Prayer Circles

Hi Jennifer Thank- You for your prayers, I needed them.Instead of the days gettin better they seem to get worse. I`m trying to get better, I still need lots of prayer. I`m glad I found this circle, it helps me alot. I`m so sorry about your Daughter, there is nothing I can say that will help, but God be with you and Bless You. I`m praying for you Sandy and Miss Verna. God Bless one & all.
Phyllis

Good Morning dear angel moms! ~ I hope you all are getting some much needed rest. I had a pretty busy day, so I retired early and now I am wide awake. :) This is my quiet time with God. A time to pray, and thank God for all my many blessings as I continue on my endless journey. Each and every one of you are a big part of the many blessings God sends my way.

Hi dear Angel Moms Sandy, Selva, and Phyllis ~ I pray that God is sending healing your way. You are dearly missed around here!

Hello dear Angel Mom Jennifer, ~ Thank you so much for helping out while Sandy and Selva are out recuperating. Thank you also for your prayers for all of us here in Louisiana, and other Gulf Coast states that were affected by hurricane Katrina and Rita. God knows this has been so difficult for so many families. My heart ache for all. We are also having difficulty with gas shortages. Yesterday, I ended up going to three service stations before I was finally able to find one that was not out of gas. So, it seems that we are in difficult times for the long haul. :(

Your compassionate post to Phyllis brought tears to my eyes. Our dear Phyllis is going through so much right now. My heart goes out to her. Yes, it really saddens me when I know that one of our angel moms is going through so much pain. And you are so right; If it were within my power, I would take all the grief and pain away as I am sure all of us would. When one of us is hurting, we all hurt. That is just how close we angel moms have become. It's so important that we support each other during our time of need. We do that by lending an ear and praying heartfelt prayers to our Lord and Savior; asking that he wrap his loving arms around the one that is in soooo much pain. We all have been there, so we know just how difficult those times can be. So, again, I thank you for sharing your story with our dear Phyllis, and I am sure it will be an encouragement to her. As we all know, there are times when our grief consumes us and during those times, it really seems that we are alone in what we are feeling. But, thank God, we know better! We are family here, and we care deeply about each others pain. God bless you for allowing him to speak through you to Phyllis during her hours of deep sadness.

Thank you also for your kind words. I am humbled that God uses me to help mend broken hearts and broken spirits. God sent all of us here to support one another, and for that, I thank him from the bottom of my heart and soul.

Please know that I am praying in the spirit; asking God to bring healing to your precious little ones, God love them. I pray that the doctors will find remedies for both of their conditions. We have both conditions in our family, so I know how very difficult that can be. I pray also that God will bless you and your entire family in every way that you need. God is using you to do his work dear Jennifer. :) Your faith shines brightly, and for that, I am mighty grateful!

Love and Angel Hugs,
Verna [aka Miss V.]:)

Sharing a beautiful prayer that was forwarded to me in an email back in 2002. It is still a very touching prayer. :)

Friends that pray together, stay together.

Dear Lord, I thank You for this day. I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me.
Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you. I ask now for Your forgiveness.

Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You.

Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things.

Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over. Let me continue to see sin through God's eyes and acknowledge it as evil. And when I sin, let me repent, and confess with my mouth my wrongdoing, and receive the forgiveness of God.

And when this world closes in on me, let me remember Jesus' example-to slip away and find a quiet place to pray. It's the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits. I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart. Continue to use me to do Your will.

Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong that I may help the weak. Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others. I pray for those that are lost and can't find their way. I pray for
those that are misjudged and misunderstood. I pray for those who don't know You intimately. I pray for those that will delete this without sharing it with others. I pray for those that don't believe. But I thank you that I believe.

I believe that God changes people and God changes things. I pray for all my sisters and brothers. For each and every family member in their households. I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes that they are out of debt and all their needs are met.

I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight. I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees them and every mouth that confesses them willingly.
Amen

Good morning to all Angel moms, Today is my day off from work and since the house is quite I decided to spend a little time here before I get my house work started. I have two poems I would like to share and you may have read or heard them before but I really like them and I feel they may touch your heart.

