Some of you will recall a few years back, your prayers brought a scared young (very special) Granddaughter home to her family. Now my precious Onesty is in more serious need of prayers from all directions. It is very hard for me to talk about so I have not rushed to this prayer thread (a few closer ones knew). Not because of vanity but because she is so deep in my heart, and I am so helpless. Onesty has had a nervous breakdown and there is much more to it than that. I never thought she would be the one but it seems the strongest appearing are the most susceptible. It has evolved/escalated into "cutting" and she is now in a hospital in Goldsboro (a few towns away) under observation, testing etc. It is also hard on her Mom (and imediate family ) as she now has the three Greatgrandchildren (and Lord knows her own nerves are not the very strongest in this old world). Please send your prayers up for this sweet young lady and her family. I talked to her on the phone last night and she is trying hard. We will visit Friday, if all goes as planned.
As Doc Nock said in a message to me, "The Lord knows her needs." May His blanket of protection be spread to encompass them all in this scary and very uncertain matter/time. Amen
Thank you for reading, one and all. Bless you all, bless us all.
Prayers for Onesty right away
God Bless
ber643
I pray with empathy as my daughter has had similar issues. I found the scars from her cutting herself 18 years ago. She decended into a life of alcohol and drugs, living on the street, rape, and God only knows what else. But this weekend I received this e-mail from her so there is hope in a Gracious God.
"didnt seriously plan on moving but the folks/church have been so good to us. the lord blessed bob with a job w/i 2 hrs of hitting town. we've been just enveloped w the church. the change has stripped the devil out of us...am sure this is what he and i need in order to heal."
May God's grace and mercy break the bonds of the evil one and may the freedom of the Son restore Onesty to be the daughter of the King of Kings as He has planned!!
God bless you three for such quick response - and God bless your daughter and her family,BenBow; may their path become increasingly easier and clearer.
Prayers continue, amigo.
Lord in your mercy...hear our prayers for Onesty
Prayers sent from Michigan...
It is so difficult to watch someone that you love go through these situations. I will be praying for her and the family and everyone involved in the healing process.... John
Prayers for peace and healing of the souls of your family, friend. Let the Creator show Onesty the truth that she is loved and worthy, by the mere fact that He has created her out of His love.
She has her own special path, and I hope that her dancing steps will soon make it shine, and cause the Creator to smile.
Killdeer :campfire:
Thank you, John and pt, and thank you, my dear friend, Killie. She can shine soooooooo bright but right now her light is flickering dangerously. She was so afraid, she told her Mom that her Popa (me) wouldn't love her anymore now. My heart screamed out in my chest, when Lois told me that. Onesty forgot, for a bit, in the dim light, that I never stopped loving her mother, and had promised her (Onesty) that I would never stop loving her either. I might not approve of some things that happen in their lives but my love will always be there for them when they want or need it. She knows it again now, bless her heart.
We go to visit her tomorrow.
Safe travels, today, Bernie and return well rested and reassured God's working in Onesty's life for the better.
I pray the Holy Spirit bring peace to hear soul and open the eyes of her heart to see all the love here among those around her and especially to see that which God feels...such unconditional love like we have a hard time fathoming!
Keep the Son in your eyes.
We visited Onesty for a couple hours today. Good trip but 2 hours away so makes a six hour trip.
Wouldn't have not gone for all the world though. She looked good (except for the scary and heart wrenching, for me, scars), and her attitude was good. She of course, misses her babies but at least she realized she was not in condition to be with them at this time. We took some pictures of the kids, which they had forgotten to do, and soon I will print this thread out and take, or snail mail, it to her.
She had a hard time to let go of either Rose or me on the first and last hugs (but then, so did we).
Good Lord Bernie I know how your feeling. Prayers continue for you and your wife, Onesty, her parents, and her children.
My daughter has lost all of her children but she knows they are better where they are and she gets to see them regularly.
The slips we mortals make that upset and damage our lives so badly can be unbelievably hard on ourselves and those around us.
Prayers sent from Indiana, Remember Semper Fidelis is God's motto to us as well as our motto to God, Country, Each Other, our Families and our Friends, Rest in the Bossom of the Lord and under the wings of the Almighty and Knolw He is Able and Willing to do all that is required.
Semper Fidelis, C2 ("Always Faithful" to the few left who are not aware of the meaning of the Marine Corps motto, "Semper Fi"). A good expression of thought indeed, thank you.
Can't add much to Curtiss' statements there...that pretty well sums it up.
