I crashed out hard, somewhere around 8:30pm from a verrrry long day that began around 3 am.
The angiogram and lumbar puncture proved to be the best tests of all. God answered my prayers, Jen’s illness, while very serious and rare, is treatable and not necessarily fatal.
She does NOT have brain cancer!
The mass was finally determined to be what is best described as a hardened coagulation of blood in the cerebellum. Caused by a rare condition known as Cerebral Hemorrhagic Vasculitis.
The blood vessels in her brain are inflamed and severely narrowed from increased pressure which caused one to develop an aneurysm that burst, along with several other smaller vessels to leak into her brain. That is what caused the brain swelling originally.
I had to consult a great deal of medical reference material to understand what they were talking about as they mostly spoke in medical-ese. Jen has literally had a team of 10 doctors while at UVA, coming in twice a day. A brilliant team who figured out that MRIs and CTs often miss this type of vasculitis, hence the specialized angiogram and lumbar puncture which confirmed this new team’s suspicions.
All of Jen’s bloodwork from UVA also indicates the strong probability of an aggressive, systemic Rheumatoid Arthritis being the underlying cause.
While there is no cure for this, it is treatable and long-term remission is possible. They started her on a round of different medications. A more powerful steroid, immunosuppressant therapy, a specific blood pressure medication and prophylactic antibiotics. She is also getting Neuro physical therapy and occupational therapy which she will continue as an outpatient, daily.
But best news of all, Jen gets to go home later today!! 🥰🤗🙏❤️ Praise God, thank YOU Lord. This eternally grateful mama is on her knees with tears of JOY.
She will continue as outpatient with weekly visits to UVA for monitoring scans and bloodwork. This incredible hospital also has an in-service program to teach what symptoms to be always on the lookout for, and how to perform quick assessment neurologic tests if Jen does start having symptoms again. My son in law and granddaughter have learned a great deal that will be very helpful going forward. ❤️
A very very long road forward, but forward nonetheless.
I cannot tell you all, how much your prayers and kind thoughts mean to me, to Jen and her family. They are so thankful for such support from afar. I’ve had many many sleepless, fear and tear filled hours that were only alleviated after I came here to share and read prayers over and over.
I feel closer to God right now too. HE has shown me some incredible things that could have only happened because He made it happen. No other logical explanation.. For example, shift change happens at 7pm, not 9:15… The “sweet” nurse appeared out of nowhere.. A real room suddenly becoming available.. Hospitality housing opening up when at first there were no reservations available.. So much just fell into place. God is working something in the background here. I’m not questioning it anymore.
At any rate, things are really looking positive today. We are more hopeful and relieved than we’ve been in weeks. Jen is thrilled to go home, take a real shower, eat her country food 😇 and sleep in her own bed once again. She feels really good today, considering everything she’s been through.
Jen is also realizing that although one may have a great job, live in a nice house in a gated community, drive a nice car and generally live very well, It Is The Little Things In Life That Matter.
I think she may be realizing she too, needs to reconnect with The Giver Of All Things In Life, not taking Him for granted that He is just always there hanging out or something..
Mysterious Ways has taken on new significance for me.
Thank you again, I will update when we all get settled.
God Bless this magnificent Treehouse.
Glory Be to God! What an amazing, awesome story Alleycats. I am so relieved and happy for you all. Hallelujah!
As a sidebar, I am guessing Jen will save lives for other people, while a rare condition her situation has opened up the doors for other doctors to do the extra tests and go the extra mile. Pretty sure Jen’s case will be put in the medical books.
Please tell Jen and crew Welcome Home for me. Truly I am grateful for everything God has done to make it so. Ya’ll enjoy that country food! Enjoy your time together. I am thankful the weather has changed a bit, makes for more pleasant travel! I appreciate the update and thrilled it is a wonderful update!!! Glad I have some Kleenex handy:)
I will tell them, thanks.❤️🙏 By now, I should be granted stock in the Kleenex company.😂
Dear Alley, Your update brings tears … of relief, gladness, thankfulness.
It humbles me to see God at work to help you all.
You’re right – this is much more than Jen’s illness.
The Lord is using this event to draw people to Himself – the greatest Gift of all.
I will continue praying and look forward to Jen’s recovery stories!
Later on, there will be several to tell as she reminisces!
Please give her a holy hug from me … and sweet Kitten, too.
I will, Miss.Della.B
Kitten, as only I call her, got her nickname from me at birth. She was a few weeks premature, and very small. She had a skinny little body and a head full of fuzzy hair that stood up like fur on a young kitten, and big dark cat-eyes. The name just stuck. ❤️ I kind of fits, because I am an old grizzled alley cat, who has survived a lot of things over a lot of years. I even have a partially torn ear..
Thankful does not begin to describe what I feel. I cannot find a good enough word.
A prayer …
“… and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
Psalm 50:15
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Dear Lord, You are the Mighty One who speaks and summons the whole earth according to Your will.
Thank You for helping Jen and her family.
You know the difficulty and fear her illness has caused.
Gracious God, Thank You for everything:
– testing equipment, skills, and knowledge of the medical team, the hospital.
– those who ministered to Jen with compassionate care.
– giving Alley and her family a reasonable measure of peace in middle of the storm.
– bringing them through.
All these things are from You, God … apart from You we can do nothing
Lord, Continue to heal Jen and restore her to wellbeing.
Provide everything she needs in the days ahead – physical and spiritual.
Draw Jen and her family closer to You; strengthen their faith for the journeys ahead.
O Lord, We want to express gratitude for Your lovingkindness.
Yet, our words seem so trite … because they are.
So, Lord, help us all live each day with a sense of infinite indebtedness to You.
Because we are …
May our lives honor You – You alone are worthy to be praised.
For Christ’s sake, Amen.
Amen. ❤️🙏
Relief. I hear relief, dear sis. I know I am relieved for you all. Oh Lord, Precious Father, thank You.
Praise God for that! So relieved to hear they know what this is now. The Lord keep you & bless you all, Alleycats.
Thank you Joe Blow. The whole family is incredibly relieved to at least have an answer and a care plan.
To God Be The Glory – Great things He Hath Done!
Thank You, Father. We are humbled by Your Miracles and Mindfulness of us.
HE IS SO GOOD
As an aside note: my functional health doctor introduced me to Arterosil HP for vascular health – unfortunately it was just too expensive for me to sustain. What your daughter is experiencing… vasculitis… seems to be manifesting itself. I’m so sorry she had such a severe episode. How terribly scary.
I’m wondering if we will hear more about these occurrences as time progresses. Vein health.
Praise God for His Provision.
Just that good things keep happening after along period of only bad.
We all need some good things to keep happening after a downward time. Joy will sneak in. Praying for joy and some big smiles.
How ya doing Sam? You doing all right?
Asking for prayers for my husbands family. One of his nieces just turned 49 a couple days ago…died while exercising today at home. She was a kind woman.
Condolences to your family NanaB. I will be praying.
Thank you Leave.
Praying you are feeling better and see a way through your problem.
Thank you NanaB, still a work in progress, but I am getting stronger and keeping hope the doors will open w/peace and ease.
I am truly sorry for your husband’s family loss, it is not easy coping w/the shock. One minute, one hour, one day at a time. I pray they all can find the peace they need to power on through the process of dealing w/her loss. The road can be a long one. God will help them.
Nana, I am sending condolences to your family … and prayer to our God of all comfort.
May the Lord hold them close and minister to each one in the days beyond.
Be strong in the Lord, Nana.
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Thank you Miss Della.
I’m so sorry, NanaB. It must have been quite a shock for your husband’s family. I pray God embraces them tightly in their grief, easing their pain and shock. May He give them comfort now and forever that this kind woman is walking with Christ eternally. Please bless NanaB and her family during this difficult time.
Thank you Alleycats.
Praying for you, Jen and all your family as well.
Praying for your husband’s family NanaB. You’ve been on my mind today.
Thank you alleycats.
Praying Jen and family are rejoicing being at home again and her recovery will be swift.
Jen is feeling much better, thank you. Her physical starts in earnest today, her headaches are gone again. Saturday night was cherry cobbler..🥰 We are celebrating all the little wins, and comfort food!
I’m sitting in my own kitchen now, feeling much gratitude and relief.
May her memory be eternal, NanaB. Her race is won. Peace and comfort for your family.
Thank you JWoo. Blessings to you and Savannah. Praying for protection for Savannah as she navigates early adulthood. Hang in there JWoo. You’re doing a great job raising her.
I met a woman the other night that said she didn’t believe in prayer, that she doesn’t think it works. LOLOLOLOL! I feel sorry for her and I am praying for her. So if ya’ll feel compelled please help me out. She lives in Canada so I don’t know if that may have something to do w/it or not.
I had a prayer answered tonight w/in the hour, now the task attached to that prayer that still needs to be done we shall see, but I do love a quick answer:). At least there is forward movement. Thank you Jesus.
Praying for that woman & all who are lost to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus. He loves us so much, yet so few of us ever stop to contemplate it.
Thank you Joe Blow. I agree. God works on his time, not ours and I get frustrated by that, but that was one of her chief complaints because I shared that my prayer had been answered so quickly. I am not good at explaining things, but I tried. Here nor there, I hope and pray one day she will feel the Light and Love of God.
Asking for prayers for the young DOGE staffer who is “affectionately” known by the name “Big Balls”. Terribly injured by a senseless attack in D.C. while attempting to come to the aid of another. May he suffer no lasting harm from the horrific beating and subsequent concussion he suffered.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/huge-president-trump-threatens-federalize-dc-control-crime/
I saw that story and was sad to read it. Big Balls has my prayers and gratitude for his strength and courage to help the woman at his own peril.
I just read that this morning, Puddy. I do so hope his young age will be a factor in his ability to heal. I will pray for this young man and his family.
As a mama… Lord please give this young man’s mother peace and comfort.
Turns out the woman is his girlfriend and not a stranger. I hope they can get through it and stay together if they are meant to be together. Has to be hard to get beat up for your girlfriend and hard to be the girlfriend watching your boyfriend get beat up to protect you. Big Balls has had quite the life already at such a young age.
This song is somewhat of a mantra, theme song for me, like many people I use music to soothe my soul. Clicking around I found this version. Turns out at the beginning of this show Billy announced to the arena that he had lost his mother the night before, there is video of his moving and emotional story. She had passed away in her sleep. Stunned, he went on a walk and found a church to pray. He decided to continue on and do the show instead of going back home. I do not know how this talented young man got through this song w/out losing it, sure made me cry. I hope the Treehouse Prayer Warriors will appreciate it as much as I do. Apologies in advance if anyone is offended it is somewhat off track from posting a request for prayer.
It’s just fine, Leave. I love Billy Strings. Plus, we all stand in the need of prayer. 🙏❤️
How are things going Alleycat?
Things are going pretty well, thanks for asking. Jen is enjoying her neruo-physical therapy. Her brain has a great deal of injury to certain portions relating to multi-step processing. She knows what she knows, she just can’t make herself do what she knows. The docs expect her to regain the functions in time. Her balance is getting much better too. She loves her rollator and of course her husband added a small basket to the side of it so she can carry things around.
She’ll go back to UVA next week for repeat scans. And she’ll meet with a vascular surgeon who will explain in more detail about her condition. Not necessarily for surgery, just understanding and treatment options. She feels good most of the time, still has to nap a lot to conserve energy.
My girl is definitely eating well, that I can assure you. She ate the fried chicken the first night home, lol. And got the first spoonful of cherry cobbler. Still warm, with whipped cream.
I’ve been busy catching up since I got home. The garden is yielding well, today I’m canning tomatoes. Been having a lot of memories of my beloved grandmother. Canning day was an all day affair with several women in the kitchen. We kids at 7 or 8 were helping. I’ve snapped more beans than I can count. I’ve even strung up leather britches, lol. You have to be reallllly country to know what leather britches are. ☺️
I’m eternally thankful and very humbled by God’s mercy on Jen. I too am patiently waiting for what He needs me to do. In the meantime I am smelling roses and enjoying the turkey hens leading their bitties out of the tall grass now that they’re bigger. I love watching nature. 🙏❤️🤗
Leather britches are good w/a hunk of ham hock! There is nothing like country cooking, nothing. I am so glad you are able to get your tasks done and w/a smile! I wish I had your energy. You will be eating well this winter.
Nice to hear some good news about Jen. As they say, slow and steady wins the race. I am glad she is hanging in there and doing okay all things considered. Praying next week w/the doc will lead to new and good things. Thank you for the update, I am still praying and thinking about you all every day.
Nature is God’s gift to us. The hymn How Great Thou Art comes to mind. I feel blessed to be able to see, smell, hear, experience nature every day. Right now I am watching my hummingbirds buzz around the feeder, they are so much fun!
I am requesting some prayers for my neighbor and her family. Miss Thelma passed away in her sleep at 3:00 am after two years of being a warrior that loved life and her family. I am grateful she is now in peace. Her family took the absolute best care of her, while I know they are relieved, I know they are hurting and will miss “mommy”.
It was interesting, I have a stack of Bible cards that I often pull from, on Tuesday I went to say good-bye and wanted to take her a card. The card I pulled was the 23rd Psalm. While it was absolutely the one, I couldn’t bring myself to take it, not sure how the family would have handled it. I pulled a second card. My friend was in pretty much a comatose state, but when I held her hand and talked w/her she squeezed my hand and ever so slightly opened her eyes. I was really glad she knew I was there and had come to tell her that I love her. Her son made it in time to say his good-byes and I am grateful for that as well. She loved her children so much.
Prayers for the family of miss Thelma. How wonderful that she had the ability to see her loved ones before passing on to The Lord’s care. It’s nice of you to look after your neighbors. God Bless you.
May Thelma’s memory be eternal.
Thank you Woo. Thelma is a keeper. Sweet, sweet, stubborn woman that could cook a sweet potato pie and Mac/cheese like no tomorrow.
We need more of her in this world. She leaves a legacy to emulate.. for those of us left behind.
Please keep my daughter, Savannah, in prayer. I’m afraid the pull of the internet and social media was just too strong and she’s fallen into bad company. She left home and I am preparing for her not to return. I can not have her return in the condition she is in – the risks she is taking are too great – three online sex predators and now this boy of ill repute from her former evil dark public high school – it has just been too much! We are of too small means to cover her risks that she is taking.
It is like all sensibility has left her. It’s like I don’t even know this person. We just had a beautiful time at the State Fair together on Sunday and something evil came over her again. None of this makes any sense to me.
Please pray for protection over her mind, body, and soul. There is nowhere that God cannot reach her and she really belongs to Him and she was just on loan to me. Please pray she sustains her really good job – she’s only a month away from being hired permanently at Hershey’s- but she seems to be burning every bridge to the ground right now. She’s in a seedy hotel in a drug-infested town 46 miles away and she’s blowing through her savings. I had to remove myself from her bank account to mitigate the damage, so I will not be held liable if she goes too far. She has never done drugs. She was not prone to any sexual impropriety whatsoever – until the predator tried to lure her to Louisiana. Then, everything changed one after another. The luring attempt. Identity theft. The latest tried to scam her out of gift cards. This one is a horrific bi-sexual monster who passed around from person to person throughout his time at her former evil school. I can’t say how much I regret sending her there – but I simply didn’t know. I just didn’t know what evil would manifest from them.
I cannot… and will not… enable what she’s doing.
Corrie ten Boom, survivor of the Holocaust once said something like “God, help me to hold loosely… because it hurts when You pry them from my hand.” I am shattered. In my mind, I repeatedly lay her at the foot of Christ’s Cross.
But God! My Heavenly Father walks before me. He carries me when I’m lifeless. He sustains me as I try to muster to breathe. He wraps me in His Righteousness and calls me beloved. He catches every one of my tears and holds onto my prayers in His Righteous Hand.
I know with every ounce of my being that I fought for her hard and I gave it everything I had.
My prayer is a hedge of protection over her. That whatever is overcoming her right now – be a huge motivator for her to take control over her life and to prosper. She is living her testimony and I must get out of the way and I can not let her take me down with her. We are too fragile. Fear and anger can be mighty motivators. Lord, let it be so. Father God – please don’t let it go too far and don’t break my heart forever.
God Has all I have.
