Friday, April 30, 2010

Praying for the family

Thanks for your prayers. Would you continue to pray?

1. Dad is at Harbor Hall in Petoski, MI. It is a residential treatment facility. Please pray that he gets the help that he needs and that he decides to stay for the entire program.
2. Please pray for my mom as she adjusts to living by herself in the house. After eight months away, this is a big adjustment and a first in living alone.
3. Please pray for us as a family. It is another "new" thing for us to go through as we continue to recover and get healed in our addiction journey. There are still many questions and lots of hurt.
4. Please pray that we can continue on in joy and forgiveness. There is still no ending point. We don't know what dad will look or act like when he returns. We don't know what his decisions will be. We just don't know what his intent is. There is still no closure, yet we trust in and are so thankful that God has us in His hand.

Thanks to many of you for being a blessing to us these past eight months. Eight months to the day. I've learned so very much, I've cried so very much, I've been hurt so very much, and I've rejoiced so very much. When all this is done, it will give me great joy to Bless God and to share His greatness with the nations.

2 comments:

one blessed mama said...

oh shanda, this is great news! we'll keep praying! let's chat soon! love you girl.

Unknown said...

You are and have been in our prayers so much over the past eight months. What an amazing journey of faith through pain. God receives the glory in all that you share with us in your journey. Bless Him!

Congratulations to all the new mommies and daddies in your family. Blessings come from the LORD of all.

We will continue to bless God for all the answers we see. We don't know the future, but we know the One who holds us in His Almighty hands.