God needed an Angel in Heaven
When Jesus lived upon the earth
So many years ago,
He called the children close to Him
because He loved them so...
And with that tenderness of old,
that same sweet, gental way,
He holds your little loved one close
within HIS ARMS today...
And you'll find comfort in your faith
that in HIS HOME ABOVE
The God of little children
gives your little one HIS LOVE...
So think of your little darling
lighthearted and happy and freee
Playing in GOD'S PROMISED LAND
where there is JOY ETERNALLY.
Helen Rice

When I must leave you

When I must leave you
for a little while,
Please do not grieve
and shed wild tears,
And hug your sorrow
to you through the years,
But start out bravely
with a gallent smile;
And for my sake
and in my name
Live on and do
all things the same,
Feed not you loneliness
on empty days,
But feed each waking hour
in useful ways,
Reach out your hand
in comfort and in cheer
And I in turn will comfort you
and hold you near;
And never, never
be afraidto die,
For I am waiting
for you in the sky!

Helen Rice


Here is another by Helen Rice

The Meaning of True Love

It is sharing and caring,
Giving and forgiving,
Loving and being loved,
Walking hand and hand,
Talking heart to heart,
Seeing through each other's eyes,
Laughing together,
Weeping together,
Praying together,
And always trusting
And believing
And thanking God
For each other...
For love that is shared
is a beautiful thing-
It enriches the soul
and makes the heart sing!

Helen Rice

When I read this poem I think about this circle of love that Sandy started for us all to come to. When we come here we always find love and we can cry together and laugh together. I thank God for each and everyone of you.
Jennifer

When I must leave you

When I must leave you
for a little while,
Please do not grieve
and shed wild tears,
And hug your sorrow
to you through the years,
But start out bravely
with a gallent smile;
And for my sake
and in my name
Live on and do
all things the same,
Feed not you loneliness
on empty days,
But feed each waking hour
in useful ways,
Reach out your hand
in comfort and in cheer
And I in turn will comfort you
and hold you near;
And never, never
be afraidto die,
For I am waiting
for you in the sky!

Helen Rice


Here is another by Helen Rice

The Meaning of True Love

It is sharing and caring,
Giving and forgiving,
Loving and being loved,
Walking hand and hand,
Talking heart to heart,
Seeing through each other's eyes,
Laughing together,
Weeping together,
Praying together,
And always trusting
And believing
And thanking God
For each other...
For love that is shared
is a beautiful thing-
It enriches the soul
and makes the heart sing!

Helen Rice

When I read this poem I think about this circle of love that Sandy started for us all to come to. When we come here we always find love and we can cry together and laugh together. I thank God for each and everyone of you.
Jennifer

OOPS, somehow I posted this twice.Oh well maybe it needed to be twice read by someone today.
Love to you all'
Jennifer

Dear Jennifer, ~ As our chief angel mom Sandy once said to me when I submitted a double post: Double the post, double the blessings. :) The poems you shared really warmed my heart. I am familiar with the author, but had never read either. As you know I love poetry because many poems, I believe, are given to us by God's Holy Spirit, to comfort us in our times of sorrow. There are many awesome poems whose authors are unknown. Those, too, I believe, are given to bring comfort to us to help us find strength and courage during our life storms. Thanks again for sharing dear one, and double the blessings to you and your family.

Love and Angel Hugs,

Verna
[aka Miss V]:)

Storming heaven with prayers for healing and God's peace and blessings for our sisters in Christ; Sandy, Selva, and Phyllis. Praying also that God blesses all according to your special need. In Jesus name I pray, Amen