This world is so evil. I can hardly stand to witness it, but He brought us to a time such as this and His Ways, His Timing, and His Plan Is Perfect. His Will be done.
Oh JWoo,
My heart is breaking for you right now. You and Savannah have been so close to each other and to God. Jesus walks with her as with each of us. He knows. He goes where she goes. My prayer is He protects her and lets her eyes open wide and she is repulsed by what she is seeing.
May God give you some semblance of comfort. You raised her well. We do the best we can but then must let them fly.
Hang tough. Prayers are with you and Savannah. Blessings sister in Christ. ❤️
How is your family doing NanaB?
I’m sorry NanaB and Leave… I, too, pray for your families and their needs and that God Be A Mighty Strength in your lives.
I don’t mean to be selfish in my prayers. But I will not listen to the devil to be silent about our needs.. for when two or more are gathered in God’s Name, He Is Among us.
Let all of our needs be brought before His Throne Room. He hears our cries.
JWoo you aren’t being selfish at all. Your momma mind is caught in a tornado of emotions and thoughts. Keep praying for discernment and guidance. Allow God to calm your mind so you can hear Him.
Blessings. I’m praying for you and Savannah.
Long story Leave.
Politics and jabs divided the family. We are going to her memorial next week but don’t expect much interaction. Thanks for asking. We pray for comfort somehow for her folks, husband and adult children and siblings. Losing a child any age is devastating and a real test of faith.
Sure hope you are doing well. I will scroll down and see if you’ve written more. Prayers everyday for your trials to be thwarted. Blessings.
NanaB –
Saying a special prayer that you will be pleasantly surprised. We are in the midst of the Great Awakening and my prayers are that many eyes, ears, hearts, and minds will be opened to the schemes of evil and that they would all turn away. May they remember love and may memories encouraging togetherness and supportiveness be at the forefront of minds. Memorial services have a way of shedding egos and I pray that those who were mislead by this biological crime against humanity – that they gain wisdom and insight and the effects of their decisions leave no lasting consequences.
But for those who heaped this masquerade on humanity – that caused so much division, loss of life, and poor health – may God Have His Way with them.
Thank you JWoo for your optimistic words and prayers. God bless you.
Aren’t they all? Long stories. We all have them, God Bless Us!
I will be keeping you in thoughts and prayers, you have a wonderful attitude about it. As long as the Police don’t show up! One of my friends is married to a funeral home director and she has shared that police are often called to funerals due to families not able to get along, and then you add grief on top of all that emotion and it can make for a bad time. Amazing to me the anticipation that is tied to Funerals, Celebration of Life, Memorials, whatever term people prefer, but in the end they usually turn out okay, some even beautiful and special.
Thank you so much for your prayers, I am still chugging along, struggling for answers to make decisions, but as my friend that made it through Omaha Beach on D-day used to say when asked how he was doing his response was always “I am above ground”, it had definite meaning for him, but it would get a chuckle from folks. So that is how I am doing, I am above ground. One minute, one hour, one day at a time.
Sorry I’m just now responding to your kind response Leave. Things are getting hectic here getting ready for travel from MT to MN. Long road trips get harder the older we get!
Sure hope things are becoming more clear for you. Praying for you and other treepers every single day multiple times.
Yeah, tensions are higher than I’d like.
My goal for this limited time with this family is to be very quiet but gentle to all. This family has never really accepted me as I didn’t finish college and for them that just doesn’t sit right.
Then I refused the vaxx…convinced my husband to do research and then he refused it too and then his family shunned us.
Now we gather for this untimely death.
I will ask for your prayers for this long road trip. May we all stay “above ground” awhile longer!
Blessings to all and to you Leave.
Prayers for you to have travel mercies on your road trip. Ya’ll have quite a journey ahead of you! All of you will be in my thoughts and prayers, enjoy the parts you can and leave the rest as they say. They are who they are. Praying for some sweet sleep during your travels, some tasty morsels, and a few pleasant highlights on the way there and back to Home Sweet Home.
Proverbs 3:23-24
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
I get it, your story is uncanny in similarities w/me, even the college part. Those “smartest in the room” types actually make me laugh at how annoying they can be. “Untimely death” w/the Covidian sect of the family is challenging. Try to breathe, keep your shields of White Light surrounding you at all times, and hang in the back part of the room as much as possible, that is what I did, at least to the best of my ability considering I had to be in the mix as part of the so called family.
When the comments and questions got just too stupid I stepped out for fresh air or went to the restroom. Grief is such a powerful emotion and does weird things to people, it was kinda interesting to watch them from afar. We had a funeral buster steal the service, another story for another day. Long time coming before I will forgive that.
I did stand firm for the “unexpectedly” in the obit, I was willing to go down fighting for it as documentation of sorts in the public domain. I was like the President from Argentina w/the chainsaw. I no longer cared about their insanity, I had my own to deal with considering I tried so hard to save her life, and failed. Denial is the most powerful drug of all, if only she had listened to me. None of them listened to me, which wasn’t surprising, but the one that passed is the one I loved the most. Ya can’t make them drink the water but we can pray for their souls. I do miss her so much.
Here nor there, yes, may we all stay above ground until our natural time by God arrives to takes us to be w/him.
Safe travels NanaB. Let us know how you are doing when you can. You can count on my prayers! And I appreciate yours:)
Good morning NanaB. Prayers for your protection as you travel. Prayers for your family members to accept the decisions you and your husband made for yourselves. I pray for the husband children of this gentle woman to seek God’s comfort and know He will hold them throughout this ordeal.
Blessings to you Nana. Be safe.
Thank you alleycats. Keeping you and yours in my prayers as well.
I keep thinking this morning….it is well with my soul. Very comforting.
You have us JWoo, we are w/you as is God. I am so sorry for this trial and tribulation. I wish I knew what to say, other than I am sorry.
I will be praying for you and Savannah. I can feel your pain, hurt, fear, and frustration. I pray she will call and ask for you to come get her, she will see the evil and want to get out of there, never to return to such madness. I have absolutely zero clue what would make a person do what she is doing. Could she be doing drugs and you not know? I wish I could fix it for you. Do you think there is anyone at her work place that could be of service to reach out to her, to pull her back?
Hugs and Prayers. Please keep us updated. I am so sorry.
There are so many questions. I don’t believe she was doing any drugs.
I believe she was seeking independence and acceptance, but she refused to learn how to drive. Had her miltary preparation program removed from her because she wasn’t doing her part to learn… they can monitor progress. Kaboshed ideas of the vocational school with intent to “focus on her job now”… which was fine. She could work the job and consider how she wanted to progress later.
We had sat down together, worked her budget for her, I showed her how she could save around $60k from her job and we opened a ROTH for her that was in process of being funded with initial deposit. In the time she had already worked at her former job… she was on trajectory to have an incredible start to her life… from which she could have nest egg and make her decisions from there.
We had a beautiful time at the Fair on Sunday… then all hell broke loose.
She is “of age” to do as she chooses. We got into an argument when I found out about this boy being back in the picture. She had promised to not get involved with these creatures… a condition of living in my home.
Not a condition to never date but a condition to not fall into the wrong crowd while under my roof. Focus on her… her future… her stability building.
She chose.
I told her to have him come pick her up. He doesn’t drive either… lives at home with someone??? Not in stable environment… where he is now is no where near her former school district here. Not a good guy!!! None of them are good guys!!!
With this… I’m of course afraid she will become pregnant, physically injured, on drugs…. worse. I had to say “no more”.
She then said she wasn’t going back to her job… I was floored. She always told me they liked her there and that she loved her job.
If this is coercion… she is an adult… and she is free to make her decisions and lead her life… and sadly to learn her lessons.
I rue the day I was forced to put her in that shitty, good for nothing, hell hole of a public school. My thoughts are so unchristian towards them for the damage they’ve caused. She knew what they were doing was wrong but they exposed her to so much that really overtook her… and with me staying on Christian faith and principles… I became controlling and unliberating… when she had every opportunity and seemed to just reject them all.
The condition for living in my home… have a plan…. which she did…. because adults have plans and follow through with them… which she didn’t follow through.
She was so close.
She is not thinking…. at all. She was going to take her Alzheimers cat with her. I told her she couldn’t because he needed his veterinarian, and she couldn’t afford his end of life care, had no means to transport or shelter him. What was she going to do, shove him in a backpack? He is here so he can be at peace in his final days… but he’s missing his girl terribly.
I love and miss my daughter, but I can’t have back “this” person. I don’t know this person she’s become. She’s being so reckless and vulgar with these people… she must learn what this life is… that she’s running headlong into.
I pray against teen pregnancy, STDs, drug addiction, trafficking, falling away from God. She has strong relationship with God, but this pull overcame her.
Train up a child in the ways of The Lord and when they grow up, they won’t depart from them.
Pray for His prodigal.
Pray hard… she gets in just enough bind…. to cause her to flee to the military. Please God, I pray on her behalf not to wreck her.
She’s free to decide, but she can’t destroy our home and I can’t cover for her. We are on a shoestring budget and I can’t save her when she is self damaging.
Sounds as if you have made your boundaries clear and you need to do what is right for you. I will be praying for you both for the peace that passes all understanding to find its way to your hearts.
Its late and I can see you are not sleeping….May God bring you some restful sleep. Am praying for you both…
I know the pain you have…perhaps this is a task from God, for Savannah to learn from…a divine lesson?
May she be showered with Heaven’s protection.
You have been the very best friend through this. You know the backstory… through our lengthy phone conversations.
You are such a blessing through this Tree.
I feel that sharing on the Tree here, we all in some way share Savannah like a mascot. She is a good, good human.
She is possessed right now… these last 3 years of the public school influence… which came naturally alongside the typical teenage push for independence… the rejection of her father when I tried to encourage him to take her and help her in her senior year… the condition of the world today and satan’s push to overtake believers… the fall of her Christian music idol (we shouldn’t have idols but tell a child that with who they look up to)… satan targeted us HARD… and I thought she was okay. She was on an excellent path and even with the issues with the new social media presence in the last year… she seemed to have learned from those mistakes… or so she told me.
But those long hours while we are away from each other… me at my day work… her at her night work… the mind can do dark things if one so chooses to feed their mind with darkness.
We are free to decide. Free will.
As for me and my house, we will serve The Lord. I choose Him always and I lay my precious girl… my only earthly family… at the foot of the cross. She is my one and only.
I will still stand against the devil and evil… every chance I get. My righteous anger intensifies but my wisdom tempers that this is God’s Fight. He hears my motherly whimpers.. and He Will Avenge. My job is to trust Him.
He’s giving me small signs… that He and I only know between each other. They’re recurring. He’s Got this and He’s Got her.
I. must. trust.
But I am mourning deeply my greatest loss.
JWoo, I am so sorry you are having to go through this. I can completely understand your agony over the thought of possibly losing your child.
I pray for Savannah to be protected by The Lord when she makes unwise decisions, that He will show her Mercy and His Grace, steering her back away from Satan’s minions. I pray He gives you comfort in those dark hours when the tears come from the well of your soul and anguish drives you to your knees. Oh Lord, bring this child back to her mama.
If it makes you feel any better, my Jen went through a period of self destructive behavior while a senior in high school. We constantly battled, she lied and ran around with sketchy people. Once 18 she decided to move in with some of these sketchy people in a ratty trailer in a ratty area of town. I was beside myself thinking I had to be the worst mom in the world and that I had lost her forever. Of course, her plan didn’t work out and she ended up broke and needing to come back home. Throughout all of this, the one thing I refused to do was lose contact. Fighting was at least talking, even if she wasn’t being truthful. Every time we talked, I always ended with ” I love you, no matter what.” I could not allow that tie to be severed, even when it hurt me.
Jen was much changed when she came back home. I think kids sometimes need to see for themselves what the bad in in the world is, in order to appreciate the good things at home, or within a loving family. She enrolled in college the following year and today is a very highly skilled RN working toward her NP, with a loving husband and family a good job and a good life. My dad used to say “they will grow up in spite of us..”
I just know Savanah will come through this. God will guide her, I will keep asking him every day. Oh Lord, hear a mother’s cry for Mercy and Divine Protection for Savannah. And for JWoo to know peace and comfort in Your plan in Your time. I believe we are all being tested in our faith. God Bless you JWoo, and thank you again for your very comforting prayers for my Jen. She is hanging in there day by day.
Alleycats,
THE BIGGEST HUG EVER, sweet one.
As Savannah is right now, I don’t want her to come home. The lies have been so flagrant that I don’t know who I’m dealing with. I don’t want to enable her. I don’t want to be “blamed” for being too overprotective, too controlling, too… whatever the words are now to isolate a child from her parent.
She knew the risks. She knew of my own history. She has been raised to recognize and avoid risks.
You’re right… and I know… she has to learn on her own. She’s writing her own Testimony of Faith right now. The “uncertains” are outside of my control – but God Is showing me – in very small but meaningful ways right this very minute – He is SHOWING me that HE KNOWS, HE CARES, AND HE’S GOT HER.
Faith in God is free will. Free will love is the only love that’s real. Free will belief is the only belief that stands in the fight for Truth.
His Will be done.
Blessings, blessing on your Jen. And you. Sadly, my apartment home feels “lighter”, “darkness free”, and I’m busying myself with projects: pruning the patio plants, leaving free tomatoes at the community mailbox for the neighbors, washing her bedding, packing up her things (gradually), playing with the kitties who I feel I haven’t seen in forever… because I am no longer cooking, cleaning, tending to her every need.
But in my mother’s heart, I pray her every need be met. I feel very let down by “friends”, the church, her counselor I took her to… everyone. I begged for help. I pleaded that I couldn’t do it alone. If the influences around her were just “quiet” it would be one thing – but when their own lives reflect faithlessness and disregard for her… what is one to think?
If ANY of their children had needed one ounce of support – I would drive miles and miles to be there – to stand in the gap. There is no “community”… and the churches are broken. I’m a “show up” Christian – but no one showed up for us…. unless they were partaking in a party or a meal. But when the parties dried up and the hardships began, we were left looking around… and going at it alone.
There are none holding these school districts accountable. Aggiegirl shared with me that Pritzker of Illinois is implementing mandatory mental health evaluations for all students in the state annually. Well, you know they create the emergencies to have an emergency, right? Our students wouldn’t need mental health evaluations if they weren’t surrounded and indoctrinated with total lunacy.
The remnant family of God remains, though… and I know God Has me sewn into it. I feel God here, though, and I’m thankful for Him.
Dear God, I know You have Intention in this. Help me to follow Your Leading and place me in the best place of service to You and Your Word. Please don’t make my daughter simply a “statistic” – she’s not a statistic to me.
Oh Joan, this just breaks my heart. It sounds like Savannah truly has become the prodigal.
I wish I could post more but my internet has been failing me since yesterday, so hopefully this makes it through.
God bless you, sister. We love you.
I hear you and see you, Joe. Your prayers are appreciated. The internet has been weird. I had issues with my online Bible study Thursday night – so I don’t think it’s just you experiencing it. Our infrastructure is no match to the spiritual warfare going on.
I will duct tape myself to the floor before I will go get her.
Just a few minutes ago, I called the hotel and spoke to a manager there. He and his Mom went into the room to clean it and she’s there with her “boyfriend”. He said the room was really messy and she has it through Wednesday.
I told him that because she is over the age of 18 and doing this of her own volition – that I will not come down there, but if he has any concern that she is being harmed… to call the police immediately… and he will call me, as well.
One can only do so much. Our prayers are the answer.
I love you all, too. I thank you for being mighty interceders on the behalf of those in need in this Tree. Our prayers change things and they yield God’s Miracles. I believe it.
Offering prayers for our misguided and confused kids of today…that heaven will guide them back to reality, releasing them from the misguided morals of today’s modern ideas….that God and family will once again be a focus in their lives.
Oh Aggie..
May God send every angel to pursue them, surround them, and expel every evil sent to harm them.
May they see Truth, embrace it, cling to it, fight for it, win it for their souls and futures, for their children.
IN JESUS’S HOLY AND SAVING NAME, PLEASE GOD…. AMEN AMEN AMEN
I pray – often.
I close my eyes and ask The Lord to speak to me, and then I randomly open His Word to see what jewels of wisdom are there. Today – He led me to Job 24. (Job never seems to be a good start for me – but obediently I read on.) This struck me to my core and speaks vividly of what we, as believers, are going through today.
