Mom's 2 B Check-in week of July 31st
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MSJ
Cathlete
RE: Hey Mel
I never pondered Jesus' abs either.
What is it about night fears. Things are always more scary at night. Back when we lived with my MIL, we had a TV, so to distract myself when a pregnant insomniac, I would "sleep" on the couch with the TV on (filling my head with all sorts of cr*p), but now we have no TV, just a video/dvd moniter, so I can't do that, so I lay awake fretting. I know I should read my bible or pray, but I really struggle spiritually when I am pregnant (assurance issues making me fearful to come before the throne of grace...)
Anyway, I always covet prayer.
Briee--is your mom moving in with you?
Maggie
I never pondered Jesus' abs either.
What is it about night fears. Things are always more scary at night. Back when we lived with my MIL, we had a TV, so to distract myself when a pregnant insomniac, I would "sleep" on the couch with the TV on (filling my head with all sorts of cr*p), but now we have no TV, just a video/dvd moniter, so I can't do that, so I lay awake fretting. I know I should read my bible or pray, but I really struggle spiritually when I am pregnant (assurance issues making me fearful to come before the throne of grace...)
Anyway, I always covet prayer.
Briee--is your mom moving in with you?
Maggie
melanalyus
Cathlete
RE: Hey Mel
Yes Maggie, you DO need to pray. Thank God for the wonderfully PERFECTLY developing baby growing inside you. Say out loud scriptures that will make Satan flee from your thoughts/dreams.
I went through a period where I asked God to fill my heart with things of Him when I was sleeping. I have so many vivid dreams when I'm pregnant, why not glorify Him in my sleep too? For about a week I sung praises to Him in my sleep!!! It was sooooo awesome. I should do that again.
Oh no! Not the MIL moving in. Tell me it's NOT true Briee.
**Melanie**
baby to be 11/28/05
Justin born 1/17/04
Jory born 4/9/94
http://lilypie.com/days/051128/2/4/1/-6/.png[/img][/url]
Yes Maggie, you DO need to pray. Thank God for the wonderfully PERFECTLY developing baby growing inside you. Say out loud scriptures that will make Satan flee from your thoughts/dreams.
I went through a period where I asked God to fill my heart with things of Him when I was sleeping. I have so many vivid dreams when I'm pregnant, why not glorify Him in my sleep too? For about a week I sung praises to Him in my sleep!!! It was sooooo awesome. I should do that again.
Oh no! Not the MIL moving in. Tell me it's NOT true Briee.
**Melanie**
baby to be 11/28/05
Justin born 1/17/04
Jory born 4/9/94
http://lilypie.com/days/051128/2/4/1/-6/.png[/img][/url]
RE: Hey Mel
What an uplifting bunch of posts! I would never have thought of looking at my anxiety that way, but I'm sure you're on to something. I have been awake many nights, thinking something was wrong with me or the baby, or actually crying about some horrible news story about an abused or neglected child. It's always so hard in the middle of the night to remember that prayer is the best answer, especially since there's really nothing we can do about most of these things, anyway. Worrying never saved anyone as far as I can tell, but prayer, now that's another story!
Thanks for the thoughts - even if I wasn't the originally targeted by your messages, I certainly appreciated the benefit!
KC
What an uplifting bunch of posts! I would never have thought of looking at my anxiety that way, but I'm sure you're on to something. I have been awake many nights, thinking something was wrong with me or the baby, or actually crying about some horrible news story about an abused or neglected child. It's always so hard in the middle of the night to remember that prayer is the best answer, especially since there's really nothing we can do about most of these things, anyway. Worrying never saved anyone as far as I can tell, but prayer, now that's another story!
Thanks for the thoughts - even if I wasn't the originally targeted by your messages, I certainly appreciated the benefit!
KC
melanalyus
Cathlete
RE: Hey Mel
KC, isn't it nice to have such a wondeful support group here at cathe.com? I think this forum rocks!!!!
FYI, we're ALL targets for the messages here, no room for cliques in the cathe forums!!!
**Melanie**
baby to be 11/28/05
Justin born 1/17/04
Jory born 4/9/94
http://lilypie.com/days/051128/2/4/1/-6/.png[/img][/url]
KC, isn't it nice to have such a wondeful support group here at cathe.com? I think this forum rocks!!!!
FYI, we're ALL targets for the messages here, no room for cliques in the cathe forums!!!
**Melanie**
baby to be 11/28/05
Justin born 1/17/04
Jory born 4/9/94
http://lilypie.com/days/051128/2/4/1/-6/.png[/img][/url]
RE: Hey Mel
Somehow I missed these posts on my email alerts....anyway. It's my mom that is moving in not my MIL. I don't know which is (I don't want to say worse so I'll say...)more tough. We are building onto our home so that she can have her "own home" and we will have our "own home", but in the future it can become one. Tricky...but it's coming together. I don't know how it's going to be, but were all praying that God will work out the details because we are trying to honor Him and my mom through all this. She has retired to Arkansas presently and won't move until we are all FINISHED...which might be well into eternity at this rate!!
It's encouraging to know that we ALL seem to have that "nighttime" struggle. Helps me to know that I'm not alone during these times. Sometimes I can seem to have a handle on the attacks and pray and give it to God and other times it's a "major mental battle" and I lay there thinking the world's going to end. Makes me crazy!!
Briee (this is a wonderful group of women!!)
Somehow I missed these posts on my email alerts....anyway. It's my mom that is moving in not my MIL. I don't know which is (I don't want to say worse so I'll say...)more tough. We are building onto our home so that she can have her "own home" and we will have our "own home", but in the future it can become one. Tricky...but it's coming together. I don't know how it's going to be, but were all praying that God will work out the details because we are trying to honor Him and my mom through all this. She has retired to Arkansas presently and won't move until we are all FINISHED...which might be well into eternity at this rate!!
It's encouraging to know that we ALL seem to have that "nighttime" struggle. Helps me to know that I'm not alone during these times. Sometimes I can seem to have a handle on the attacks and pray and give it to God and other times it's a "major mental battle" and I lay there thinking the world's going to end. Makes me crazy!!
Briee (this is a wonderful group of women!!)