A Prayer Request for Beth

Seven years ago, my family grew when my son married Beth. That’s their picture at the Marine Ball. I have posted about Beth before, but this time I come back with a special request. You see, Monday is Beth’s birthday, and on Monday, the day she turns 28, she’ll be having a hysterectomy because she has cervical cancer.

The whole family is grateful that her cancer was caught early and that it appears to be limited in scope. We are grateful that this happened after she had the boys, RJ, who is 6, and Tony, who’ll be 4 in December. Still, this has been a hard year for Beth, our son, and their two boys. She had surgery in August for the same issue and was told that she was cancer-free, only to find out later that the nurse did not read her the whole pathology report. She doesn’t feel well, and yesterday she awoke to six-year-old RJ standing by her bed, crying that he didn’t want her to go.

I asked Beth to send me her favorite family pictures so that when I asked for prayer, you’d know who you were praying for. If you want to send good wishes, this is a link to my son’s blog, A Family Guy. He’ll make sure she gets them.

I thank you in advance for lifting Beth up in your prayers.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.–Galatians 6:2

Gratitude Journal, Day 4

I am thankful:

1)   For the prayer point on the Presidential Prayer Team’s 77 days of Prayer, which reads, in part:

For citizens to rise up in gratitude to God for the blessing of living in a democracy and having the majority elect those who will lead us in the coming years
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
—Colossians 3:16

2) For the volunteers, the hubby being among them, who are at the Habitat blitz today despite the wind, and the rain, and the fact that November appears to have arrived.

3) For the fact that gas is now below $2 a gallon in central Indiana!