Today, I feel it extra hard. May God be praised. He Is Worthy.
Job 24 New International Version
24
“Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment?
Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?
2
There are those who move boundary stones;
they pasture flocks they have stolen.
3
They drive away the orphan’s donkey
and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
4
They thrust the needy from the path
and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
5
Like wild donkeys in the desert,
the poor go about their labor of foraging food;
the wasteland provides food for their children.
6
They gather fodder in the fields
and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
7
Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.
8
They are drenched by mountain rains
and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
9
The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;
the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
10
Lacking clothes, they go about naked;
they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
11
They crush olives among the terraces[a];
they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
12
The groans of the dying rise from the city,
and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.
But God charges no one with wrongdoing.
13
“There are those who rebel against the light,
who do not know its ways
or stay in its paths.
14
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
kills the poor and needy,
and in the night steals forth like a thief.
15
The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk;
he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’
and he keeps his face concealed.
16
In the dark, thieves break into houses,
but by day they shut themselves in;
they want nothing to do with the light.
17
For all of them, midnight is their morning;
they make friends with the terrors of darkness.
18
“Yet they are foam on the surface of the water;
their portion of the land is cursed,
so that no one goes to the vineyards.
19
As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,
so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.
20
The womb forgets them,
the worm feasts on them;
the wicked are no longer remembered
but are broken like a tree.
21
They prey on the barren and childless woman,
and to the widow they show no kindness.
22
But God drags away the mighty by his power;
though they become established, they have no assurance of life.
23
He may let them rest in a feeling of security,
but his eyes are on their ways.
24
For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;
they are brought low and gathered up like all others;
they are cut off like heads of grain.
25
“If this is not so, who can prove me false
and reduce my words to nothing?”
Footnotes
Dear Woo … my heart aches with yours.
Have read your posts and wish I could help.
Haven’t been able to post much since I had emergency visit to eye doctor last week.
Everything is blurry and was instructed that “screen time” doesn’t help either.
I’ve prayed for you and will continue.
In meanwhile, I urge you to read a very helpful book.
That sounds weak, I know.
I just read some of it last week for third time.
And still find treasures of Godly counsel and wisdom.
I’ll be back here when possible.
Oh my friend, Della.
I am so sorry you had an emergency with your eyes last week. Maybe The Lord is sheltering you from seeing things??? Can it be “a gift”? I know… lame, but I’m grasping at shreds of anything that makes sense.
I have had so little time to read. When given the luxury – my “go to” is His Word. I will go on Amazon and buy this book today.
I love you and your prayers mean everything to us.
Praying for complete healing for your eyes, Miss Della. God love you so much.
So sorry to hear your eyes have been giving you such trouble. Screen time doesn’t help the eyes but helps the spirit so you will find that balance. We know your prayers as they are coming from our own hearts and God knows. Still, we miss your ministry but will pray for your recovery and be patient. Blessings.
I have been wondering where you have been. I am sorry to learn of your emergency eye situation. Most definitely will be asking for healing in my prayers. Please keep us posted as you can, most importantly take care of yourself and rest up.
I was curious after not seeing you for a couple of days.
I pray your eyes are healed, and that you aren’t in pain.
You were very helpful to me, thank you.
❤️🙏
I’m on page 55, Della. This book is so very good. Recommend for all dealing with prodigals. I’m sorry I think I got the last one through Amazon… but worth a look.
As of tomorrow morning, her stay at the hotel will be ending and I will have no idea where my daughter will go. Family friends, very dear to us, are firm… that she not come back home… that she go directly to the military.
She will not return my messages. Hopefully they can get through to her. The steps of her behavior these last few months… exactly mirror the book. To the “t”.
Her quarrel is not with me, it’s with God and it’s there that she’ll face her Maker.
Work is very hard but I’m holding it together. I have a huge “Esther” moment coming up Saturday.. I’ll be attending the Lincoln Lawn Party as I know now the venture capitalists who own the dealership I work for will be there. Esther needed an invitation to go before the King… well so did I… and I received it two months ago… only over the weekend did I learn the VCs would be there as sponsors. So go… I will… after fasting for three days to try to get an appointment with them to represent the 90 families at my dealer who are suffering from mismanagement. I will ask for introduction to them, then politely ask for a meeting at their office, so as not to dampen the party where the elitists will converge. Anybody want to be my plus 1? I hate being so near these people. They make my skin crawl.
Esther was given a warning… that if she didn’t go before the King… which could have been punishable by death… that she and her father’s house would perish and the Israelites would be saved by someone else.
I’ve had some very unusual affirmations these few days… things no one would believe…. that are prompting me to GO! So, I will… and I’ll put my job at great risk.
And my daughter is in God’s Hands and she is His to do with as His Will pleases.
I am afraid… but I’m more afraid of not following God’s Will… so I release every claim I have in our existence and wish me luck on Saturday as I go into the RINO lions den of those who rule our state.
Della… continuing to pray for your health and your eyesight to be fully healed and restored. Sending you much love and gratefulness for the book suggestion. So very good.
Praying for OldRetiredGuy, may he find comfort, peace, and some restful good sleep w/all he has endured of late.
AMEN, Sister Leave. OldRetiredGuy’s loss of his wife and dog days apart in April this year broke my heart.
May I add Rah (Rob and Sherry) to this? His daughter, Niki, is on hospice and cancer is ravaging two other members of his family as well. Niki has a young daughter, I believe her name is Allison. Losing a mother at a young age is its on worst hell. Father, grant her peace.
Also, too for SoAzBurroLady who lost her burro named May this week. She struggled so to care for her with laminitis fighting a battle with mesquite beans (high sugar) that her equine ingested. Imagine – years of living in the same place battling nature and the elements against an almost impossible foe. She never mentioned the battle before, but now suddenly something all around them strikes and attacks them.
Her funny pictures and easy personality – she pours into her stewarded flock as though they are human children. They’ve had health concerns with her husband, Lloyd, and I know she is like me and many of us who pour into the miracles of nature – our stewarded flocks – while battling the pains of aging and infirmary, attack and pain. I am sure May is very symbolic of dear friendship for her. May has a half sister burro – who is now crying out for her friend.
Our Alzheimers cat misses his girl Savannah. She was five when we adopted Tim and Danny and Timmy just wails for her. He’s fourteen, infirm, and dropping weight quickly. I don’t expect him to live out the year. So our “fur friends” know and it feels like more loss compounded.
Rah and Corny (Betsy’s love name for Burro lady) are both such easy friends – ones you can’t help but want to adopt and squeeze in bear hugs.
My heart hurts for them. We are in a SPIRITUAL WAR the likes I have ever known, seen, or read about.
Everyone’s cross seems bigger, heavier, and trailing behind dragging in the dirt.
Let our prayers, God, please help lift these crosses that You Have Inclined for us to carry. Shelter us from the demons who seek to root out, isolate, destroy, and kill. For our wayward and prodigals among us, Lord, grant them always a way out of sinfulness and show them always Your Lighted Path. Pluck them out of darkness into Your Safety. Father, we cannot do this alone.
We plead and pray, in Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, AMEN AMEN AMEN
Amen JWoo. There is no denying some spiritual craziness going on these days.
I thought about and prayed fervently for Savannah all day yesterday. I just felt compelled.
I cried for you, mama to mama.. then I prayed for you to have strength to fight this battle against Satan’s minions, for your precious child.
And I agree in prayer for all the Treepers struggling with their sickness and loss. So much at the same time..
Please merciful God, hear our cries. 🙏🙏😔
I’m so sorry Alleycats to cause you tears. This is a deep, deep grief.
Though my daughter is my most important relationship to me… I am frustrated and angry on behalf of all of our children being so willfully misled.
Went to a very Holy Spirit-led inner city church today… and I said this to someone else… and I say to all here:
She’s writing her testimony.
The anger inside me boils but it cannot compare to the threats God makes against those who hurt His babies. Better to have a millstone about ones neck and be thrown into the deep of the sea… then to hurt one of His children.
We stand on His Promises.
Our part is to pray and fulfill our purposes as God calls us to do.
Wish you were here. I certainly could use that hug and shared tissue box.
Christianity isn’t for wimps.
Sending you the best hug I know how.
You’re sure right about that!
Another prayer going up for Savannah. You as well. Try to remember Jesus is right with her and you every moment of every day.
God will allow His lessons. I pray she learns quickly.
My prayer is you see her home soon JWoo.
Life is sure messy isn’t it?
Blessings to you -you bruised but victorious momma. We are with you.
If you talk to Savannah tell her or remind her that God never loses…she’s outnumbered.
That came to me to tell you.🤷♀️
Thank you NanaB. She’s not talking to me at all. She’s completely shut me out, but you are right. There is no place she can go that The Lord can’t find her. Love to you, Sis. 🙏 ❤️ ✝️
I am learning through Bible study that God’s timeline is not my timeline. I must have patience and faith in the Lord. Each morning I wake up and thank Jesus for the gift of today. Then to ask The Holy Spirit to guide me the one I should go. It is not my will but “God’s Will Be Done”! Our nation, our President and all those who are facing all kinds of challenges in their daily lives; we pray for you!
My favorite preacher always tells us to wake up and say “Good morning Lord, and not Lord, it’s morning”.
I like to say “God Morning”… the minute I wake up, I’m passing the day over to Him.
God’s Will be done, Joy, AMEN
For JWoo. I love this quirky little band. Hubby discovered them awhile back in a playlist. I thought of you when I heard it today.
God Bless you, prayer warrior extraordinaire. 🙏❤️😇🤗
Thank you Alleycats. Love you, Sister
Nifty song, I enjoyed listening to it. “Don’t let the darkness get in front of you, gotta just keep on moving, keep on pushing through”.
A lot of their music is poetry. Especially their early works. Music often moves me, sometimes it’s a lyric that just speaks to me. 😊
I feel so inadequate to my calling most days. AND truth be known i am, but the I AM is not. Please pray He would equip me to love well those entrusted to our care.
Prayers for you Deplorable Nazarene Zealot.
Nazarene… I’m not calling you deplorable…. may God grant you good rest for it sounds as though you may have some fatigue. I understand the cross you carry is heavy… but God didn’t intend for you to carry it alone.
When we commit our ways unto The Lord, He Will Make our paths straight. That’s a promise and He Keeps His Promises!!
I will pray for you for some Divine Help that will come in an element of surprise for you and that you will find instant relief and refreshing. I will pray, too, for you to find the beauty of His Creation in all that you do, so that you can see the good fruits of your stewardship.
Bless you and you can do all things through Him Who Gives you strength.
In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, I pray, AMEN
Brother is not doing well, needs fast, accurate medical care and he is stuck w/in the VA system. Thankfully he has moved on to a different doc, but I have concerns if he will get the test in time. Please pray for him and that the schedule opens up ASAP.
Leave, can you seek out a social worker with the VA to help him get some traction in his urgent need? I know they used to exist… so I would ask the nurses station if there are any consults available. Do not wait, the squeaky wheel gets the grease in these cases and far too often, our strong noble miltary veterans are too proud to ask for help. At least it was in my father’s case back in the day.
Praying for you, my sister, and your family, that God opens the path your brother so needs.
In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, AMEN
Thanks JWoo. He isn’t an in-patient, but I fear waited too long to deal w/his health issues that we all have been nagging about. He is stubborn, and proud, and doesn’t like to be nagged, but then who does? There is also a wife involved, and I will leave that comment there.
I called a Marine. When all else fails bring in the Marines. LOL! He was helpful and told me the latest and not so greatest systems to navigate around in the VA. He is not happy w/all the DOGE cuts, says it has been brutal. He was hit seven times doing OIF/OEF tours, so he knows the gig inside and out. Bless his big loving heart, he is a great man to be sure. It was a wonderful conversation and nice to catch up.
Wind up it would be best for my brother to go to the ER, which most definitely he meets the criteria. He NEEDS the tests.
I am in no frame of mind to lose another sibling.
Anyway, all I can do is pass along my friend’s tips and hope I will be heard, but I doubt it, I can pray and ask for help praying, which I know ya’ll are so good at doing. 😇 Let go, and let God.
Any updates on Savannah? It is now Wednesday, no more motel if I am tracking correctly? I have been thinking about ya’ll.
I’m so glad you had that Marine to call. I totally get your brother being stubborn… its kind of an M.O. with our military folk, I’m afraid. They’re tough cookies.
I’m praying over the DOGE situation that they’ll simply let our veterans seek assistance anywhere without further imposition or red tape.
All we can do is pass on the best support and advice we can… you are right. I’m doing the same on my end.
Yes, today is check out day for her hotel. I sent an officer over there this morning, while I know her whereabouts, to confirm she’s not being held against her will. She’s not and the officer assured me she’s there of her own volition.
Today, I’ve no idea where she will go. I’m stepping out of it. She knows right from wrong and I can’t let her violate our home rules (some of which she herself instated!), nor will I enable her burning all these bridges and lying to and manipulating me.
She’s still my precious daughter. She’s still a Christian saved by Jesus… she’s just gone crazy and I’ve no explanation except she’s careening down a sinful, dark path.
I have to let her.
As discussed with close family friends… she’s not to come home. Her only option if she contacts me is directly to the military recruiters. She needs to get away from here, clear her mind, work on herself, and form deep bonds with her platoon mates. They will help her develop herself, practice situational awareness, teach her to protect herself, and give her the freedom of travel and experiences to make her grow.
So… I’m saying goodbye to my daughter as long as this trial lasts. She belongs to God… not to me.
Praying for you both JWoo. I am praying for God to take the lead and you both can find peace. It is really tough when people turn crazy. It is painful to be sure.
Continuing to pray for your brother & you, Leave. The Lord bless you.
Thank you so much Joe Blow. I sincerely appreciate your support and prayers.
Please pray for my friend Glenda, and her aged aunt Clara. Clara is almost 90 and recently widowed. She lives alone and Glenda is her nearest relative, but lives 3 hours away and can’t be there for her all the time. This is what Glenda sent me this evening:
“Aunt Clara has had a rough 3 weeks.
The foot that was infected 3 years ago when a hurricane caused river water to flood their home & her foot was cut when she fell continues to deteriorate.
Several surgeries to remove decaying tissue/bone w/ strong antibiotics has not helped the foot to heal. She is currently on the hospital after 2 surgeries in 10 days – when they unwrapped the foot after the 1st – tissue had turned black & the Oder of decay was horrific.
They cleaned it w/ strong antibiotics/rewrapped it & scheduled another appointment on 3 days. There were maggots in the tissue when unwrapping it & she underwent the 2nd surgery today. She will be on the hospital all week & they will assess the foot on Friday but have prepared her it might be necessary to amputate the leg to just below the knee.
After saying all that: I want to be positive for her but finding it difficult to keep the emotion out of my voice when talking to her.”
They live in FL – Glenda in Tallahassee and Clara in Jacksonville. Please pray for them.
Father God,
Hear our prayers for JannB’s friends.
I lift Clara to you, who is freshly grieving the loss of her husband and the continued stress from the terror of the river flooding their home from a hurricane. The physical impact to her limb, Lord, that threatens Clara by deep infection is a relentless reminder of so deep a loss.
Father, I pray you give Clara great peace that overcomes and overwhelms her.
I pray, too, that you will give Glenda the ability to be there for her aunt in the hospital as Clara deals with this uncertainty. It is a human uncertainty… but for You, Father, this was all known to You since Clara’s creation. Not a hair falls from her head without Your Divine Knowledge and attention. She is your precious daughter and I ask that You make Your Presence known to them now.
Calm Clara so she may rest and give Glenda confidence of Your Providence over their lives. You Love them so!
In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, AMEN
Amen.
Thank you, JWoo for your insight and your prayers. I will share all with Glenda so that she may pray in agreement with all of us.
I appreciate your prayers for me as well 🙂 as I am in central OK and could not even get to FL for a visit to help out.
God Bless you and AMEN and AMEN!
JannB, what a situation, I am so sorry for Glenda and Clara that they are having to endure such pain. I will be praying for them, as well as you. It is so hard to know our friends and loved ones are hurting and we can’t always be there for them and with them. I will be asking for the support, resources, medical care, compassionate care, and answers they need to get through such a difficult circumstance.
Thank you so much, Leave for your prayers and compassion. I will be sharing all with Glenda to uplift her.