Hi my dear Angel sisters. First of all Thanks so much for all your prayers, they do work. I am feeling a little better, I have the Flu with 2 broken ribs and it seems that they both fell in love with me, I can not chased them off, but anyway Thanks to your prayers I am feeling a little better, I am still worried about our Angel in Chief, I have not heard from her in the last 2 days, so lets pray so that she will recover soon. Thanks so much my dear Miss V and Jennifer for keeping our dear Circle, Jen I will (we) pray for your son and he will be alright, always think positive, whenever bad things comes to your mind just chase it off, always think that everything will be OK and it will be, that way the negative energy will go away, and just the positive energy will prevail and this my dear sister it's what will work, just soround your son with positive energy, just imagine a really bright light sorrounding him, and he will be protected, just give him positive energy light. Phyllis, my heart goes out to you, we know the "pain", you are not alone, we are all here for you, and prayers really really works, we can not take the pain away, but we can give you comfort, there are lots of us feeling the same pain, we are just hanging in there, but ask your Guardian Angels for help, they can not help you unless you ask them , you will be surprise, ask my dear sister, they will help you to go through this and give you a reason to continue with life until it is your time and then, we will be reunited with our children, and this time forever. Our prayers will be with all of you my dear Angel sisters, and remember, there is no judgement here,this is safe Heaven, we are here for one another no matter what, we are all feeling this horrible pain, the guilt, the pain, the no more tomorrows, but we have to still go on in the name of our children, and what we have to do is our best here, trying to find a way to help others. Love you my dear sisters. Selva

Hello to all of my sisters in christ. Just wanted to let you know that My daughters docters app. went well. I like this new doctor. I just got a good feeling about him.I felt really good in my heart when I was leaving his office. AHe changed her meds. just like I thought he would.He said that since she has grown so much in the past year and that the meds that she was on was already at there highest dose he could give to someone that he would have to change it. He is going to put her on Topamax.She has been on the same meds now for almost two years so now its time for a change, he also is going to set up a day in the next week for her to have a MRI done of her brain, an EEG, and some blood work done. He said the MRI would give him a better idea of what kind of Epilipsy she has. Her last doctor was so different than this one. I dont think he was as good.The last doc told me he was leaving all the dicissions up to me on everything. This doc said for no reason what so ever should I let her take a bath unless I was going to sit in the bathroom with her the whole time and not for her to go swimming at all unless I was in the water at all times right there on top of her.She is like a fish in the sea and has been ever since she was a little girl. She loves to swim so much ans was very un happy about this but a least he didnt say she had to stop all her sports she loves so much.I guess I will be water logged next summer because she loves the water and I will not let something happen to my little girl and I refuse to take away swimming from her. I will just have to learn to like the water a hole lot.
Thanks for all the prayers for the kids. I still havent gotten Joshua a doctors app. yet. I was so busy today that I will have to wait and call for him tommorow.
Love and Butterfly Hugs,
Jennifer

HI my dear sister Jennifer, see? prayers works, we are all praying for your kids. I am so glad that your doughter is in better hands, things will be OK and now just get an appt for Joshua and he will be just fine. Keep thinking positive and everything will come out great with your kids, you know that you and the kids have our prayers, and yes indeed, prayers works. My (our) love and prayers are with you and family, and you guys will be just fine. Love you my dear sister, and keep the Faith. Love Selva

Hello everybody,
I am feeling a little better. I still hurt but I guess that pain will never go away.My other Daughters Husband and their Daughter was just here, they are doing pretty good.My Grandaughter just had surgery on her leg, she was in a bike accident a few years ago, they had to wait to do surgery, at least she got to have her Mom with her for the surgery.My other Daughter`s name was Elaina but we called her Nikki.Pray without ceasing for He is always with us. God Bless us all in His Name.

Hi dear Jennifer, ~ It warms my heart to read that your daughter's doctor's appointment went well. I am trusting in the Lord that things will also turn out well for your son. Just keep trusting in God for whatever problems arise, and he will give you the strength you need to see it through, no matter how great the storm. :) Just keep the faith that God can handle what you can't. Much love and prayers as always. :)
Verna [aka Miss V.].

