Hey family, I could use a few words of prayer and encouragement. I loved your last card and will get the courage to write you back. But for now I’m asking that you keep me in your prayers ,dealing with life, uncertainties, relationships, guidance and opportunities

I have my kidney transplant surgery next Tuesday. I pray for a successful surgery for me and Megan, my donor. I also ask for prayer for an exceptionally remarkable recovery w no hair loss, no teeth loss, no cancer, no diabetes, no emotional or physical trauma, and 40 plus healthy, fruitful years w my new kidney!

In 1 Corinthians 13 Paul says you can be all this or that but without love you are nothing. The bumper stickers say “God is love”. So why is it like pulling teeth trying to get that love from God? I mean, if I see a fallen bird from a nest, I have compassion for that bird and want to scoop it up and put it back where it is safe. The bird doesn’t have to beg and plead and argue and convince me. Love at its essence is a natural pull that doesn’t have to be chased. So why have I never felt it from God in my life? It’s been an existence of stagnation, loneliness, failure, broken dreams, and unanswered prayers. God said it’s not good for man to be alone, yet I have no wife or girlfriend. I have no friends. God said knock and I’ll answer, but nobody answers. Why? They just raised my rent 25 percent and I’m not sure how I am going to pay it. My health and stamina are failing me. I suffer extreme exhaustion and brain fog where I can’t even function. I feel useless. God either empower and heal me or take me. I’m convinced that if even the great apostle Paul and or the Lord Jesus had this kind of exhaustion, then they would not have been able to complete their mission. I have no energy and I feel like a mental zombie. I’m yet unemployed again and finances dangerously low so I must make money. I’d love a financial miracle along with healing. I must take multiple naps a day and drink a ton of energy drinks just to stay awake, so how am I going to survive this? Doctor gave me a ton of blood tests for anemia, thyroid, diabetes, etc., but found nothing. I’m tired of the struggle. It’s been one min wage job after another since high school working paycheck to paycheck never able to save. I live in a dangerous apartment complex but yet can’t afford to move. I want this hellacious decades long cup to pass. I’m pushing 60 years old and at this age I’ve already drank 3/4 of it. Isn’t that enough? Can I be happy now? Can I be healthy now? Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane you

for my brother-in-law – too isolated, suffering from grief, job loss, not such great health. May he find God and peace.

My 17 year old son says he is gay. I’m heart broken but I refuse to give up on him. Keep us in your prayers. Thank you