Glenda has had a particularly rough year herself, and struggles with her own health issues.
Prayer for us all (you as well, as I have read your prayer list)! God Bless you!
Thanks to everyone for kind words and prayers regarding my eyes/health.
I’m better, though not completely.
Have been using two prescriptions and a third one was delivered today.
Hopefully, prayerfully, vision will clear up!
Remembering all of the requests here in my prayers … May God bless each of you!
I think of you through out the day Miss Della B. Improvement is good, but I want a full speed ahead recovery! Perhaps between God’s hands, our prayers, and the third medicine from today will do it. I hope you are not in too much pain or discomfort. Rest up, I miss you, I am grateful when you check in.
Maybe eat a big bowl of carrots w/ranch dip? (joke)
Leave … you are so thoughtful and kind … Bless you!
I love carrots … and all veggies/fruits! (no joke)
I’m wondering if you are a “sister” or “brother” since JWoo has called you sister in her posts.
It doesn’t matter, but I’ve had you in mind as a “brother.”
I am a hybrid! LOL! Diamond in the rough is what I have been told. I don’t do the sister/brother thing as in Christ if that is what you are referring to. I am just me, a person that loves God and my fellow Americans.
I love carrots too! I hope each and every day you are improving and feeling better. I scratched my cornea once, actually my dog did it, and it was quite painful. Then have battled blurry vision a few times. None of it fun. We need you here Miss Della, so I am hoping soon you will be back up to par. I hope the medicine is helping.
> I am a hybrid! <
Okay … 🤔🤔
I don’t use the brother/sister greetings, either.
So glad to hear that you love God and other people, Leave!
Yes, you are a diamond – keep on sparkling!
It was a joke, hybrid, brother/sister combo. I have quirky humor.
How are you feeling and doing Miss Della B? I am still praying for you, for all of us here, as we go through our physical ailments and trials and tribulations.
Hello Leave! I’m okay, right now.
Things could be worse, so, thanking the Lord.
Will see eye doctor later in the week and go from there.
I try to keep going – in spite of various setbacks … and not allow them to consume me.
If that makes sense?
How’s it going with you?
Yes, I remember all in prayer, too!
To Woo …
I’m glad you find the book is helpful and hope it will minister to you in days ahead.
Though it won’t make the hurt disappear, bits and pieces can soothe your wounded heart.
I’m also glad that you have a trusted friend to lean on, especially in this situation.
Woo, I hope you will consider taking good care of yourself during these stressful days.
Otherwise it’s easy to drift into a state of miserable oppression – and you need to keep going.
I do commend you for your practical and spiritual mindset right now.
And, God will give you everything needed – including wisdom, Godly judgment and discernment.
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Dear Lord, You are the King of kings … and our Righteous King.
We humbly ask You to touch Savannah, and touch Woo.
Put a hedge of protection around them; rescue them from this dark place.
Because one touch from the King changes everything …
For Christ’s sake … Amen.
My friend…
Praying for the health of your eyes. Please don’t strain too much. I think if I never saw a computer again, or mind altering electronic device… I would be most happy.
One “trusted friend” thought I went too far sending the police, but I needed a professional to put an eye on her and make sure she was under no duress. In this situation when someone goes off the rails… I’m left wondering “why?” and the “whys” can make me crazy. The officer said she was okay, so I’ll leave it at that. I had to think of ALL scenarios, and that if she were in trouble and unable to break free.. then what would she think if her mother never tried to come for her? I would never leave such question in her mind.
She seems to have purchased a couple more days at the hotel as of yesterday, but not a full week… as a full week would be about $700 and she only had a little less than $500. She is now down to $27… having burned through over $3,000 since last Thursday.
I’m so angry. I’m angry that a man, a father, could go down there… beat this Influencer up and drag his daughter home… yet should I even consider it… I’m irrational. I guess mothers are expected to give up on their children… their daughters… as they go crazy and are molested in hotel rooms by a creep(s). I offered the officer payment to beat him up… I wish I could say I was joking… I’m so very worried for my daughter.
This makes no sense to me. None at all. How could we have such a beautiful day together in the sunshine at the Fair on Sunday… to have our worlds fall apart by Thursday?
I hate hate technology… hate the negative influence of social media… and if I could give any advice to any parents out there… it would be…
STAY OFF OF SOCIAL MEDIA
LIVE IN REALITY
TEACH WISE DISCERNMENT
WARN OF THE EFFECTS
TEACH CLEARLY THE WAYS OF THE LORD SO THAT WHEN (NOT IF… PLAN FOR IT) EVIL COMES IT WILL BE RECOGNIZED
It took one year of social media presence combined with the hormones of a teenager exercising independence and feeling lonely and seeking a boyfriend… to compete with the media posts of others with boyfriends and girlfriends… to lose sight over her own life, her own opportunities… to become a habitable liar and burn bridges for instant gratification.
She knew there was no lying to me. We never kept secrets from one another. We were close. And when you have that authenticity with each other… its easier for one to witness the others irregularities and changes. And it’s jarring.
Now that the officer has confirmed she’s there of her own free will… I’m stepping away. I’m praying God will meet her where she needs to be to write her future story… her testimony.
Her only help from anyone at this point is an Uber to a military recruiter. That’s it. Any help from any known human from her family… anyway. God Will and must take care of the rest as He Deems appropriate.
I am preparing myself for what I feel I must do on behalf of my coworkers Saturday. An Esther moment to make an appointment with the venture capitalists who own my dealership who are attending a function I was invited to. I can’t “save” anyone… I’m only “going” where I’m instructed to go and to where I was invited… and through prayer and affirmations, I’m being inclined to go. I would rather do anything else than be in the presence of these politicians again… especially now. But I will practice obedience to God and I’ll go.
I am posting here a video I posted on the OT… from Lara Logan. I’m wondering if this happened to my girl? I may never have that answer.
But please parents… take heed over your children. Do not ever be kowtowed to thinking you have no right to speak up to protect them. It’s our job according to God’s desire for our stewardship.
My prayers and love to you all.
https://rumble.com/v6xawe6-wired-for-control-brain-computer-interfaces-with-brandy-smith-episode-30.html
On the road now but don’t want to leave your post on this number.
Praying for you and Savannah
Oh JWoo, my mother heart is breaking for you. No, I do not believe we as mothers are supposed to give up on our children. We may need to step away and watch in anguish as our grown children make decisions WE know are bad for them, but cannot prevent them from making. While all we can do is pray..
I wish you were in my kitchen right now. I would give you the biggest hug and unlimited kleenex. Then we would share an entire chocolate cake while we talk about and pray over our daughters. I am praying for both of you, every day. Dear God in Heaven, please protect Savannah and bring her back safely to her mama.
Alleycats,
I love you and our dear faithful interceding friends on the Prayer Thread. I have to let go. I simply have to. My only prayer now is HIS WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
I can’t quite explain it enough to do it justice – but God came to me and He placed His Hand on me and He told me that He’s “got her”. That’s it.
And when I went to that political event and saw one of Savannah’s peer’s father there and he told me of Abigail’s journey – and then he asked of Savannah – my response was “She is off writing her testimony with God”. To that, he and his wife led me in prayer.
Corrie ten Boom “Lord help me to hold loosely for it hurts when you pry them from my hands.”
I miss her. Terribly. But, I miss HER and not this demon or demons who have her entranced. Those demons can have no place at my table or in my home… and I have to be willing to stand firm. I believe in The Lord with all my soul –
HIS WILL BE DONE.
I envision King David tearing his clothes and mourning over the death of his son with Bathsheeba after having acquired Bathsheeba in an unseemly way. So, I’m picking myself up, and moving forward with what The Lord is directing me to do. (Further mentioned on the OT thread.)
It is only by Faith that we shall be truly free. My daughter turned herself over of her own free will. She must live those consequences and build her own faith testimony. I did what I could.
Love you. I wish I was in your kitchen, too – or you in mine. I’ve a brisket slow roasting that I will make and freeze – but I would just as soon share it with some sweet potatoes, ranch-style beans, greens, and fresh peach cobbler. (I’ll let you make the cobbler – because it seems you are an expert at such!) I’ve got the Blue Bell Great Divide ice cream for the top. Probably best I don’t eat it alone.
Dear Woo … Hope to encourage you – or any reader passing by.
Since birth I’ve been well acquainted with grief and crises.
And, the Lord continues to teach me things … yet much to learn.
Years ago, God used Pastor Charles Swindoll’s book, “The Mystery of God’s Will,” to hone a certain lesson.
Specifically – His will is to make us more like Christ.
He is shaping us into the image of His dear Son.
God will use anything – and everything – to help us in this (difficult) transformation.
Even those circumstances that make NO logical sense.
Now, while brushing my teeth, I look in the mirror and practice saying, “I don’t know.”
Because some of my lifelong hopes didn’t go as planned; I couldn’t figure out what went wrong?
So, when my mind habitually begins to wonder about an issue, I remember it’s best to admit, “This is beyond me.”
The good news, tho, is God knows … and, that’s enough for me.
We live in a broken world, but Christ has already redeemed it.
Where we live now in brokenness, and before the Lord takes us to our eternal home – are many things we don’t understand. But we’re not expected to.
Our part is to obey God, trust and love Him.
He promises to work everything out.
Remember Job … he could not understand “why?” the horrific evil attacks on his life.
But he did say these words, under inspiration of the Lord God:
“ But he knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come out as gold.”
Job 23:10
Woo, I’m not sitting on a holy perch here … but, I preach this to myself day by day.
Whenever I offer encouragement to others, it comes from a deep reservoir within my scarred heart, hoping to lighten another’s load.
Adding some words of my spiritual Godly mentor, Elisabeth Elliot:
“Sometimes, if we can catch the sound of music that other people march to, we can fall into step.”
May the Lord help us all “hear” His voice and follow Him.
I’m praying that you and Savannah will come forth as gold … in His time.
It will be worth it all …
I love you, Della. I am half way through your book recommendation, “Letting Go – Rugged Love For Wayward Souls” by Dave Harvey and Paul Gilbert. I can see why you would read it twice, or more…
I would never ever consider you sitting on a “holy perch” – I would ask that you stop talking about yourself like that right now. You are never “holier than thou” nor in need of any kind of reproach and that comes from the devil. You are the Divinely Inspired child of The Most High God – and heir to His Throne – and a great intercessor on behalf of those who seek partnership in prayer. You are the image bearer of “never walk alone”.
So no more criticism – or self deprecating. Be gone that from your precious and sweet mind.
What would I have done without my precious prayer warriors to lift me when I could not stand or walk on my own? When I was in a heap and blubbering like a baby calling out to my “Abba! Abba! Abba Father… PLEASE!”
Your prayers remind me of who I am in God. Who my daughter is in God. She knows Him. She loves Him. She committed herself to Christ at the age of 9 and she walks in His Ways.
This is a strong reminder that the devil is a lion seeking to devour and destroy especially among God’s Faithful. For the devil has no need to take issue with the meek and the milquetoast and the quiet who “go along to get along” – he goes after those making waves for the Kingdom.
A Pastor told me that he had a vision of Savannah saving others for The Kingdom of God. Of her extending her hands and lifting them and helping them out of bondage. So, I pray that this shall be. I freely give her up for whatever mission He Has for her… my precious girl.
He Won’t let her go. Like He Won’t let us go.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY. FOREVER AND EVER.
Thank You, God, for Who You Were, Who You Are, and for Who You Will Always Be – world without end. In Jesus’s Name we pray and praise! AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.
I love you, too, Woo – you are special …
I wasn’t beating myself up – stopped that silly thing long ago!
But wanted to make my comment clear that I was speaking from experiences – not hearsay.
At times, I find it challenging to express myself on this forum.
Because good communication involves more than snippets of words.
Body language, tone, and actually knowing a person helps to have a deeper understanding.
Woo, I’m very sorry that you and Savannah are in this situation. It is heartbreaking.
I will remember you both in prayer.
Here’s a Scripture that comforts me during a difficult trial:
”All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.”
Psalm 139:16
The Lord knew before both of you were conceived this day would be here.
He knows every detail right now … He knows the future days.
And, God will work it all into His plan for you both.
I pray that He will soothe your heart in a special, extraordinary way for this distressing season.
Hugs, Woo.
Greetings! Today (8/15/2025) my Dad has an appointment at the Mayo Clinic. I ask anyone here to please pray for safe travel mercies for my parents, for my parents to have a shield of protection around them as they go about their day, and for a good outcome for my Dad. My Dad was supposed to have a brain scan the last time he had an appointment at the Mayo Clinic and there is a possibility that my Dad might have Lewy Body Dementia. I pray that is not the case. On the 18th of this month, I think my Dad is supposed to be injected with some kind of dye to do a brain scan. I don’t know what today’s appointment is all about. I hope that Monday’s appointment will reveal good news, and today as well. Thank you!
Lord, please comfort and protect Mr. M’s father today as he travels to Mayo Clinic. Please grant his doctors wisdom in seeking an answer to his illness, so that through You, Lord, healing can be achieved. Praying for a good outcome for your father. Please keep us updated as you are able. God Bless and protect you and your family.
Thank you for your prayer! Praise report, the doctors don’t think my Dad’s symptoms warrant a brain scan! It could be other issue/s that need to be addressed first. The good report is, so far, no confirmation of Lewy body dementia. Praise the Lord for that!
That’s great news! I’m very happy for you. Thank God for His mercy and grace.
Praying for your dad & his situation, Mr. M, & that no evidence of LBD would be found. So glad to hear that has been the case. God bless you.
Thank you, Joe! I am relieved about the situation. I am grateful for prayers being answered! God is good!
Thank you for the update. Good news! Still going to keep ya’ll in prayer.
Thank you, Leave! I appreciate that.
Big High Five, Mr. M! God Is in the miracle-making business! Keep praising Him and let His Goodness be shared throughout the earth. People need to hear these good stories of deliverance.
Mr. M, Remembering you and your parents in prayer …
May our gracious God:
guide the minds and skills of the medical team,
protect your parents from any danger or harm,
fill all of your hearts with His peace,
strengthen them in moments of fear, weakness, anxieties,
comfort them with assurance that He’s in control of every detail, He loves them, and will always provide His best.
May our merciful Lord cover them with His grace and hope in days to come.
May God’s Righteous, perfect will be done for them.
To You, O God, be glory and honor … for Christ’s sake. Amen.
“The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
And those who know your name put their trust in you for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.”
Psalm 9:10
Thank Miss Della for your prayer! If you would like, please see the reply I left to Alleycats. Praise the Lord for prayers answered!
I’m praising Him with you, M!
And, will pray that a proper diagnosis can be made, along with treatment.
Amen.
Update from Glenda on Aunt Clara – thank you so much for your prayers!
“Thank you for adding Clara & I to the prayer list. I am humbled by the prayer lifted by JWOO & shared it w/ Aunt Clara this evening.
The pathology report from the center for disease control came back late this afternoon & it is positive for 2 different t infections still present in the foot.
Surgery tomorrow morning will remove more flesh & antibiotics will be applied directly on the foot. They will take tissue samples again Tues & send them to the center for analysis .
If infection isn’t present on that analysis they will do surgery to remove the remaining 2 toes & remove bone across the foot down to below the pad.
The positive scripture you are sending is helpful to both of us. Thank you “
Jann, So sorry to hear about Aunt Clara and will pray for her.
I’ve always had a tender affection for the elderly … and, now I am one.
>>
Gracious Lord, Aunt Clara and Glenda need Your help.
As friends of the paralytic lowered his mat through the roof and laid him at Your feet, we bring Clara to You through prayers.
Lord, You have special compassion for the weak and oppressed – including the elderly.
I’m wondering, Lord, if that’s because it can be a time of weakness, frailty, sickness, loneliness, poverty/little means, loss of family and friends, and helplessness.
You know these are hard situations, dear Lord.
Please touch Clara and bring her comfort and relief.
Not only to her body, but to her wounded heart.
Rescue Clara from these afflictions, and carry her safely to You at the proper time.
Strengthen her for the remaining journey and hold Clara close to Thee.
Give Clara joy and gladness of heart, because she knows You are with her.
Deliver her from any discouragement or dreariness … because they have to flee in Your Presence.
Thank You for the many years You have given Clara on earth.
