I remember when you started the first Blessings Thread. And I thought, "hmmm, what a GREAT idea!" - a place to focus on our Blessings and ask for prayer requests and to pray for one another.
This has evolved into such a beautiful thing! It has brought many people of faith here and it truly is a blessing to all!

Hats off to you dear Mark for overseeing this opportunity for us.
It has placed an even deeper bond between all of us who pray and trust in God during our struggles, and to rejoice in our blessings.
YOU are the keeper of the Faith, you WONDERFUL man of God YOUUU!

Rae

dear friends

thank you for another day

pain pain everywhere
tired of crying behind closed doors
the bathroom
i just want enough
back cannot depend on
no one other than myself

DEAR GOD EMPOWER ME
HELP ME BE STRONG
I CAN'T THROW IN THE TOWEL
WITH MY BOY
BUT I MUST CUT TIES
HELP HIM FIND HIS WAY TO
YOU
I TRUST YOU GOD
JESUS THE HOLY SPIRIT
MOTHER MARY
COMFORT ME

I AM BLESSED IN MANY WAYS

now is time for me to turn in
as the pain level is up
and my stomach is not
feeling well

to all a blessed
and goodnight

someone who cares

Eva
Love and prayers for relief and ease of hear ache.

Sandy kay

Sorry your pain level is up today. Hope your stomach settles down. Maybe try a cup of tea. I am praying for you right this minute. ginnie

THIS MUCH!!! : o)

Be strong my friend, in the Lord.
Prayin,
Mark56

dear friends

a good day to all
and hoping a belly laugh
in your day

thank you for another day God


something important for me
to do or something i need to
learn

going to the reconstructive
doctor this afternoon
might take stitches out
nothing what i had hoped for
not ready to talk writing
without that stupid
emotion causing me
to cry cry cry enough already

going to stop now

it hurts to write
shoulder please
just take it off

emotionally
it is something
i can't stop

grateful i can come here

thank you God
blessed i am
keep it real
i believe
Lord hear our prayers

be back later

someone who cares

.....................For reminding us to Laugh....

.......................

I would rather be the toothbrush....... unless it is a toothbrush used to scrub the floor of the latrine in boot camp of Fort Knox as our son had to do.... then, it is a draw.

I feel blessed God inspired this place, and this particular thread. God takes the credit and it is well deserved, for it is He who has inspired us, and not we ourselves...... It is truly a blessing to see it grow and prosper as it has with such participation.

Feeling blessed we may all pray for Eva and bring to her a belly laugh such as the one about the lawyer who asked coroner whether the decedent was dead at the time of the autopsy. Yup.

Feeling blessed about desires to realize something new today. I did. I realized it was possible to live through a business meeting with a wax grin pasted on my face for out of town guests whom I needed to impress today even though the pain was worst it has been yet, between 9 and 10. For me 10 is when I come home from work, go to the bedroom and hold my pillow to my face so I may SCREAM and muffle it.

Feeling blessed God cares So Very Much,
mark56

my sweet dear friends

belly laugh it got indeed
the latter for me is my challenge
what a poppy thought
the toothbrush is mine too
by the time i get done with
my mouth a incredible routine
i must say
thinking bout it
i must be nuts
as OCD clearly will do

you both got me to belly laugh
a smile on my face still
oh thank you so much
for making that happen

thank you GOD from my
heart to yours i give you
thanks
as pain controls this body
and the meds strip me of time

my friend your pain is felt
amazed i am at what the body
is able to do

my shrink a hell of a guy
puts it in a way that you
might have felt what i did

here goes a true story
a patient stricken with cancer
all looking great remission
and in the end it returned
with a vengeance
she and her us husband
drive home
and the silence was cut by this

she turns to her husband
and said
lets pull over a pick up
a carton of cigarettes
and a case of liquor

i am sure you got the message
his attempt to put a
smile on my face worked
along with gratitude

always something going on

today we stay home
as my back won't have it
my neck and shoulder
then
ya know

take me away

to all a blessed day

as i am blessed in many ways

thank you God
Jesus
Holy Spirit and
Mother Mary

someone who cares

ADDdear friends

had company

here she comes

GOD BLESS US ALL

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER!