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shell
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Posted 12/12/2002 7:38 PM (GMT -6)

Hi guys. Where do I even start? Well...just that our little family needs prayer big time. My husband and I just sat looking at each other tonight just numb over what has happened in the course of two days to our life. The details would take hours to explain...but it's huge and we feel like we are in the pit. Please pray for us if God lays it on your hearts...We've been through a lot over the last couple of years and just when you are sure you've hit the bottom, how is it that there is always further down to go? If the Lord lays it on your hearts would you send up a prayer for us?

Thanks,
love Shell

GregBoyd
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Posted 12/12/2002 8:16 PM (GMT -6)

I'll not only join you in prayer...

I'll join you in the bottom of the pit.

It's freak'n UN BE LIEVE ABLE...

I just keep repeating the mandra

"stay centered in Christ stay centered in Christ stay centered in Christ..."

when sorry like sea billows roll
it STILL can be well with your soul

but its beyond understanding

centered in his love

Greg

"In Christ...the ONLY THING that matters is faith energized by love." Galatians 5:6

Tom
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Posted 12/12/2002 10:03 PM (GMT -6)

quote:
...would you send up a prayer for us?

Thanks,
love Shell

I'm sending them up.

Tom

"It might take a year or two to begin to understand Calvinism. But you won't do so by reading books. It's a transformation of outlook." Al & Fred

selah
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Posted 12/13/2002 2:09 AM (GMT -6)

Shell/Greg,

Im praying for resolve, healing, and peace that passes
understanding...

much love,
selah

Then He showed me the river whose waters give life, sparkling like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb. Rev. 22:1

Edited by - Selah on 12/13/2002 07:10:11 AM

Springs
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Posted 12/13/2002 3:59 AM (GMT -6)

I'm with you Shell.
Be strong in the Lord. Do not fear.
He will be with you.
My heart goes out to you.
I'll keep you in my prayers.
-S

"It is a dangerous business to arrive in eternity with possibilities which one himself has prevented from becoming actualities. Possibility is a hint from God." -Soren Kiekegaard

BJS
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Posted 12/13/2002 4:09 AM (GMT -6)

Praying . . .

Brett

"Siste viator et memento mori."

Electra
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Posted 12/13/2002 6:32 AM (GMT -6)

Shell, God’s peace be upon you and your family. I will remember you in prayer. I think the devil works overtime during the dark days of Advent. Angels filled the sky with singing when Jesus was born, but the air was also full of mourning over the children Herod had murdered. That shows just how desperate and depraved the enemy is.

By the tender mercy of our God,
the dawn from on high will break upon us.
to give light to those who sit in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1:78–79)

Blessings,
Electra

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Matt. 10:8

Edited by - Electra on 12/13/2002 11:33:26 AM

shell
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Posted 12/13/2002 7:26 AM (GMT -6)

Thanks so much for your prayers everyone...it REALLY means a lot to us.

Greg,

I am so sorry you are in the pit as well, we are continuing to pray. We're standing with you.
Electra, I agree with you that the enemy works overtime during this time of year.

We desperately need answers and deliverance, but it is WELL with our souls

(that must really tick the enemy off huh?).

Thanks again,
love Shell

Edited by - shell on 12/13/2002 2:45:50 PM

BBBCanada
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Posted 12/13/2002 11:41 AM (GMT -6)

I love the history behind, "It Is Well With My Soul." He is able...will be pray'n.

Brandon
"Truth is so obscured nowadays and lies so well established that unless we love the truth we shall never recognize it."--Todd Flanders/ Pascal: Talkin' 'bout My Generation

trosie
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Posted 12/13/2002 7:42 PM (GMT -6)

Shell and Greg,

I'll be praying for your situations too.

Put your concerns, your worries, your fears, your families, your relationships ... in God's hands. God's hands are strong and mighty to carry the load.

May you feel God's loving and strong hands holding you closely to himself as you walk through the storm!
trosie

shell
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Posted 12/14/2002 9:06 AM (GMT -6)

Testimony time

Thank you thank you thank you for your prayers. God is so good. Is everything better yet, has anything concretely changed?...No....is God working in it? Yes!!! God has been comforting us in the midst of it all over the past couple of days! He has shown us that he will never leave us or forsake us. God has used people in our lives to show He loves us and is walking through the heat with us.

I just love how God will show us that he loves us(by us I mean all of us collectively as Christians), cares for us and is working in every situation no matter how dark it is. One example is that the night we recieved one major piece of bad news after the next and everything was caving in around us I had mentioned to my husband that I thought he should call one of his Spiritual mentors in particular to ask for prayer, wisdom, guidance etc. My husband didn't feel comfortable doing that at that time. I felt that this person had some insight and Godly wisdom for my husband so I prayed that the Lord would lay my husband on this person's heart. Throughout the next day my husband debated back and forth as to whether or not he should make the call and chose not to...and that evening as my husband headed home from our office this person called because the Lord had specifically laid my husband on his heart, and he did have insight and wisdom that the Lord had given him to share with my husband.

I just love how God works. Your prayers have mean't a lot. We have felt uplifted.