Continue to make a way for her and provide for every need – physical and spiritual.
Remind Miss Clara that nothing can separate her from the love of Christ.
Give her a special sense of Your nearness, O God.
I pray that she has accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and will spend eternity with You.
We praise You, Lord, for the indescribable Gift of Your Son.
For Christ’s sake … Amen.
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(the Lord)
“Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”
Isaiah 46:4
Needed to read this one, thank you.
“Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”
Isaiah 46:4
An old and dear friend of mine would say…”God did not carry you this far, to drop you now”.
This friend is in heaven now; she was always aware of God’s love for His children.
I am sorry for my delay. I want you to know that I am continuing to hold you all closely in prayer. Things have been hectic here and I’m staying afloat – immersing myself in my commitments and praying for God’s Wisdom with Divine Appointments.
By now… the surgery will likely have occurred. Praying for your steadiness. Praying too for you to see that “all things”… ALL THINGS work for the good of those who love HIM and who are called according to HIS PURPOSE! Romans 8:28
How hard it is, when we must lay our “I’d rathers” down! I’d rather be inconspicuous. I’d rather be naive. I’d rather stay out of it. I’d rather that this cup should pass from me (in the closest relation I have to Jesus Christ’s pleas at Gethsamane). I’d rather be anywhere… but here. I’d rather be with my daughter celebrating her victories… rather than letting go of her in defeat. I’d rather avoid political corruption, and not be the sounding board for souls deep in despair over their working conditions and mismanagement. I’d rather not be here, losing my foot and part of my leg, and suffering whilst I mourn over my husband and home, which I imagine goes through Clara’s mind.
I’d rather be in Heaven with God, than be here.
I know that God Hears us. I know that He Hears our cries. I know that He Cares Deeply for what you are going through… for what all of us are enduring in His Name and through that which is carrying us by our profound faith in Him.
I pray for your comfort today. For your courage. For your provision. For your tenacity. For you refusal to turn around, back down, and sit down – standing confidentially in the FAITH that GOD HAS YOUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART in this and in all things!
Praying for your miracles. Praying you see HIM everywhere and in all things. I pray for His Divine Intervention.
HE LOVES YOU SO.
We pray in Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, AMEN AMEN AMEN
Sending prayers, JannB, for you, Glenda, and Clara.
Am praying.
Hello Pray Warriors.
As you know Jen has been going outpatient to UVA since she was released. Until today there really was no change to report. Jen’s daily is wake up, go to physical and occupational therapy, come home and nap. I have good news now, however.
Jen was at UVA this past Friday for another round of blood tests and lumbar puncture. I just spoke to her a bit ago, after her doctor’s call. For the first time, there is no blood in her spinal fluid. The blood vessels in her brain have finally stopped leaking!
This indicates the treatment is starting to work so there is increased hope her cognitive functions will return. That has been excruciatingly slow to heal, and a point of great frustration for her. Jen struggles with simple math and anything else that requires more than 1 or 2 steps to complete. She also still cannot turn her head from side to side without it causing her equilibrium to fail. So, it severely reduces her options for passing time. I keep praying, I know the Warriors are too. I feel them.. “Be still, and know that I am God..”
Kitten is back to her part time job and seeing her friends occasionally. Having “normal” days is very important to her sense of well being. She seems much more relaxed.
I am so thankful, I give all glory to God for His mercy and His healing power. He has done so much for us, I know He wants Jen to heal and return to her work helping others. She will go back to UVA in 3 weeks if things remain stable, for another MRI.
Thank you again and again dear Prayer Warriors. You have no idea how your gentle nudging, encouragement and words of scripture sustain me in the sometimes dark hours. God Bless this magnificent treehouse. 🙏🤗
Alleycats,
I’m so very happy to hear that Jen’s treatment is working. Such a huge answer to prayers. Continuing to pray that each small step forward in her healing leads to greater and greater gains, my friend. Happy, too, that her daughter can resume visits with her friends and her job. God Is Merciful.
God is so merciful, yes.. I’ve been praying for you and for Savannah.
Wonderful news Alleycats! Thank you for the update. I will continue to pray for all our Treepers, their family, and friends. God is good and loves all of us through the good days and bad days, and he loves that we are all here for each other. ✝️ ☀️ ☔️
What a great praise report, Alleycats. Praise God! Continuing in prayer for Jen & you & Kitten. God bless.
Alleycats, Thanks be to God!
So grateful to hear this … I’m still praying for you all.
Nothing is impossible with God – and He loves you!
Alley, Here’s to encourage you with a brief word I heard in Sunday’s sermon:
>> When (if) you begin to feel down about what has happened to you,
look around and see what didn’t happen to you.
You will find God’s love and faithfulness on display!
Remember all the times He has been faithful – and that He will continue to be.
We tend to live by our feelings/emotions, so it’s crucial to stand on God’s Word and His promises.
I’ve been preaching this to myself … and wanted to share!
Hugs … (I know this has been so hard.)
✝️ 🥰
“Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You,
Who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.”
Isaiah 64:4
Thank you so much Miss.Della.B, I am celebrating something good every day. God loves me, and He loves my family. Of this I’m certain. Even when bad things happen.
I also am bringing myself to realize that acts of His love, may not be what I expect them to be. A hard but infinitely important lesson. Patience was never my virtue but it is my goal. 🙏 😇
So very happy and relieved Jen is doing so well in her recovery! I’m sure you are relieved and thankful for her improvement. I will continue to pray for Jen and your family.
Home from a very long road trip/memorial. Stressful but glad we went and were actually welcomed.
So glad to hear you have returned home and it was a positive experience Miss NanaB. That is good.
Thank you Leave. Sure hope issues are resolving on your end and you are feeling more at peace.
Praying, too, for your brother, Leave. For all that ails him, may God be merciful unto him. In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, AMEN
Thank you JWoo. A whole round of issues have come up, and I am praying to Let Go and Let God.
Praise God, NanaB. I know you had trepidation about going. I’m happy for you being welcomed. I’m sure you were greatly relieved.
Thank you for your continued prayers.
Thank you Alleycats. You and your family and all treepers are in my daily prayers…sometimes more than once, twice…a day!
I have been battling a health issue since March…many appointments and had one today and this one might be the resolution my problem! Too early to know for sure but finally feeling more optimistic!
Giving thanks tonight…I hope not prematurely. If this doesn’t work…surgery is in my future.
Praying for you, Nana. Blessings!
Giving thanks is never premature NanaB.❤️ I am optimistic as well. Prayers for recovery rather than surgery.
Let it be so, Father God. Let NanaB be healed in full and may she regain and restore in strength through Your Loving and Generous Healing – in Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, I pray, AMEN
Thx everyone. Late this afternoon things got worse again. I am trying to be a patient patient. This is not a serious problem unless you are the one having it so I’m trying to keep it in perspective. I thank you all for prayers and good wishes. Tomorrow is a new day for each of us and we start anew.
Blessings everyone.
Being a patient patient is some serious hard work in this day and age. Praying for you NanaB. Tomorrow is a new day. I hope you get some good sleep tonight.
A prayer of Thanksgiving…
Thank you Lord, for keeping me safe in my travels. As I prepare to flip the odometer to 200k on a Ford. at this time, I am about 12 miles away from that milestone., The forth time, with a Ford. I pray dear Lord, that you keep the other road travelers, safe and their vehicles in good operating condition. And for our big rig truck drivers, keep them alert and safe as well while reminding the average driver, to be careful while driving near the big rigs. And in a special way, keep the farmers and their daily tractor operations, safe as well…and bless them as they are “feeding” your children. Amen.
Prayer Warriors, have a blessed weekend.
Amen, Aggiegirl. Thanks for that. I pray for safe travels for your daily commute.
Thank you. I have just finished reading the prayers and challenges many have faced. It is humbling to me that these are my only worries right now.
Am praying for peace within all, A blessed new week and strength to endure life’s challenges especially for those who face the obstructions in health care.
Your worries are no less important than ours. Just living your day to day under the JBP administration, near Chicago no less, is plenty to worry about. You are brave.
You are also a blessed healer, a nurse who cares about her patients’ outcomes. God works through people like you with advanced skill sets, to help people like me who know nothing about medical practice. That is hard work and a heavy burden for anyone to willingly bear for 40+ years.
Amen to your prayers for peace, strength and healing.
Thank you. As i look at the calendar, I realize that I will need to make changes…I did my BSN in 3 years, went to work right away…it’s been a long haul, especially with the changes in health care and in the hospitals, which have seriously affected all the front line workers.
Praising the Lord today for His hand in Jen’s road to recovery. Jen is praising and thanking Him for his mercy. We had the most lovely hour long phone call. That alone, is a first in a long time.
I heard the humility and gratitude in her voice as she described conquering the task of assembling a small Lego figurine from just the picture. One month ago that was unthinkable. Her cognitive functions continue to improve, along with her energy level. Her short term memory is much better too.
She realizes how many simple gifts in life she had that were suddenly taken away by the stroke. Her goal is to be able to travel out here with the grands for Thanksgiving. Both of us are joyous and abundantly thankful today, and I just wanted to share that with my prayer warrior friends with heartfelt thanks. We are steady looking forward, looking for the light.
Praising God right along with you and Jen!
Thanks NanaB. I hope you’re feeling better as well. I’m so happy for Jen. For many reasons..
I had to laugh when she told me Legos are part of her occupational therapy. She has to make things without instructions.
I said, heck I can’t even do that.
Haha. I couldn’t do that either! So many blessings to be thankful for!
I’m doing ok. Thx for your well wishes.
Your news made my day!!
Well…..this just made my day! HALLELUJAH! ✝️
Going to be the best Thanksgiving ever.
I praise HIM through Whom all blessings flow, Alleycats. So good. Keep sharing His Good Works. We all need to hear them.
I am requesting prayers for my mother. She had seizures for a long time today while I was out and when 911 arrived they intubated her. She is still in the emergency department and will be going to ICU. They have discovered she has pneumonia. I believe she will get better with prayer. Thank you.
Prayers going up for your mother Kitty. May God lead her doctors and nurses to help her recover and may God give you comfort as I know this is a stressful time.
She will get better w/prayer. Praying for Kitty, for her mom to have speedy recovery w/excellent doctors and nurses caring for her.
Asking the Lord for a healing touch for your mom, Kitty. God bless you.
Praying for you and your mother Kitty. May God work through the doctors and nurses to provide healing. May He lift your mother up from her sickness with the power of His love. I pray God gives you comfort and peace while you wait for news. Time spent in ER can seem interminable.
Divine Healer, please heal Kitty’s mother. Bring her back to health as only You can. Amen.
My best buddy is having an ultrasound to see how his inoperable tumor is doing. Please pray for the little guy, he is just the best dog ever. Pray that I can keep it together, and please pray for a chronic condition I have that they now want to do major surgery to treat it. I am in no mindset or mood to be having a major surgery. I would prefer God lay his hands on me and make me well so I can be able to help my buddy through his trials and tribulations.
Oh Leave…double trouble. I will pray for your best buddy that his tumor is not growing or causing more issues and I will pray for you…that you can avoid surgery for your issue as well.
I’m doing all I can to avoid surgery myself.
God answered my prayers at least for now…clinic called to tell me surgery had been cancelled as they didn’t have overnight staff to care for me. I believe that is Gods intervention on my behalf.
Praying for you both that the healing hand of the Lord would touch you making surgery unnecessary. And of course for Leave’s dog too.
Appreciate it Joe Blow. My boy’s tumor has shrunk a tad, against all odds. And I am feeling a bit better myself.
Wow, canceled surgery to a staff shortage. I am with ya, God is doing an intervention. I hope you will be feeling better and your issue will heal. Keep us posted. Last year I had a surgery cancelled less than 12 hours from going in, it was frustrating and irritating, but I took the same attitude as you, there was a reason for it beyond my control. Eventually after more wrangling around I did get the surgery.
My boy’s tumor has shrunk a tad, it has them all mystified! Truly we were all shocked, I mean like shocked. It was not what anyone was expecting, it goes against the science. He was to have crossed over by last December, this past July was the year mark. He is a trooper!
Interestingly enough I started treating him w/a mushroom compilation. I have no proof it is shrinking the tumor, but there is lots of data on it. Of course the vet did not ask one single question about the product or its use. Early on I did ask if him I could use it because the dog is on Cushing’s medicine. He didn’t have a problem w/it. But just like w/human medicine they simply do not want to believe God gave us nature as medicine to heal us. I also believe prayer and God has his hand in it as well. My boy is aging and has health issues, they added a new medicine for him, but as long as he is happy, living his best life I am okay. I will still be watching, and worrying, but was incredibly grateful for the good news.
So happy to hear about your boy!! Such a comfort! Yes, God gave us nature to heal as God has provided. I do not vax our newest dog. I lost my best buddy at age 13… always kept him up to date on vax and tick collars. Those maybe killed him idk. Still miss him. Vets and doc are taught what they only want them to know.
Still hoping not to have surgery. It’s a female issue. Trying alternative solutions along with medical. Some days are better than others.
This getting old is…getting old!
My kids and grands are healthy…husband is doing ok. Extended family has had a great loss recently. Circle of life…sometimes unfair imo but God is in control and I submit.
Hang in there Leave…keep us posted on your best buddy. They are a gift from God too.
In 55 min I turn 69. My mom died at age 36 from a brain aneurysm…for years I prayed when will I die Lord. The answer I “heard” was 68…pins and needles time haha.
If you never hear from me again you’ll know it really was was God telling me and not my imagination.
Blessings. What a wonderful branch on this treehouse!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NanaB! 🎂🎈💐 Wishing you a fun day filled with all good things!
I am sorry about your mom, that had to have been tough, and your dog as well. Praying for your health to make a rebound and that you will find some good answers. And yes, getting old gets old😂
Happy Birthday NanaB! Thank you for your prayers over everyone here. I hope you have a wonderful day… and cake. Lots of cake. 🤗🙏❤️
Thanks everyone. Prayers for all here.
Glad I made it!
Special prayers sent for your dog. Our furry companions are sometimes the only family we have nearby. Praying for the Holy Spirit to guide your medical decision. May God bless you and keep you both.
You have that right! My dog is my family, same w/the kitty cats. Their love is absolutely unconditional. I appreciate your prayers Alleycats.
Thank you for the update. And continue with the mushroom therapy. One of my sons in law grows a huge variety of mushrooms. A lot of which he sells to fancy restaurants, but some of which he uses to make medicinal tinctures such as Turkey Tail. It works great to boost the immune system.
I will have to start some research on mushrooms and health benefits. So good it’s helping your buddy.
Am praying for you both….for the Lord to lay his healing touch upon you both.
Thank you Aggiegirl.
Thank you all for the prayers for my mother and I. She is now in the ICU and is still intubated and sedated. I believe she is doing better. They lightened up on the sedation to see about weening her off the vent and she followed commands but then got agitated so they sedated her again and the test has not been done yet. It made me happy to see she was still here.
Praise God. Thank you for the update. May He continue to strengthen your mother so she can ween off the respirator. I pray for you to have peace while the doctors and nurses care for her.
Still praying for you and your mother.
I haven’t posted in a while but I’m here everyday in prayer for everyone, please know that, I love you all.
My husband and I make lists about what we need to accomplish especially this time of year when the garden is winding down. We have let the garden go and now we have to get at it 😬 lots of work and I am not feeling up to it but I will do what I can.
added to that we had an electrical fire in our attic and my husband’s office. Scary stuff. The water it took for our wonderful fire department to put out the fire was insane.
Down stairs from the office is my kitchen,dining room and hallway area. All is slated to get demolished. Arrrgh.
Im so very grateful that the fire happened in the morning and we are safe. But wow the damage is nuts.
I also have to say I am so in awe of our insurance company and all the initial response from the people who are starting to demo. Every single one of the people involved are incredible. So very thankful for them.
should get interesting.
love you all,peace
Eve
Sending prayers up for you and yourself. Thanking God you are both safe. One day at a time BC as you well know. Blessings.
Thanking God you are both safe. It’s great that your insurance company is cooperating in the rebuild.
That is scary! I am so glad you guys are ok. Praying all the repairs and remodeling are quick and efficient to your satisfaction and enjoyment. Out of the ashes….
