TO ANNETTE RE:  PRAYER REQUEST

Dear sister Annette,,,,,Many of we Doves are praying for you and your son's family.  I always make sure when I pray for others that I follow the formula given by our Lord:
John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
      So, in my prayer for you, I ask in His Holy and marvelous Name, for His tender mercies to be directed to you.   And I ask this, so that the Father's name may be glorified in the outcome of this prayer.  
      So often, our difficulties and hurts, bring us closer to Him, for comfort and healing.  He acts to separate us from those whom He sees as not being fit companions for His sheep.  This can hurt terribly when it happens.  In the parable of the wheat and the tares, the owner of the field (Jesus), says to the reapers, not to separate the wheat from the tares until both are mature, for the tender roots of the wheat may be damaged, and then to take the tares up FIRST before storing the precious wheat in the barn.  We will see in our own lives the work of this husbandman, Jesus, taking the tares from our midst, and mind you if we are closely positioned to one of these tares, it is most definitely going to "hurt" when that tare is yanked up from next to us.   
      Annette, if you can see that He knew the integrity and moral fiber of this man, before you could see it yourself, and it is in His mercy to remove him from you.   If you can see this, you will know that your Lord has done you a favor albeit a very painful one.  He wants you for Himself.  He wants you in His Kingdom, not un-equally yoked to a person who would only use you until another opportunity comes along.  He wants you to look to Him, for fulfillment, and love, and not to pretensions and lies and opportunistic manipulations.  The next time you can take a nice long nature walk, you can look up to Him and say "you have removed me unto Yourself, Lord", and I accept that, and I thank you for that, and I look to you for the strength and guidance for healing".   Yes, Annette, thank Him.   When He comes for His church, He wants them waiting and watching for Him, not hanging onto anything of this world, whether emotional, physical, possessions, political, professional - because when He comes and says "Come up hither", we will go "immediately" and leave all behind that is not of His righteous judgment, fit for His coming Kingdom.   
       I have suffered many such separattions.  Over time, I have seen how His hand was in these maneuvers.  They hurt at the time.  You will shortly see this yourself.  
      In our prayers for your grandchildren, and your son's hurt, we also ask for any miracle the Lord may send, for the healing of these babies, again, asking IN HIS NAME, AND FOR THE GLORY OF THE FATHER  - above all, we ask Him to "come quickly Lord".....
                                       Your sister in His love, and prayer,,,,,,,,Arlene