Thank you friends,
love Shell

di
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Posted 12/14/2002 10:00 AM (GMT -6)

Praise God, what a wonderful testimony. Truly prayer avails much.

Praying and praising...
di

Empiress
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Posted 12/15/2002 11:16 AM (GMT -6)

Shell and Greg...prayed for during Compline last night and will continue. May God's peace, love, comfort, protection, strength, and courage surround you.

~E

BBBCanada
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Posted 12/16/2002 3:29 AM (GMT -6)

Shell,

Wonderful! Just wonderful! Still praying, for you, Greg, and the Meph Man!

Brandon
"Truth is so obscured nowadays and lies so well established that unless we love the truth we shall never recognize it."--Todd Flanders/ Pascal: Talkin' 'bout My Generation

shell
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Posted 12/16/2002 4:46 AM (GMT -6)

Thanks for the encouraging words and continued prayer Trosie, Di, BBB, Springs, BJS, Greg, Electra, Empiress, Selah, and TGB!

Greg preached a beautiful sermon yesterday(Dec. 15th WHC). Everyone who wasn't there should consider downloading it off the website. Actually I was there and I'm still going to download it to listen to again.

He preached from 1 Corinthians: Love..."bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." In the midst of the hope and belief, love also BEARS, and ENDURES.

It was so perfect for this time of year when we tend to have grandiose expectations about how we should feel around the holidays, everyone should be happy right? He talked about how many people struggle with depression because of past memories, unfulfilled dreams and the added expectations of the ideal family situations over the holidays, and many other circumstances in people's lives that definitely aren't ideal. The message was about REAl life and how Christmas can truly be bittersweet for so many. He talked about how life can bring difficult circumstances and pain...yet we CAN celebrate Christmas in the midst of the reality and pain...we can "embrace the mess"( a qoute from Greg)...live life for where we are at now...not put things on hold until we are at the ideal...not search for "happiness"...but truly embrace JOY in all of the pain AND the beauty around us(bearing and enduring). It was such a beautiful and REAL message. I didn't do the message justice so listen to it for yourselves!!!

This message so touched my heart. Especially this year. It also so clearly came from Doc's heart as he is right in the thick of very difficult life circumstances.

I just pray that each of you has a blessed and JOY filled Christmas in the midst of everything else that is going on...live life today in all of the beauty, love, and joy, even as it is intermingled with the pain in our lives.

love you guys,
Shell

ps. Thanks for everything Semeia. I love ya!

Edited by - shell on 12/16/2002 5:13:37 PM

PotOnWheel
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Posted 12/16/2002 3:03 PM (GMT -6)

quote:
Greg preached a beautiful sermon yesterday(Dec. 15th WHC). Everyone who wasn't there should consider downloading it off the website. Actually I was there and I'm still going to download it to listen to again.

I'll try tomorrow. Thanks for the heads up.

Praying...praying...praying...praying...praying...

Springs
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Posted 12/17/2002 5:01 PM (GMT -6)

Hi Shell,
Thanks for telling us about your answer to prayer! That is so cool. God is so good. I am so glad you are encouraged. You are right about the sermon. The Doctor of Love

stikes again!

Could you all keep Mouse in your prayers too? She takes care of so many people, sometimes it can be overwhelming for her. Pray rest, and renewal for her.

My father in law is losing his mind. literally. It is so sad to see him slip away. He was always so wise, and strong and successful. It's so tragic. So cruel. I praise God that we will overcome, and that his light is so strong in the dark. Great love does endure.

bless you all for your faith

"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if were so, it would be; but as it isn't , it ain't. That's logic."

shell
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Posted 12/17/2002 5:39 PM (GMT -6)

Dear Springs,

Thanks for sharing about Mouse. I will definitely pray for her!

Also I am so sorry to hear about your father in law.

Blessings to you and your family,
love,
Shell

selah
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Posted 12/18/2002 4:55 AM (GMT -6)

Counting my blessings I just noticed 3...

Shell, Mouse, and Springs

Along with Doc's sermon, I hope each of us can abide(in unity)in the everlasting Joy that is ours "in christ" this season(in the now)and always...

Much LOVE and appreciation to each of you,
T

Then He showed me the river whose waters give life, sparkling like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb. Rev. 22:1

Edited by - Selah on 12/18/2002 09:58:44 AM

shell
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Posted 12/18/2002 5:41 AM (GMT -6)

Selah...you are definitely a blessing!

Blessings,
Shell

Springs
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Posted 12/18/2002 7:26 PM (GMT -6)

Feelin' the love Selah,

God speed on your holiday travels, I'll keep you in my prayers.

Springs

"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if were so, it would be; but as it isn't , it ain't. That's logic."

shell
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Posted 12/19/2002 9:20 AM (GMT -6)

Bye everybody! Have a joyful Christmas! I'm leaving town for a while and won't be on the board till the New Year. Thanks again for the prayers.

Shell

ps. Doc, Mouse...still pray'in.

Edited by - shell on 12/19/2002 2:24:37 PM

GregBoyd
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Posted 12/20/2002 6:08 AM (GMT -6)

Have a wonderful time...abiding in the center.

Doc

"In Christ...the ONLY THING that matters is faith energized by love." Galatians 5:6

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