Thanks to those of your who have sent sweet notes in response to the below prayer requests! One dear friend wrote about the difficulties of life "at our age"-----which for some reason we didn't expect! My sweet sister-in-law always says, "This isn't the cruise I signed up for!!"....but Joyce put it this way and I couldn't have said it better myself!!!

Didn’t you think by now, we would just sit around piously, in our own paid-for homes helping those struggling younger Christians? Or that we would be mentors to them? Or, …. that we would be so “established” in a ministry that we could just sprinkle our ‘fairy dust’ over it, and miracles would happen?

I personally think those type of 'feelings' are the result of the "health and wealth" preaching that permeates our society....even if we don't go to churches that preach that!!! It's everywhere! Just do this or just have enough faith or just b-e-l-i-e-v-e .....or maybe worse, "this is happening to you because you were negative or you didn't have enough faith or you don't 'believe' strongly enough." Where are the preachers who are preaching what Jesus said in scripture: you will be hated, you will be persecuted, you will have trials, you will have tribulation??...but don't be surprised! don't faint! don't despair!....He is faithful and will carry us through! (or meet us on the other side!!!)