My goodness Eve, praise God for keeping you both safe. Praying that He will lead you quickly through this.
Eve,
Sweet sister. I am so grateful that no one was harmed in the fire. Things are just “things” and can be replaced. Seems we sometimes have to have a little reset to put “things” in their rightful places and remember what is truly valuable and irreplaceable.
It’s not that I invite these “resets” to happen – trust me – I am all “resetted” out, but I am leaning HEAVILY on what God Is Doing in the moment.
I am so grateful your insurance company has been so supportive and I will pray the contractors do an excellent job for you to set you to whole again. So grateful too for your health and how God Has Proven His Provision time and again. Your testimony is so great here. People need to hear it.
Much love to you and your family. Blessings always
Prayers for Joe Dan Gorman ( Intellectual Froglegs). He posted today on twitter that he is on his way to Nashville for Bypass Surgery. He is having cardiac difficulties.
Praying for your healing and comfort, Joe Dan. Be well.
Oh my. Thank you for this update. Prayer going up for Joe Dan…May God provide the cardiologists that he needs to be restored to health. Joe Dan is a treasure.
For Joe Dan Gorman…prayers for healing after a successful surgery. May the Divine Healer guide the surgeon’s hand, and all those involved in the procedure. May God Bless you and yours at this stressful time.
Oh no! I hope he is doing ok. Praying for him to get all he needs. We are Cousins.
Praying for him and for the many who can add levity to such serious things. Joe Dan is a warrior and I pray his heart well again, so that he can keep on giving us good humor to laugh at the days ahead. We need such strength and for leaders to point that way.
Asking for prayers for friends of our……..their precious granddaughter Harper was one of the children murdered today in Minneapolis. I cannot fathom the unbelievable grief the families are going through today.
Please pray for them – my heart is broken……
Oh my.. I am so sorry for their loss and yours, as their friend. Prayers for this devastated family.
Dear Lord, please comfort the grieving in this horrible event. Wrap your loving arms around them. Amen. I cannot fathom the emotion and sense of loss. Or find the right words….May God bless them in their grief and loss.
So very sorry. I will be including all of you in my prayers.
I’ve been praying the Devine Mercy and it has helped me. I am not alone in this prayer.
If we accept that there is real goodness in this world (and we see it all around us) but refuse to admit that there are truly evil people because it is hard to admit, we do that at our own peril.
St. Michael the Archangel, Pray for us!
I wish I had words of comfort for this family and you as their friend. I can only offer up prayers of thanksgiving that Harper is at home with Jesus…prayers for her family to somehow in some way find some peace somewhere…hopefully in their faith.
May they and you feel the presence of God during this horrific time of grief.
Sounds all nice…hard to do…feeling really angry.
Our children. We are called on as stewards of our kids, trusted with them by our Divine Creator.
I want to “do something” – I want to stand up, I want to represent, I want to speak Light into the darkness. I want no suffering to be in vain. I mourn for these parents. I mourn for their classmates and for their community, and for all set “on edge” because of their fear of the unknown.
Fear comes from the devil – and he needs reminded, often, that he is a defeated foe. he seeks to steal and destroy. Let their suffering and ours… not be in vain.
My prayers are with you all.
Another prayer of thanksgiving….its been 25 years since the Plainfield tornado….Dear God, thank you for the many blessings bestowed upon my family. And in a special way, hold those close who have been affected by tornadoes and other natural disasters., Amen.
I usually remember this day as it was so close to my home, but have been distracted.. So many people lost so much that day.
Continued blessings to your family, Aggiegirl.
Amen.
My sincere thank you to everyone who prayed for my mother. She was on a ventilator Monday-Wednesday after seizures for over an hour, pneumonia and a UTI. She came home yesterday. The Lord has blessed her with more days and I am so grateful. Prayer is so powerful. Thank you all again.
Thank you for the update on your mother Kitty. Thankful she is doing so much better now.
Praise God! Thank you Kitty & may the Lord’s blessings be upon you & your mom.
Praise be to God, who hears our prayers. Thank you for updating!
Such good news, Kitty. Blessings on your time between you and your precious Mom. God Is So Good.
Yay! Thank you for the good news!
It’s been 24 days… please don’t stop holding Savannah in your prayers. My mother heart is broken. A mutual friend has been in contact with her. She is alive and in a place unknown to me. This “man/boy” she is with has complete control over her. She is calling him her “fiance”. This is the third guy in four months that daughter has aluded to being her “fiance”. Sadly, my daughter didn’t really have a good example in her life of what a real man/father/male guide should be like. It was a gaping hole missing for her – that I simply wasn’t equipped to fill.
She has forfeited her good job at Hershey’s. She was only one month shy of being permanently hired going from making $19 to $23 an hour. She loved that job.
He’s now got her working in the most drug-infested, meth/crack/fetanyl city in Indiana. She’s at a Dairy Queen there making $13 an hour and on her first day she was scrubbing feces off the bathroom walls.
Our mutual friend, Margaret, believes the man is actually the one texting with her pretending to be Savannah. There are two distinct differences in the messages. Margaret has spoken with Savannah, but she is only allowed to be on speaker phone, with him beside her, coaching her. Margaret is trying to stay very neutral and calm, so her connection to her is not cut off.
I can’t go get her. I want to… with everything that I am, but Savannah thinks she is “in love” and he early on… blocked me from reaching her and deleted my information from her phone and removed her location tracking on her smart phone.
She is angry with me, telling Margaret that I am “controlling” not letting her be with her fiance because of the trouble with him during her sophomore year of school. But Savannah cannot see… she simply cannot see it… that this boy/man is using the very same tactics with her that the online sex predators used that the Lieutenant on the Whitestown Police Department conveyed to her and me.
Via Instagram, my daughter was the victim of THREE unknown sex predators. The first, who was two weeks away from luring her to Louisiana. The second stole her identity and started to loot her bank account. The third, tried to get her to send him gift cards. This guy… was someone KNOWN to her (I do not know him personally, but had the presence of mind to write his name down in my mailing address contacts because he was so manipulative and bad trouble back in 2022.)
It seems that my daughter is overtaken with mind control. If I try to go get her… she may run further and harder. This boy/man has already run through over $3,000 of her money. It seems she is supporting him and his family (?) who I have no idea who that is…. seems to be enabling this. They have opened up another bank account for her earnings and Margaret believes he’s on the account too, which means he can take her money.
The police, Margaret and her dear family who have contacts well-versed in mental health, and my dear trusted friends… are of consensus that I cannot go get her. I want to. I want to. I want to. But, I can’t have her return habitually lying and cyclically partaking in such risky behavior. One of the online sexual predators also asked for pictures of me, in addition to those Savannah shared with them.
Kiddo had three pretty major triggers that may have caused her to snap. She forfeited a really good job, stability, and a plan for her immediate future that would have given her really good footing for her adulthood.
With the luring of the first predator who worked on Savannah for two months prior to me learning about him, we had canceled her phone, and purchased her a flip phone with no media apps on it. It wasn’t as convenient, but Savannah “felt safer”. But with the new job for her and other things… we switched her back to the “3rd party authentication” device needed by so many institutions nowadays… rather than the archaic (but new) flip phone. I REGRET NOT KEEPING HER ON THE FLIP PHONE WITH EVERY THING I AM.
It seems that my daughter was a magnet for this activity. Whether they found her (the unknown perps) or she found them (not sure about the “known” guy – if she found him or he found her)… it seemed I was unable to stop it.
My daughter was raised as a wonderful Christian young woman. Her behavior was so consistent as a youth – that it was really easy to tell when she “changed” and things were not as they seemed. She was unable to successfully sustain lying. We had an incredibly close relationship – she is my only family and my dearest loved one. I love her to the moon and back. She didn’t hate me… she called me “Mom Mom”. But in the end… it was like I never knew her. Her total countenance changed.
Because she’s over 18, the authorities will do nothing. She is off writing her testimony with God and I have to get out of the way of that.
I’m not doing well staying on these threads and reading all these things in politics and current events. I see the corruption and the manipulation and feel it firsthand on how this technology, mind control, and manipulation by “group think”, steering, gaslighting… completely shatters lives.
Ours. It shattered ours.
I care very much about the people on this platform. I am grieved by those who seem to be generating narratives to guide public opinion when the very answers we are searching for can be… and often are… right there.
No one asks what I think – but here’s what I think:
1) Remove kids from public school systems. If a system is using our children as political collateral, you need to stop their access. This is demonic and our children are the fuel that feeds their insatiable appetite for cruelty and sacrifice. Sacrifice of their bodies AND minds. This fourth known perpetrator – was known by the school system and the school system refused to share with me risks targeting my daughter. i caught them doing it – when I found access to intradistrict emails to my daughter’s school email address in which threats to her were made. If you have a still small voice telling you something is “off”… listen to it, carefully. Remember, we are never guaranteed another day, so think carefully of what is filling your mind, and your children’s minds every day – and let it be as wholesome, holy, productive, and nurturing, to build strong minds against corruption and enable our children to have an academically strong found foundation of learning skills and risk assessment.
The Potters School online is an excellent Christian-supporting curriculum with meaty academics, excellent teachers, very flexible scheduling, and great fellow students from all over the world. Yes, it cost money. However, TRUST GOD to provide for you. Walk in absolute faith and when you commit your ways to the Lord, He Will make your paths straight and He Will Provide.
2) Get these kids off of social media and smart phones. Immerse them in reality and build networks the best you can for experiential opportunities that teach them the art of community and socializing in person. You only get one shot raising each child, so no matter how tired you are, how many stimuli you are contending with, circle your wagons real small to drown out the outside noise and get into nature and super close with your kids. I so very much miss my daughter. I am so grateful we did all we did together and she was really only on social media for about a year – because of a Bible Study we joined of international women. Isn’t that a travesty? Sure, they are going to complain about the inconvenience of the flip phone verses a smart phone – however, my daughter mentioned how she seemed more “present” and aware of reality away from the smart phone. When we were driving in the car, she was more observant – looking around – taking in scenery. But I was a fool and brought back in the smart phone. Don’t be like me. Don’t suffer like I am suffering. Cut off media mind control access to your children’s minds – please. It’s not good for our minds either. We think as adults that we can control these things. They are very addictive and they steal hours from us and those are hours that we could be spending really living.
Please PRAY FOR SAVANNAH – pray that all of these really bad decisions have no lasting consequences on her. Pray for her mind, body and Spirit and that she knows GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE HER OR FORSAKE HER.
Pray for me as I struggle every day against forces of evil. Pray as I hold myself down from trying to “fix this” which I know that I can’t do. God gives us free will and there comes a point that we are writing our own testimonies. Help me not to get in the way. I am trying to busy myself with productive things, so that I can find some good, but my heart is broken.
Do not be me. Listen to still, small voice God has given you via The Holy Spirit. Pray to Him for discernment. Follow your gut always and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. I pray blessings on your loved ones and for your protection.
It’s been the longest 24 days of my life.
I learned 1 in 4 parents are contending with estrangement of adult children. 1 in 4. There is a group called PEAC that is a support group of about 3,000 or 4,000 members. It’s still new to me.
Miss Della’s book has helped so much “Letting Go – Rugged Love For the Wayward Souls” by Dave Harvey and Paul Gilbert – it’s a textbook we all should read – it labeled this situation to a “T”. Thank you, Della, I have shared it with others, so your “gift” keeps giving. Love you, Sis.
Pray for my baby. I have so much anger towards these devils and principalities. God’s Word does not return void. It is better for a millstone to be hung about their neck and for them to drown in the depths of the sea, then for them to harm one of His little ones. Some day, I will channel this all to help to be the change. I pray some day, my daughter will aide in that effort. God love her.
JWoo, I pray for Savannah and for you, to find your ways back to each other with God’s mighty help. I pray almost daily for Savannah’s protection from evil forces, and for God to separate her from them somehow. I think of both of you often.
Much love to you, Sister. Thank you. She’s all I have. She and the kitties…
Thankful for God’s Provision for you and your family and praying your daughter’s health continues to improve daily. God Is Good.
My momma heart breaks with yours JWoo. You’re a stellar mom from my pov.
Hang tough. You have God, you have the treepers here praying for you and Savannah and other friends I’m sure.
Savannah has a good faith filled foundation. In time…she might see the mistakes she is making and will want to come home. She might not. So hang tight to your faith as you have been. This is your Job season. This attack might be aimed more at you than Savannah. Just a thought dear lady.
God is with you. Treepers too.
Sending a momma hug.
It’s one thing to be attacked, NanaB… another when the attack goes after a daughter or a son.
The devil knows what to go after, how to find the Achilles… bring one down to our knees.
I won’t give up. I want to know the “why”.
To God be the Glory. In all things, He Is Sovereign.
Hugs greatly appreciated and reciprocated, dear one.
The why is if the devil can separate you and Savannah…he gets her through her wanting to be loved by a man or whatever her weakness is…and you lose faith due to despair…he wins.
Keep the faith no matter what JWoo.
There is always hope…always. Prayers going up.
I will. To death, I swear I will. God Has Savannah. He loves her more than I do. And I lay everything at the foot of the cross.
Check out the movie I posted about. Weeping. God Was. He Is. And always Will Be. World without end.
Praying for you both JWoo. Thanks for update even though it isn’t a cheery one. Friday is when I visit the Catholic Church where I can be on my knees and take my list w/me. Ya’ll for sure will be on the list. Keep the faith, Savannah will see the light.
You and Savannah are in my prayers.
Never give up. God doesn’t fail. After more than a quarter century, my ex began reading the Bible and attending church again last month.
I am, however, praying that God’s timing is much quicker for you and Savannah!
Praying for you and Savannah, JWoo.
Went thru a distressing period of several years with our rebellious teenaged daughter back in the early ’90s – before smartphones. It was bad enough without the added problem of he smartphone. I cannot imagine what might have occurred had she had a smartphone, so I do sympathize with your plight.
God bless you & Savannah and may He extend some wisdom to her with which she will awaken.
Watching a really terrific movie… called “Do You Believe” by Pure Flix
Prayers for my brother who has a condition and is currently blind in one eye. His doctor told him this was “nothing to worry about” three weeks ago. He is now told to sleep upright so as not to make his condition worse. I don’t know what has happened to medicine in America. He is seeking as second opinion now and I pray that he receives an actual diagnosis and course of treatment.
I am sorry for your brother and his experience. Medicine in America has been destroyed. I will pray for your brother that he finds a great doc that can help him and knows what they are doing. I also pray for our healthcare system.
Agreeing in prayer with you for your brother, that the Great Physician would touch & heal him of this. God bless.
Amen… praying for a swift second opinion and even swifter resolution to his concerns.
Good morning, CTH Praying Community!
Sometime back in August (I think) I submitted a prayer request, and I now have a Praise Report!
The prayer was for my friend Glenda and her elderly aunt Clara who had a horribly infected foot. Clara underwent several surgeries, and yesterday she went for an after surgery checkup, bandage cleaning and replacement. Glenda sent me this report last night:
“Clara’s appts were very positive! The Dr @ center for disease control took her off all antibiotics – that is a praise since her system was torn up from being on them so long even w/ taking probiotics to counter the effects.
Then the foot doctor removed the wrapping & the tissue was healthy w- no sign of infection or decay. He removed 32 stitches & wrapped it up again.
She will see him I. 2 wks to have the remaining stiches removed & based on that exam he will discuss a prosthesis shoe & when she can drive.
She was so happy since she hasn’t had this much positive results in a long time. The prayers you & the different prayer groups lifted are greatly appreciated!”
GOD STILL ANSWERS PRAYER! Thank you all for praying for all of us!
I’m so happy for you JannB, Glenda and Clara! The power of belief, in simple prayers, is something to behold. Thank you God for your tender mercy toward Clara in complete healing. I am humbled by the news of this. God loves us so so much.
This is so awesome to hear. Thank you for sharing.
Amen my sweet sisters. This update brought tears to my eyes and gratitude to my heart. God Is So Good!
Still praying for you too. My mama heart reaches out to yours.
Thank you Alleycats. Trying to fix my eyes on what I can that is good. Praise reports help remind me that God Can and Will… in His timing.
Yes! Wonderful praise report Jann! Praise the Lord, for His mercy endureth forever!
Thank you for the update! Most excellent news.