Dear Phyllis, ~ Praise God! It is great to read that you are beginning to feel a bit better. And yes, the pain will always be there; it just won't be so intense in time, and it will be a bit easier to handle in time. Just keep trusting in the Lord, and our prayers will keep working. God is able to see us through all our trials. We just have to hold on to our faith that he will always be there for each of us, and he will never, ever leave us during our hours of sadness. His love for us is unconditional. Rest in the knowledge that our Lord and Savior loves you, even though you may not be able to feel his love while you are in deep grief. God understands, and loves you anyway! It took me years to get to where I am in my undying faith, so don't rush it. Trust in God and the power of our prayers to get the job done! The day will surely come when you will breathe a sigh of relief and say to yourself; "Now, I understand!" :)

Much love and prayers,
Verna [aka Miss V.].

Hi my dear sister, Selva! It's good to see a post from you. I trust that you are feeling a little better, but I still want you to get some much needed and deserved rest. Having the flu in addition to broken ribs is nothing to play with. If you force yourself to do too much right now, before your body has time to heal, you will have a set back. I know, because I have done just that in the past. So, promise me that you will continue to take care, and allow time for healing. Our circle of love will be here until you, San, and our other angel moms are able to come back to us feeling better and all rested. God brought all of us together for a reason, so he will not leave us, and will see us through this phase. God will always keep an eye on our circle of love. Take care my dear sister.

Much love & prayers,
Verna [aka Miss V.].

Hi dear Angel in Chief! :) Yo Miss V. is on a roll tonight. I just finished eating the last of a banana budding that I know I did not need. But, praise God, it looked soooo tempting, I just couldn't resist. Hubby just shook his head and told me not to call him later tonight. I just smiled and said, "Don't worry ... I know who to call ... and He is always online!" Haha! I do hope and pray that you will continue getting the rest you need and deserve, and allow our circle to go with the flow. We miss you, but want you to give yourself time to heal. Just come here and read when you feel like it, but leave the posting up to us angel moms for now. God will see to it that one of his angels will always be around to answer the call. :) We love you and miss you! Take care, our Chief Angel Mom! :)

Love & Prayers,
Verna [aka Miss V.].

Hi my dear sister Jenn. Yes I am also glad that your daughert's appt went well, now you have to take care of your son and we are all praying for both of them , and I know my dear sister that everything will be fine, see? prayers do work, and our prayers will be with you and the children. Love. Selva.
Phyllis, my dear sister, we know , just let that pain come out, don't try to keep it inside, see, you have the worse pain than anybody can imagine so you just have to let it out, don't worry about what people tell you, you are the only one that are feeling it, yes your husband is going through the same pain, but everybody has to deal with it in their own way, my advise to you my dear sister, it is just let it be, in your own way, we will be here for you always and our prayers will be with you, and prayers do work. Love you and understand. Selva

Hi my dear dear Miss V. Thanks for keeping this Circle going, you are something else. You better keep taking care of youself, we all need you. I am still under the weather and I really mean it, we have tropical storms after another, I am so sick of it. This year has been the worse (due to Global Warming for sure), since 1992 we had not experienced and hurricane after another, Hurricane season its supposed to be over Nov 6th, but man, we are gettting one after another in a matter of weeks, I think we should be praying for this World, something is going on to keep us alert. Thanks my dear sister Love Selva

It is never easy losing a child. It is hard enough dealing with loss of a loved one in general. It shouldnt be that way, but we all serve a purpose at some point in our lives. I pray for all those mourning parents to fins some comfort and relief. Know that your angels protect you.

Hello okellyo, thank you for your prayers for all of us, the loss of a child is a very unique one, you never get over it, you learn how to live with it.
May God bless you in whatever way He know's you need,
Love & Angel Hugs,
Sandy

Hello dear Angelmoms, sisters, I'm back, thanks to your prayers and love, it helped so much when I was sick!

Our dear Miss V, as I told you, I can't thank you enough for looking after the Circle for us all, I asked, you immediately said "Yes!" and I'm so grateful to you for being there like the good friend, sister you are! Our dear Selva was sick at the same time, but hey my dear sister, nice to see you posting too. Jennifer, thank you too for helping, with your own busy life and the kids sick, I'm grateful to you also for the big blessing you are!

