Thank God - literally…

These sad accounts remind me that food should be thoroughly masticated. I tend to gollop it down greedily half-chewed.

You must have been so relieved Mamma. Many find comfort in prayer especially at times of great distress and fear, even those who've never prayed before.

Over the years we've been amazed at how some our prayer chain have been asked to pray or have been helped Judi.

There are no words Annie just , a virtual (((hug))) and prayers for you and your family.

Our church has small groups folk can attend mid-week to get to know folk better and have a more intimate support network. In our little group, we have often prayed for friends and relatives who are ill and have seen folk get better against the odds, including one man whose relatives were told he probably only had a few hours to live.
I've been a Christian for over 50 years now and have definitely been aware of God's love and support every day of that time.
Life hasn't been a bed of roses and I still don't fully understand the tragedies and heartbreak that afflict human beings. I do, however, have a sense of God every day in my life and know that miracles do happen.

So wonderful to hear that prayer has helped 🙏. There is a book I read ‘The Doctor and the Soul’. Where a lady against all odds grade 4 cancer and had months to live, told the doctor who was treating her, I’ve God on my side, she quoted bible verse to him, 2 years later that dr. Committed suicide and years later in her mid 80’s she was still helping folk with cancer, alive and well. There is a lot more to the story but that’s the gist of it.

I am so very sorry about your lost my heart goes out to you🙏

I am moving 50 minutes from where I’ve lived for 40 years, to be nearer my daughter. I am very lucky to be active & healthy, and hopefully I won’t be a bother to her, we’ve discussed we would be open to discuss anything and always say sorry -if things did get heated -before bed.I have now found a house that ‘felt’ right. A little bugger but not too big and the garden is bigger than I wanted but I loved it, it seems easy to keep, just grass and shrubs. However, my elder sister has said is it too far from things/ friends I see, which has led to slight doubts I will be 40 minutes from a dear friend and 50 minutes from a group I attend on a Monday but I am working near there on Mondays so it won’t be a problem. I just need assurance I am doing right but if I do not try anyway has anyone else have moved any advice please

Judi45

My son-in-law had the most terrible car accident 8 weeks ago, having to be cut out of his car. He was in ICU for over a week with 5 broken ribs, fractured vertebra & internal injuries. I asked everyone I know, including nuns in West Malling to pray for him. If he survived we thought he’d be paralysed. He is now driving again (having been terrified to even get into a car) working part time, and, although in a back brace, almost his old self. The police said they had never known anyone to survive a crash like that. The Power of Prayer is enormous and we think the only thing that has helped him make this remarkable recovery.

So glad your son-in-law is making such a good recovery Judi45

Moggycuddler

So glad that your husband is recovering so well and I send you both my best wishes. But - why the talk of God? Perhaps you feel that God helped your DH, but where was God for so many other people when they suffered and died through illness or accidents, no matter how hard their families and friends prayed? Where is God when small children die from cancer, despite the prayers of all concerned, even devoutly religious people? This God must be playing "ip dip doo" to choose which ones he helps and which he ignores?

I was frightened and devastated. I felt that the prayers made a difference; maybe they did, maybe they didn’t, I guess none of us really know. If it was provable then I guess it wouldn’t be called faith. All I know is that I felt supported at the lowest point in my life and the medical professionals cannot believe or understand how my husband is making such an incredible recovery. He was substantially deprived of oxygen for over half an hour, they do not understand how he survived and how he did not suffer brain damage. I am just enormously thankful. Why be offended by someone else’s faith?

mamma66
So happy to read that your husband survived and will recover.
Miracles Still Happen!
USA Gundy

No Crazy H ….. you were there! If god were there it wouldn’t have happened …surely!

So sorry for your loss Annie.

My family and I have lent into the power of prayer too many times to remember. I count our blessings every single day.

So happy your husband survived his scare Mamma.

Some of you might like to stick this on your fridge door
^^Prayer has the power to unlock the impossible

My son-in-law had the most terrible car accident 8 weeks ago, having to be cut out of his car. He was in ICU for over a week with 5 broken ribs, fractured vertebra & internal injuries. I asked everyone I know, including nuns in West Malling to pray for him. If he survived we thought he’d be paralysed. He is now driving again (having been terrified to even get into a car) working part time, and, although in a back brace, almost his old self. The police said they had never known anyone to survive a crash like that. The Power of Prayer is enormous and we think the only thing that has helped him make this remarkable recovery.

How wonderful ! God IS is good. When I had my younger daughter, I was warned that she might not survive and be brain damaged . She was out of SCBU after a week and has 14 A grade GCSEs, 4 A grade A levels and a BSc honours degree. Not bad, eh ?

So glad that your husband is recovering so well and I send you both my best wishes. But - why the talk of God? Perhaps you feel that God helped your DH, but where was God for so many other people when they suffered and died through illness or accidents, no matter how hard their families and friends prayed? Where is God when small children die from cancer, despite the prayers of all concerned, even devoutly religious people? This God must be playing "ip dip doo" to choose which ones he helps and which he ignores?

Annie My many condolences to you.
Mamma66 So pleased your dear husband is recovering.

I am a believer in the power of prayer.Such a lot of things I have prayed for at difficult times have had a happy result.
I myself have cheated death more than once.I believe we all have a day to die, and until that day comes we will go on living no matter what happens.
I also believe we all have a Guardian Angel who comes to snatch us away from situations which could have fatal results.

I’m deeply sorry for your loss annie. There’s been too much sadness in your life.

So pleased your husband is recovering mamma66, a terrifying experience.

Annibach, I’m so sorry for your loss💐
Sending prayers .
Mamma66 , sending prayers for your dh recovery, what a shock .
My ds choked on piece of fish finger as a toddler, luckily I was there and pulled him out of the high chair and slapped him on the back . After that I never strapped my kids in the high chair

Anniebach, I'm so sorry for your loss. It just shows how easily this things can happen. Just yesterday, we had a real scare with my GS, who managed to twist a blanket round his neck and trap himself in it - to the extent that my DiL actually thought he had stopped breathing at one point, but managed to rip the blanket off him. She had literally turned her back on him for second to make the bed - he was only feet away from her. These things can happen in the blink of an eye.

Mamma66, thank you for sharing this good news. Really appreciated. Anniebach....no words....🌷

Just before the pandemic a young friend celebrated her 40th birthday with a bbq for family and friends. Her father choked on a piece of steak. Unfortunately everyone, including paramedics thought it was a heart attack, and he was treated for a cardiac arrest. Sadly he died.
Mamma, I am so glad your husband was saved and in time will return to a normal life.
Anniebach, I am deeply sorry to hear about your Godson's untimely, tragic death. My thoughts are with you and his family.

I’m so sorry for your loss Annie.

How awful Anniebach. Just eating. Something we all do without thinking every day.

So pleased for you Mamma. I pray a lot for others, though I was brought up not to do so for myself I have often asked for God’s help.

I’m so very sorry Annie. What a terrible tragedy. Thinking of you. 💐