Please pray for my work our company that we would get some orders from the dozens of bids we have issued since (in some caases ) 2022, The Lord has been pruning which was needed and just but now we need to put “Rice in the Bowl” and :Gas in the Tank” – all employee owned company. Thank you, we can’t control tariffs or energy policy but are proud (in a sinless sense) to be a company where everything we design and make is Made in USA.
Peter, praying for our Lord and Savior to bless you and yours indeed. As in The Prayer of Jabez… sometimes He blesses us in ways we could never have imagined, or have words to ask for… yet we can look back and see His Mercy at work on our behalf. May you be surefooted and your company survive to honor God generation to generation. Believe and receive, in Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, AMEN
Commit your ways into unto The Lord and He Will Make your paths straight.
It will be exciting to hear how He is going to bless you all. Keep us posted.
Amen!
Praying for you and the company!
Praying for financial blessings for you and your company. Trust in God, He will lead you where He knows you need to be.
I’m here to request prayers for my brother-in-law Donald of Dade City Florida. He had surgery to remove a tumor from his bladder this past Friday 9-5-2025 and things have progressed downhill since. He has now needed an IVC filter due to a DVT blood clot in his leg and is on a Heparin drip and also needs a tube in his kidney to relieve pressure. Pending official diagnostic results the Urologist that performed the surgery has said it looks like stage 3 muscle invasive bladder cancer.
His family is trying to get him transferred to the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa which is supposed to be one of the leading cancer treatment centers in the area but they don’t know if he fits their acceptance criteria.
Donald has always been a good family man and instilled Christian faith in his family so feel the need to reach out to the Treehouse community to pray for him…Thank you.
Your request will be answered Matt, there is a great prayer team here ready and willing. I am very sorry to hear of your BIL health issues. I will be praying for him to get all that he needs for healing and recovery, the strength he and the family needs to endure the process, we all here know the work that is involved to get our needs met. Praying that Moffitt Cancer Center will get him in STAT. Thank you for your post. The good Lord is w/him all the way.
Thank you, your kind words and prayers are very much appreciated.
LMGA…Please see my update to Alleycats…much better news not long ago!
Praying for Donald, that the Lord would meet every one of his needs & touch him with His mighty healing power. God bless, Matt.
Thank you.
JB, Please see my update to Alleycats!
Heavenly Father, we come to you in prayer for Donald. We humbly ask for Your power in completely healing over him, removing the blood clot and pressure on his kidneys. Lord, please hold his family in Your embrace. Provide comfort, peace and understanding. If it be Your will, please remove all barriers to Donald’s admittance to another hospital.
Amen.
Please keep us updated as you are able. Do not give up hope. My daughter recently was told she had brain cancer. A different hospital found the true ailment, which was not cancer. God is so good to us, keep the faith.
Thank you, I will as we receive news here.
Alleycats, JoeB, LMGA & DellaB!
I promised to provide an update and my sister just relayed a much better prognosis from the pathology team. They have come back and said it is a stage-1 treatable cancer, versus stage-3 muscle invasive type. There is still much that is unknown , but I want to thank everyone that reached out with prayers and messages of encouragement. I truly believe our Father Almighty heard our prayers and laid his healing hands upon Donald to give him a much better chance at recovery. Please continue to keep Donald in your prayers…Thank you again!
Praise God Through Whom all blessings flow!!! Thank You, Father God, for Your lovingkindness towards Donald and his family. You Are Mighty and Powerful, The Alpha and The Omega! Where would we be, Lord, without You? So Wondrous You Are! We thank You and give You praise!
Yes & amen!
Wonderful news! Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank You, Father God for Your mercy, and love for us. May Donald continue to heal completely from the cancer. Please keep Matt and his sister in Your embrace as they embark on this journey together.
Follow up on the Bro. He was able to get his CT and they declared him all clear. I am grateful. My prayer is that he will continue to pay attention to his health issues and stay on top of them. I appreciate all of your support and prayers so much! Peace be to you all in your daily living.
Wonderful news!
Praise God for this!
Yes indeed! Thanks Joe Blow.
That’s awesome, Leave!
Perhaps the Holy Spirit has whispered to your brother, telling him to care for his earthly body as much as God does. I’m glad he’s better. Thanks for the update.
I hope so. I still worry about his breathing, for the moment I am happy his heart is cleared.
(hugs!), Leave. Praise God!
Dear Prayer friends …
Please pray for my grandson , 7 years old.
He broke his wrist today at school.
This afternoon they did surgery and afterwards he vomited from anesthesia.
Then, it went into his lungs, and they’ve moved him to ICU.
I don’t know the next step.
May the Lord God keep watch over him through the night and bring him through.
I’ve been praying for all requests here … but haven’t commented.
We’ve been very occupied with health issues, too.
Hubs had heart cath last week.
Thank you for any prayer for my youngest grandchild.
God bless you all.
I am praying for your grandson at the same time time that I am praying for my brother in law, Lord hear our prayers.
Thank you, Matt, and God bless you.
I’m offering prayer for your family, too.
May the Lord strengthen, guide, and heal …
May He hide them under the shadow of His wings till the disaster has passed.
✝️ 🙏🏻
Thank you…just received much better news…see my reply to Alleycats.
Oh Miss Della, I am so sorry. Lord, please touch this precious young one & restore him anew. Cleanse his body of all impurities & bind up his wounds. Please also comfort Miss Della & put a touch of your healing upon her husband. We ask it done in the mighty name of Jesus.
God bless you, Miss Della. We love you so very much.
Thank you so much, Joe … I really appreciate you and your ministry here.
This little boy is in serious condition right now … and he needs the Lord’s mighty healing power.
This is very hard for all the family.
It’s my son’s youngest- and spittin image of him.
They are keeping him sedated with tubes in, oxygen, etc.
He’s now developed slight fever.
Tho they set the broken bones – two bad breaks, they had to remove cast now in case of swelling.
Please pray the medical team will use excellent judgment and skills.
This happened at the best children’s hospital in metro area of Georgia.
We still don’t have answers yet what caused the vomiting while he was under anesthesia…
I’m not a medical person, but it seems like an error possibly occurred somewhere. I don’t know.
My son did say that the medical staff said this type of incident never happens there.
So, I’m frustrated, Joe.
Lord, please hear our cries and rescue this child.
In the name of Jesus, Who sustains all things by His powerful Word.
Father Almighty, please lay your hands upon this child and help heal and guide him to recovery in Jesus’ name we pray.
I’m so sorry you’re having to go through this, & your poor grandson as well. I would say frustration is quite normal given the circumstances. I read one of your replies further down about offering your own life for his….no words. I sat sobbing as I contemplated this.
Continuing in prayer for you all.
Praying for your whole family Miss.Della.B. May your precious grandson receive complete healing for his wrist.
Lord we humbly beseech you, please remove all foreign matter from his lungs and return them to health. I believe in Your mighty power Lord. Please Bless and keep Miss Della too, as she works to care for her family. I am asking for Your mercy in Jesus’ name.
Thank you, Alley, for your prayers … they mean so much.
This is tearing my heart out … I asked the Lord to please take my life, instead of this precious child’s.
It’s the hardest thing for me to watch my children/grandchildren suffer than any other thing.
I’m sure you understand my meaning, Alley.
Be blessed … May the Lord God continue His blessings on your daughter and her healing.
Oh Miss Della, I do understand. I remember the words you told me too; breathe. Be still and know that I am God. I know He is there with your grandson right now. I’m asking Him to come to you, and grant you comfort and peace.
Thank you for thinking of Jen. She is still rehabilitating day by day.
Miss Della B, so sorry to hear such news. Most definitely I will be praying for your grandson, husband, you and all of your family! May the Good Lord provide you with all the support, care, healing your family needs. Pleases keep us updated.
Leave, Thank you for your kindness and prayers …
Will update when I can … my little grandson is in trouble right now with his lungs.
I’m thanking the Lord with you that your brother got a good report.
I hope that brings encouragement to him – and he will continue to grow in God’s grace, Leave.
As you help him with your prayers.
Della,
I’ve been gardening and praying for you (and others) quite a bit recently!
May our heavenly Father send healing and peace to your family!
Thank you so much, flora … this humbles me.
It’s touching when followers of Jesus help others with their prayers.
My son just sent a photo of my grandson in ICU and the heartbreak is overwhelming.
The Lord bless you, flora.
🙏🏻 ✝️
Just got off the phone with my husband, he will pray too.
FWIW, he was hit by a car as a kid, spent 8 hours in surgery to save his legs, had a stent placed 20 years ago, and his 95 year-old dad aspirated 3 weeks ago while in the hospital with a UTI and some cardiac issues causing hypoxemia and delirium (much better now and moved to skilled nursing) so he especially empathizes.
Your grandson’s angel has direct access to the Father’s throne. PICU will give him a better nurse/patient ratio and limit the amount of collateral infections he is exposed to. Look at Jesus, not the waves.
God bless you, and give you peace and rest.
Oh Miss Della. I have been praying for your little grandson today. I can’t imagine or don’t want to think of what you all are going through.
I waited to post until you posted this afternoon…so touch and go for now.
God is watching over your little guy. I pray the meds kick in and knock this out of his lungs and he will recover quickly. Kids are pretty good at overcoming things as we older types struggle harder.
I give praise and thanks he is in the best hospital in the area.
Here is a virtual hug from the treepers to you and yours. Blessings Miss Della.
Try to remember to take care of yourself during this too!!!
Heavenly Father,
Incline Your Ear and hear the prayers of Your children. Tend to this little child, Father. Clear his airway of any obstructions and let nothing in there fester and infect. Comfort him in his sedation so that his body will calm and his bones can set and heal from his break. Help him to breathe freely and restore him to normal, so that he may move towards his rehabilitation and may he heal swiftly and surely with no long term hindrances.
Father God – our children are so precious to us. Please keep Della and her husband, their children and other grandchildren in Your Care and grant them peace and blessed assurance that You Are Near and In Full Control of this situation. Relieve them of every anxiety and we pray that Della’s husband’s heart catheterization comes back normal with no concerns. Calm their hearts, Father, and ease their stresses. Provide for them in every way.
In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, we pray, AMEN.
Dear Woo … I have not forgotten you … but have been busy with health issues, hubs and mine.
I realize that you are in one of the fiercest battles of life and I pray for you and Savannah.
Please know that you are not alone – the Lord Jesus Himself is interceding for you, as well as your family in Christ.
Thank you for the prayer for my grandchild … one of my most precious gifts.
The devil aims to steal, kill, and destroy, especially the most vulnerable ones.
But thanks be to God, Jesus came to destroy the works of the evil one.
Hugs, Woo.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble — Psalm 46:1
My dear friend, Della,
I know and hear how busy you are. Please don’t worry… I’m holding my own and I so wish I could help carry your burdens for you, too.
We are all getting attacked in ways I could never have imagined. I pray hard that it’s a sign that our Lord is coming soon!
For me, I realize that my fight is not MY fight at all.. it is The Lord’s Fight. I joined a support group called PEAC (Parents of Estranged Adult Children) and the founder told me… “this is not a reflection of your parenting, or your family… it is a movement taking place in our society” which has carried our loves away. That does not make anything any easier… nor do I feel off the hook for every decision I’ve second guessed myself on. It makes me angry that the devil weasiled his way in and stole from me again. He targets who we most value… and he is relentless.
Savannah belongs to GOD and I had a blessed 20 years with her with some beautiful memories. I left nothing unsaid or undone for her. I gave all.
This is a fight for her mind and there is little I can do for her until she wants to help herself. Even then… through a dear family friend… they will intervene with professional mental health assistance (including inpatient therapies) for her when she decides to break free and she needs their care.
It’s been over a month now and I feel this is very similar to death. I am resigned that I may never hear from her again… and should I hear from her… my worst nightmares could be the state of her person and the consequences that may result. So too…. I must relent. A small network of family friends are unanimous that she is not allowed to come home. Not like this.
She is a Christian. She knows The Lord and whatever the enemy puts in her way, it’s her will be done and her account one on one with the Lord that must be balanced.
I’m a mess… it is very hard to get up every day and keep going. For what… cats? For what… a crappy job with a mismanaging employer who is threatening the jobs of 90 families? I’m doing what I can to stand in the gap, revamping their sales department… but I work for a demonic executive team that hates their staff… and I’m in the middle… intervening, supporting, smoothing and trying to calm. Inside… I’m numb… and barely know what day it is.
So what can I say to you my dear attacked friend? What rights or privilege do I have to speak into your circumstances? Only the rights given by our Father God as we are His Precious children, heirs with Jesus to His Eternal Kingdom… where all this personal strife will eventually be gone. God Has kept returning me in my meditation to the Promise of David when David wanted to build the Lord a “home” once he had been established in his kingdom. God Had an interesting reply to that. That it was not David’s place… but Jesus’s Place.
It brings me comfort when I try to imagine what “more I could do”… He reminds me… “nothing more”.
I love you, Della, and the prayer warrior faithful. Stay salty and alert. Be watchmen. Stay aware.
JWoo, you are so much stronger than you realize. Blessings dear lady.
Dear Prayer friends …
Thank to everyone for the prayers.
I have no words to describe how they sustained me in wee hours this morn.
God’s power is released to us, through His people’s prayers.
I will respond to each of you later.
But wanted to update:
My son said my grandson had a much more peaceful night – and seemed to breathe easier.
(Yes, Lord … we know that it was You responding to our prayers. Thank You.)
Xrays made this morning. Doctor said they will make “attempt” to extubate him.
This will be done in phases. 1) test him to breathe on his own for a period. 2) continue weaning off sedatives, IF he can breathe. 3) Tough part, says my son: he has to be fully awake before they pull tubes out.
If anyone can offer another prayer today for this little one, I will be so grateful.
This is touch and go time – and our faith is being tested by fire.
One more thing – my son is a believer in Christ, but being sorely tried through this.
He’s been traumatized while spending long nights and days in the room with his child, watching the machine breathe for him.
A memory forever etched in his heart, I’m sure.
Wish I could take it away – only the Savior can comfort him.
Nevertheless, I know God is already there and He’s control.
We are just trying to Be Still and Know That He is God.
I thank you all, and may God meet you where you are today, as well.
He loves us. Be blessed.
Dear Miss Della, I know that feeling of helpless anguish, looking at your child in crisis. It chokes the very breath in your throat. It does test one’s faith.
Please tell your son he is not alone in his anguish. And don’t feel
ashamed by it either. I realized that God wanted me to ask Him to take my anguish, and restore my breath, because HE is the ONLY one capable, and I needed to acknowledge that to Him.
I will say both a prayer of thanks for your grandson’s small improvements, and for your son to find strength in God’s arms. For him to know God is holding his son’s hand right now.
Please take care of yourself too Sweet Miss Della.B. You were so helpful to me when I needed it. 🙏❤️
Amen Sis… big hugs
Alley, thank you for the prayers and kind words … I appreciate you!
Your encouragement here in this place means so much to people.
I left an update below … good news about God’s merciful deliverance!
And, when someone else experiences similar circumstances to ours, our hearts identify with theirs because it happened to us. Right? Right!
Bless you, Alley …
Father God… Holy Holy Holy Is Your Name! You Are High and You make The Heavens obey Your Every Command!
I THANK YOU for what You Are working… ALL THINGS TO THEIR GOOD… for this family. I THANK YOU for restoring this precious little boy to us today… and for the strong Christian man he’ll be tomorrow!
Raise him, Father. Raise Him triumphant to sing Your Praises. (Della… see if you can have your son bring praise music into his room to play softly for him to concentrate on. Even sedated, they do hear! Give him something good to bolster his Spirit!)
Father God.. bless the work of the hands and minds of the medical practitioners. Thank You for allowing us to live in a world where there are so many who are inclined by Your Miracles. Give them much wisdom and return this boy to his earthly home.
In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, we pray.. AMEN
Thank you, Woo … You are so kind.
I left an update below … and we are full of gratitude …
Also, Woo, it’s a horribly, painful sad day in our nation because of Charlie Kirk’s brutal murder.
I pray that you and I, and faithful followers of Jesus Christ will be resolved to carry His cross and declare the Gospel of God’s grace to a dark, evil unbelieving world.
The devil and all his minions will not thwart us – no matter what they throw at us.
Praying for you, dear Woo.
Hugs, ✝️
My life verse:
“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.”