Well, this is our Thanksgiving weekend, Chris and Jialing are here (still sleeping of course:-) and the smell of turkey will be filling our place today, with a candle lit for our precious Shane.
Again, thank you SO much dear Miss V, yes, you are something else!
Lots of love, prayers & Angel
Hugs to all,
Sandy

Good morning to all our Angelmoms, I was just checking in this morning and I decided to read back over the post on this page. I have relized that on my posting to Phyllis that I made a mistake. I told her that Amiee died on April 1st 1993. It was May 1st 1993. Cant believe I made that mistake and am only relizing it just now.

Good morning Sandy. Hope your Thanksgiving goes well. We still wont have ours for a couple more weeks. My kids are already asking me if I am makeing a ham. They swear I make the best ham around. We always have Turkey on Thanksgiving and Hubbys brother brings that but my kids think that we have to have ham also. So I have to make ham for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Oh well, if it makes them happy. Make me feel good that they have to have certain foods that I cook on these holidays. As long as they request it I will cook it.
Love to all,
Jennifer

Hey San! Just checked in to read, and saw that you are back! Good to know that you are feeling well enough to check in, but you better not overdo or you will have a setback. I told Selva the same thing. So take it easy; that is an order from Yo Miss V. :) Besides, you need to devote your time to enjoying your precious family ... for however long they are there, and holiday! Wow! Thanksgiving in October! Your posting about it and Jennifer's mentioning her kids "Ham Request" makes me long for our Thanksgiving! :) Can't wait for ours to come. We always have the greatest time getting together with family and having what we call a Thanksgiving Tho Down! That means that all the women in the family make their favorite dish or dishes and bring to the family dinner. We order our turkey and ham in advance; now that MaDear is no longer here and Auntie Marie, is now 92 years young, and Yo Miss V. and sister Pearl aren't getting any younger. Haha! Nowadays, we spend Thanksgiving at my sister's and Christmas at the Clay's. And would you believe our GROWN youngsters will have it no other way? Haha! But they do contribute in every way ... including doing videos, entertaining and serving the older members in the family, and keeping an eye on the younger ones both inside and out as they play their many games. So, I am more than ready watch the fun and laughter ... as I hold onto the many fond memories of days gone by! :) Take care, dear Sandy, and you know you're in my heartfelt prayers.

Love & Angel Hugs from heaven today,

Verna [aka Miss V.]
PS: My candle is lit for your beloved Shane. :)

My dear sister, Selva, ~ I, too, thank you for helping to check on everyone even while you are in pain and under the stress of the hurricane season. This was the first time we had so much damage here in a very long time. Things are still in a mess for so many families in south Louisiana, but with God's help and the help of people from all over, those families are beginning to pick up the pieces of their lives and start over. Please, my sister, take your rest and don't overdo!

Love and Angel Hugs,

Verna [aka Miss V.]

Dear sweet Jennifer, ~ You are such an added blessing to our circle of love! Thank you again for helping out while our dear chief angel mom Sandy was out ill. I am praying for the little ones and hope all is going well for both of them. I've been having problems with Internet connections. I sent them an email just as soon as I got connected today, so I hope it helps! If you and the other angel moms don't see a post from me or receive an email for a day or two, just know that the problems are still present. Recently, I have begun using copy/paste to respond to prayer request offline, so that I can post them quickly whenever I can get online. Maybe that will work for now; although I pay quite a bit for unlimited access. Thanks again, dear Jennifer, and give the kids a big warm hug from all of us here!

Love & Angel Hugs,

Verna [aka Miss V.]
PS: Thanks for sharing little Amiee's correct date on the previous page. I am trying once again to make a list of all our angel special dates. :)

Hi dear Phyllis, ~ I know this is a very, very busy and sad time for you and family. Just remember, you are not alone ... And are covered in prayer by all of us here. You must be gentle and patient with yourself and allow yourself to grieve in your own way. It is so important that you don't try to keep it all inside. God understands your pain, anger, or whatever emotions you are experiencing during this sad time. There is never any judgment here; for we all have been there and therefore, we can relate to how difficult all of this has to be for you right now. May our Lord give you a measure of peace, and keep you in his loving care!

Much love & heartfelt prayers,

Verna [aka Miss V.]