Please join me in praying...

I believe every day we are faced with making a choice between those things which are important and those things which are urgent. I believe that satan is behind a lot of the urgent things because they greatly distract us from the important things in our lives, such as spending time with the Lord so we are better equipped to handle the urgent matters.

With that being said, I am asking for your prayers to help me discern those things that are urgent and those things that are important. Pray that I would be able to effectively manage my time to include sustenance from God's word and time spent conversing with the Father.

Some days I feel so overcome with stress and KNOW that is not what God wants for me. I am amazed over and over again how He alleviates that stress when I let him in. Why am I such a slow learner?

A few other prayer concerns:

• Strength for my Florida family. My nephew has been in the hospital with pneumonia for over a week now. He is on the mend, but it has been difficult because everyone there is sick too! My brother in law's mother passed away in the midst of all this. He had to fly here to Michigan and leave his son in the hospital with pneumonia. He is now back home in Fla...We are hoping that Lane will come home from the hospital Sat.
• A friend from church had to say goodbye to her 19 year old brother this week after a heroin overdose. Her mom ended up under psychiatric care after being the one to find him.
• Another friend was struggling with blood clots in his body only to find out that many of his major arteries were blocked. He went in for emergency surgery yesterday. I'm still awaiting results.
• A dear friend's BFF went home to Jesus only 6 mos. after being diagnosed with skin cancer leaving behind a wife and child.
• As always, for us. Please pray that God would continue to supply all of our needs and continue to bless us with work. Things have been rather slow lately. There will be a meeting on Mon. evening in which church members will be casting their vote on a proposal for lighting that we submitted. The proposal has been accepted by the deacons and trustees and now must be brought before the congregation. This would be HUGE for us. The funding is in place, we just need the yes vote. It is an almost certain thing...but please be praying for this to happen.
• Last but not least...we are making a small run to Florida the 13-18th of this month. Please pray that we have safe travel there and back and that we all remain healthy. Also pray that God would grant us restoration, relaxation and peace during this time. It has been a LONG time since we've been away.

Thank you to my praying friends. I so appreciate your words of and encouragement and all of your prayers.