Prayers continue. Keep the Son in your eyes, Bernie!
Still thinking about you, Rose, Onesty and the kids, Bernie. Tap into the strength that God gave you all, and remember that love heals...Lord, you all have so much love!
Killdeer :campfire:
We do have that love, Killie, if nothing else, and the Lord has blessed us in so many ways. We took a high chair over to Lois' Today for Markel to eat in. A good (real nice) friend of theirs was baby sitting, since Lois was at work. The kids are doing well it seems (and they like that young lady - she's about Onesty's age) but they were still glad to see us for a little while too.
Contnuing prayers sent from Georgia.
In HIS serivce
Dave
Thank you, bear. Yesterday Lois called and asked if we could go get Onesty. She was to be released. I had mixed emotions about it as you can imagine - but not about going to get her - LOL. Rose and I went to fetch her and we had a grand (loving, Killie) 2 hour ride back. The Dr. felt she had turned a corner and was not "a danger to herself" at this time. We pray it was enough of a scare to make her realize that she really doesn't want that kind of life for her and the children. I just know that girl has the "right stuff" in her to make it, if she can just tap into it, without the darkness clouding her path. She and the kids went back home last night and we will see her today when we take a few things over that she can use. She will actually start back to work tomorrow, after a day with the children. (They were ready for her to come back to work today if she wanted to, thankfully - she needed that, I think!)
Again, thank you all, and please keep a prayerful thought about my precious one as she makes her new start. I asked her on the way home yesterday, if the grass looked greener to her. She gave me the right answer - the colors of the world always seemed to look brighter and fresher to me on the way home, when I got out of hospitals.
Bless you all, bless us all.
Prayers will continue always
God continue his Blessing
Bernie, Prayers for your Onesty and for your daughter, Galen and all of you going through it with them. Its a tough thing to go through for anyone. God wants whats best for everyone and will not let you or them down.
God bless
Thank you for your kind words, prayers, and thoughts, Shell, during these times when I know you have so much on your own plate to deal with also. May the good Lord watch over the angels on earth that walk among us, like yourself.
More prayers coming from Georgia.
In HIS service
Dave
My prayers go out to you and your family my friend. I pray God will deliver Onesty and give her family the strength to keep the faith.
Sorry I missed this one Bernie. I remember being with you through the first one. Onesty is in my prayers My Friend. If you need anything,I'm only a few "Klicks" (on the keyboard) away.
Semper Fi Brother.....Hang in there
Bless you guys, and it is never too late for a good word whispered in the Lord's ear on behalf of our friends and their families. Yours are deeply appreciated.
I printed out the thread this AM and took it to Onesty, along with a new/old bed that she was badly in need of (and a bucket of the Colonel's best for us all to munch on after we set the bed up :D ). She and the kids seemed in good spirits, the cuts are healing (thank you, Lord) and I do not see any new ones.
Praise God
May he continue his Blessings
... and may you be among the recipients also, TexMex, for you are always there when needed.
Our heartfelt concerns and prayers.
Chuck, Cal, and Oakley
Bless your hearts Chuck, Cal, and Oak. Your prayers are special to me, as you know.
SO far, so good, according to Lois. Hope to see Onesty and the kids today sometime.
Just back from trip...glad to see things seem quiet for the moment... blessings on all! Continued prayers for her healing
Thanks, Doc - couldn't get our selves in the same places at the same time today. Maybe Monday or Tuesday.
Continue prayers from Georgia. I have placed her on the prayer list at church.
In HIS service
Dave
prayers sent, will pray for her and the whole family tomorrow from my favorite mountain, sorry i missed this one Bernie.
Bernie, My thoughts are with you and Onesty. I hope and pray she does realize the impact she has on those she loves and those that love her. I hope all goes well for you. Best Wishes Doug
I'm been and am there on both sides of the scale, my daughter made past the breakdown and cutting. Brother my heart bleeds for you, I will bow my head for you and family.
Continued prayers, my friend. I know the depth of your heart and how strongly you feel for others, let alone one of your own.
Prayers for healing for her and strength for you, my friend.
Shalom,
Keep the Son in your eyes!
Prayers continue.
God Bless
Continued prayers for victory and freedom!
I wish this into your hearts, Bern.
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Killdeer
reading this a little late, but sending prayers from Kansas!!!
I'M LATER THAN HOOKED BUT PULLING AND PRAYING FOR ONESTY.
GOD'S PEACE
Still here, buds.
Killdeer