Acts 20:24
Prayers continue going up for this young one and for his entire family. You too of course.
Such a challenging time.
I pray for your grandsons full recovery. Blessings to all of you. Keep in touch as you are able. In the meantime…we treepers keep praying.
Dear Nana, thank you so much for praying … your kindness and thoughtfulness so appreciated.
I’m sorry that I haven’t been more attentive here – but, a little overwhelmed.
Seems as I get older, dealing with health issues, changes, and crises tend to shut me down.
I guess I’m just weak – and need God’s strength.
I may have missed your post about your current trouble …
Did you say in September you would make a decision about surgery?
Dear Lord, Please heal Nana, and make a way for her going forward.
She needs you.
Give her relief, guidance, comfort.
Please show Yourself strong on her behalf.
For Christ’s sake. Amen.
Hugs, Nana …🙏🏻
Miss Della I just now read your response to me. I forget to scroll up sometimes or don’t go far enough.
I’m sorry you are having health issues and changes, crisis etc. all of those do seem to thwart efforts to do the things we want to do.
You are not weak!! We all need God and He walks with us.
My surgery got canceled due to not enough staff for overnight care.
I’ve been taking care of this with natural remedies and seems to have helped but then I think even it is giving me a side effect so will stop that for awhile. It’s always something!!!
Continued prayers for you and your family.
Hang in there! This aging thing is a wild ride.
Hugs
Prayers for Charlie Kirk, TPUSA – shot while speaking at a university event in Utah
Come Lord Jesus come
Today’s events…prayers for Mrs. Kirk and the babies…for Charlie’s parents…friends and all those close to him. I am so numb…prayers for all Treepers and their safety…including Sundance and family.
Dear God, please heal our nation and make evil hearts sorrowful and pure. Wrap your loving arms around all lwho grieve. Amen.
Amen Aggiegirl. Such a sad day.
Dear Prayer friends …
I want to update and thank each one of you for the prayers!
My grandson came off ventilator yesterday and can breathe on his own. 🙏🏻
It was a rough day, with vomiting, withdrawal from sedation, disoriented, sore throat, etc.
Today, he’s moving out of ICU to regular room.
Physical therapy will start, helping him to walk, etc.
He’s asking to go home …
Our hearts are full this morning, with thanksgiving and gratitude to our Great God.
It was ALL Him Who intervened in this terrible crisis.
The Lord hears and answers our prayers, dear friends.
I pray this report will encourage you – that God is in control of all things.
He is all wise, all powerful, and all knowing.
The Lord helps us in our time of need … and, He will be there for you, too.
Often, it’s not when we want it, but He’s always on time.
The Lord teaches us (or gently reminds us) in times of trials and testing, for sure!
When our very lives or those of our family and friends are threatened – the things of earthly concern diminish.
Helps us refocus on those matters of eternal importance.
Thank you again, God’s people of prayer … May He bless and reward you.
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Praise God! Oh Thank You Lord for saving this precious child. What wonderful news.
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Hallelujah!! Thanks for the update!!
Praise the Lord! Thank You Jesus!
God Is Good – all the time – and all the time – God Is Good! Woot Woot!
Fantastic news Miss Della B! I am so happy for you and your family. I am very grateful for you and God answering our prayers. I will still be holding your grandson in prayer as he continues to move forward in his recovery.
A Missive Of Praise To Our Lord And Savior
You Protect us
You Guide us
You Lead us
You Equip us
You Teach us
You Grant us Wisdom
You Give us Spiritual Gifts
You Provide for us
You Reveal Truth
You Make A Way for us
You Care
You Forgive us
You Calm us
You Ease our minds
You Lighten our burdens
You Restore our energy
You Breathe Life
You Create Light
You Honor Truth
You Nurture us
You Design and Build Beauty
You Heal
You Restore the years the locusts have eaten
You Are and therefore I am
You Strengthen the weak
You Humble the proud
You Raise kings
You Raze kingdoms
You Sew flesh and replace hearts of stone
You Give Courage to the meek and Embolden
You Answer prayers
Praise Him through Whom all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Praise God. Thank you JWoo.
Perfect!
Hello treepers
Yesterdayay September 12, 2025 I was called in urgently to see the doctor right away. I thought somethings wrong.
He told me that when he did the colonoscopy he had to pull out a large cancerous polyp.
He said that he wasn’t sure he got all of it.
He did say it was early stages and there’s no need for chemo.
But he gave me two options:1. Do nothing now and do another colonoscopy and I think three or six months to see if the cancer is still there. 2. have surgery now and cut out that portion of the colon the large intestine that had the cancer polyp removed. I asked him what he would do and he said I would get it cut out because he doesn’t know if he got it all and then that could be pretty bad later on.. I ask him if I don’t have any pain anymore in my right side and I’m not sure what he said, but I think he didn’t give me an option like if I don’t have pain then that’s not number three then do nothing. He only gave me those two options.
So his secretary receptionist walked me up to the surgeon who has the most advanced equipment for doing these kind of operation she has robotic tools and is recognizes a very high expert on cancer surgery.
I made an appointment with her for next Thursday at 3:30 PM for her to explain the surgery if i select that option and Michelle and Rick wants me to call him at that time so they can hear what the doctor has to say and see what’s best to do.
Doctor Who did the colonoscopy said if it was up to him he would do number two have the surgery now.
I’ll tell you right now the colonoscopy is probably worse than the surgery I don’t know ha ha ha.
The colonoscopy doctor said they use robotics, and they very small incisions, and they go in and take out the section of the colon that was cancerous and then they put it back together somehow.
I go from being relax to getting very scared. In the office I was able to take it pretty well, and did pretty good it like just now I don’t feel so good about everything. I have to keep focusing myself on God, and not myself. You know that song In The Garden “and He walks with me and He talks with me and He tells me I am His own.” The doctor told me he said well I’m gonna be on one shoulder and the surgeon is gonna be another shoulder and we’re gonna get you through this and I said yeah and God’s there also.
Yes, do pray for the right decision. We caught it early.. surgery would be easier than colonoscopy for me. Ha ha.
You just go in and they put you out and do their thing.
Someone told me he he thought it would be better just to wait it out and get another colonoscopy to see if the colonoscopy doctor scraped the cancer out especially if I don’t have any pain.
It’s really bad as I had pain in my tummy after the appendix issue and it was probably this but I didn’t know it was this and so I was going to a different doctor and he was treating me for other things and all the time I should’ve got that colonoscopy. That was my fault because I didn’t really want to do it because I hated it when I did it before but now I would recommend everybody and somebody says for you should get a colonoscopy. You should get it and get it fast.. God was watching over me and it could’ve probably been worse because I was told to get the colonoscopy I think around June 1. I didn’t get it till September 9. I should’ve got it right away.
Colonoscopy doctor was on top of it because he called me in today only three days after the procedure and they had told me it would take till October to find out. So I don’t know how he just knew it was cancerous I guess or they already did a biopsy on it and it was cancer.
Pray
Do you have any wisdom on what i should do? What about taking ivermectin and fabenazole and then get another colonoscopy?
Thanks
If it was me I’d get a second opinion on that polyp or at least see the path report.
Hear what the surgeon has to say.
Then I still would get a second opinion but that’s just me.
I would certainly entertain ivermectin/fabendazole in the meantime.
I don’t know your age and I am no doctor…at my age of 69 I still would get a second opinion. I’d also check into that doctor that bought the la times…he claims he has the cure for cancer. I’d keep an open mind…research like it’s about someone else to help keep emotion level down.
That being said…not kidding I’ve been told by my NP I am intensely tuned into my body…so I think I’m somewhat of a hypochondriac! I am guilty as charged.
Blessings to you as you navigate through the medical complex.
Coincidentally, I met a cardiologist in Jacuzzi tonight, and he told me the same thing get a second opinion, at least speak to an oncologist. you know I said hi how are you doing? He said how are you and I said not so good I just found that I had cancer in it yet almost all removed. Maybe God set up these meetings, and he was encouraging. He said they got it early. He said, of course, its troubling, but they caught it in its early stages so it can be dealt with.
Thanks for the help
Praying that the Lord would heal you & lead you to the right decision in this. God bless, Miguel.
Thank you so much appreciated.
100% get a second opinion. Had we not done that, my daughter would have had the top of her skull removed and her brain cut open for no reason. First group of doctors were sure she had cancer when the second opinion at a different hospital showed they were completely wrong.
Praying for The Lord to intervene and remove all cancerous cells from your body. May He comfort you and your family while you make your decisions going forward. Trust in The Lord to guide your steps, listen to your gut.
Wow, very powerful. Thank you Alleycats. I’m just really confused this morning as I been reading about different alternative treatments like chlorine dioxide, methylene blue and I already mentioned ivermectin and fabendazole. Above someone mentioned another one. I go from being confused, and then being scared and then I relaxed under God’s watchful eye. Seems like I should try to see an oncologist as soon as possible for a second opinion before or after I meet with the surgeon. Then I don’t know if I should start taking some of the alternative medicines above right now and where do you get them what’s the dosage all that kind of stuff? Thanks for the encouraging message.
Hi Miguel,
Did you get the answers you need? Still praying for you!
I feel you Miguel. I truly do. I am praying for you and for the highest and best decision you need to make for yourself. I am also praying for you to receive excellent medical care and support.
I need prayer for myself this time. I’m 65 and have just lost my job of 10 weeks because I wasn’t a good fit. This has never happened to me over my work life, I’ve been laid off but not this and it hurts. I left my last company because they were laying off so much and I thought this job was God’s lifeline. I’m afraid of not being able to afford the basics for the first time in my working life and I’m too young to retire, and really my goal was to work until I was at least 70. Work kept me challenged and my brain working as well as providing for my retired husband and son who is autistic. Reading scripture is only making me cry more. Thanks for praying.
Praying for you to find a job that is a good fit and will meet your family’s needs.
Father God, please provide financial blessings for Carshop, give her a way to care for her family during this time. More than that, please ease the fear of unknown she has for her family. Let her know that You are aware of her situation and You want to see her prosper. You will provide what she needs, in Your time and by Your power. In Jesus’ name.
For what it’s worth, I don’t know what your career field is but I was a retail manager for many different companies over the years. I was always looking for applicants who will show up every day, have a willingness to learn, display good manners, and not steal from me. Whether or not I had an official “opening.” I also always gave a least a few minutes time to someone who walked in and politely asked if I will accept an app, while expressing an interest in working for my company. Grocery stores have a great affinity for mature skilled employees, as one example. 🙏
I’m praying for you also. I pray for car shop this sweet lady, comfort her walk with her talk with her give her peace give her the right direction help her get a job in Jesus name amen.
Amen. Agreeing in prayer for the Lord to provide, & He most definitely will.
I’m praying for you also. I pray for car shop this sweet lady, comfort her walk with her talk with her give her peace give her the right direction help her get a job in Jesus name amen.
Thank you so much for the prayers and encouragement. I’m an IT Project Manager and would love to continue in my field but ask that if God has a new thing for me, that I be open and willing. You all and this site is such a blessing both spiritually, thought provoking and informative.
Hello prayer warriors, another Praise report. I meant to post this Sunday but I got sucked into a vortex of mis-communications. I spoke to Jen Saturday night for a long time. She was excited to tell me she prepared a simple 3 course meal start to finish for her family. With only basic instructions written down. Baked salmon, baked cauliflower with cheese, green salad. Kitten baked a cake for dessert. Thank You God, for this incredible blessing.
This is a really big accomplishment for her. Supper in our household was always important, the whole time my children were growing up, and this was a very big deal to Jen. Her brain continues to heal and she regains little spurts of functionality out of the blue. She compared it to the power being out after an ice storm. As the poles get fixed power restores to each different area. The same with her brain. As certain areas heal, cognitive function controlled by that area “restores power”. Her body is healing more slowly, she still has equilibrium issues and still needs her rollator to walk. The meds she takes work for the brain bleeding, but have a lot of yucky side effects. She’s deals with it all as best she can, but it’s better than the alternative.
Day by day… we continue to pray and give thanks.
Overall, Jen is so happy and grateful. She sees life very differently now, knowing it was the power of prayer, the power of God that kept her alive and seeking the right treatment. Her 21 yr old son who works and lives in a nearby city visits her every weekend now. He called me a few days ago to talk about Faith and the bible. I told him there is no “wrong” way to pray or read the bible. Just tell God what you’re thinking and ask Him to help you navigate.
I know everyone here has been praying and thinking about my baby. Thank you so much, I wanted to share some new good news with you all. God Bless this magnificent treehouse, God bless the mighty prayer warriors. 🙏 ❤️ 🤗 You help this grizzled old lady a LOT.
Love to all.
Dear Alley, I’m rejoicing with you, and just thanked the Lord, again, for His mighty work in Jen’s life!
I am so thankful, too, for everyone’s prayers last week on behalf of my grandson.
He came home last Friday, but recovery will be ongoing.
My son and his wife are exhausted from the trauma … I don’t believe he’ll ever be the same again.
But, we shouldn’t be – I suppose.
Suffering changes us …
I am standing on God’s promise in Romans 8:28, tho.
It says that He will work ALL things out for our good – and His glory – for those who love Him.
We may not see it tomorrow, or even next month.
But He said it will be done … and God always keeps His promises.
I will be back here soon, after some rest … I’m numb.
All this with my grandchild happened the same time as Charlie Kirk’s passing.
As I wrestled in prayer for my family, I literally felt like it was a spiritual tug-of-war between principalities of this dark world trying to drag my baby into the abyss.
But God said NO. He always has the last Word, Alley.
He is our Rescuer, Deliverer, Savior, Healer, Protector, and our Everything.
To God be the Glory for saving our loved ones.
I never get tired of telling Him “thank You, my Gracious God.”
And, the two sweetest words I’ve ever heard were, “Hey Nana” on the phone after he was off ventilator and stabilized.
May your daughter continue to recover, heal, and grow in the knowledge and grace of our Lord.
And, her family, too.
Hugs, Alley.
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“… Hey Nana…” 😭🙏🙏 ☺️
I cannot put into words how happy I am to hear your precious grandson is home and doing well. Prayers for your well deserved rest and recuperation. Love to you and your family.
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Well that made me all teary eyed. So happy to hear your grandson is home. Trauma is exhausting and suffering does change us. Romans sure has popped up everywhere this past week, I find that interesting.
Your heart, your attitude, and love of God is always so inspiring. Please rest up and do some things to take care of you Miss Della B. Keeping you and yours in my prayers.
Still praising God for this too, Miss Della. Thank the Lord so much.
Oh Miss Della. I’m so happy your grandson is home and recovering from his ordeal. Home is best.
It’s been a tough time. You are right to feel numb. Sit a spell and we will hear from you again when you are ready.
Blessings from one Nana to another.
Thank you for the update! I am glad there is improvement. “God please be with xyzy” is really all you need because God knows what to do. I failed numerous times at reading the Bible from beginning to end, so I open it and let it fall where it may, and it always seems to pertain to what is relevant in the moment. Anyway, please tell Jen we are happy for her and are still praying.
I will. Thank you Leave.
Praise the Lord for these seemingly small, but actually big, blessings. God bless Jen & you, Alley, & your family.
Thank you Joe Blow. God is blessing us immensely.
There’s no place like home! Thanking God that Jen is regaining skills once lost for a time. Alleycats…you’ve been a rough road too. Blessings.
I’m so proud of Jen. She could have given up and sunk into angry self pity. Only with God’s help has this family kept it all together. I asked Him to reach her heart and her thoughts, He did.
She sounds like a very strong woman. With Gods help and yours she seems to be gaining her strength back which is just such wonderful news.
She is, NanaB. Every single day is precious to her.
Well, she does have a strong mama that set the example.
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For our sister Betsy and her family:
Betsy,
Today is the day? The 21st? They’re doing it on a Sunday?
Prayer Warriors stand for prayer for Brian!
Prayers over the work of the hands of those ministering to her son in law, Brian, that the transplant move smoothly and that this precious gift granted through donor give him new life and hope for a long future with his bride, children, and their family.
May His testimony bring God Praise!
In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, AMEN
Prayers up for Betsy and for her son in law. Thanks for alerting, JWoo.
Prayers and healing for Brian, and prayers for Betsy and the family., doctors, medical staff.