This is off thread... and I hope you will forgive me...

For me... I have suffered greatly... and I have seen people that I love suffer very greatly.... lingering illness.. painful.. things that are unthinkable to a parent.. like loss of a child...From a very early age I have suffered.... but much harder I have watched those that I love suffer....

During these times... I pray for strength, for courage, for wisdom, from relief of pain... for God's will to be done... for forgiveness of my terrible anger at the situtation and my feeling of the unfairness of it all.. sometimes I pray for a mircle... right... wrong... or inbetween... this is what I do..

I pray for understanding... for acceptance... I pray.. that I may use the experience to help others in the future that it will give me depth that someone else in need will be able to use..

and.. yes I do get angry... at times... yes I do...

That is what I pray for...

I am sorry for being off the thread topic... but I felt the pain in the post... and I wanted to help... I hope I did not hurt... was not my intention... really....