Congratulations, and I will gladly add your request to the list. May everything go smoothly. Having children is a game changer and I wish you and Monika all the very best. Thank you for the update on your own condition as well.
Regarding myself, thanks for the good wishes. The reason that I don't request prayers to ameliorate my difficulties is that I believe that a large portion of my current difficulties are actually in large part due to my prayer request. I requested to improve my skill at discerning priorities, my inclination toward worthy actions, and focus and follow through on all of it. The universe then obligingly opened the heavens to provide an onslaught of important things to do, beyond my current capabilities to handle. It is not that it is an impossible amount-- just beyond my current capabilities, which is kind of the whole point when I'm praying for growth. If (if!) I can manage to figure out how to gracefully navigate it all, will certainly show that I have leveled up.
The other difficulty (often related to the above) is dealing with what my daughter is going through. She has taken a turn for the worse of late, in that after each recent paralysis episode she seems to have been growing weaker and/or lost the confidence to to even attempt to walk at all with her own power. When it comes to prayer, divinations have indicated over and over (and over and over and over) praying for her healing would not be what is best for her. (Yes, I did a divination even just to see about helping her regain her movement confidence. No go.)
Re: Update and new request,
Congratulations, and I will gladly add your request to the list. May everything go smoothly. Having children is a game changer and I wish you and Monika all the very best. Thank you for the update on your own condition as well.
Regarding myself, thanks for the good wishes. The reason that I don't request prayers to ameliorate my difficulties is that I believe that a large portion of my current difficulties are actually in large part due to my prayer request. I requested to improve my skill at discerning priorities, my inclination toward worthy actions, and focus and follow through on all of it. The universe then obligingly opened the heavens to provide an onslaught of important things to do, beyond my current capabilities to handle. It is not that it is an impossible amount-- just beyond my current capabilities, which is kind of the whole point when I'm praying for growth. If (if!) I can manage to figure out how to gracefully navigate it all, will certainly show that I have leveled up.
The other difficulty (often related to the above) is dealing with what my daughter is going through. She has taken a turn for the worse of late, in that after each recent paralysis episode she seems to have been growing weaker and/or lost the confidence to to even attempt to walk at all with her own power. When it comes to prayer, divinations have indicated over and over (and over and over and over) praying for her healing would not be what is best for her. (Yes, I did a divination even just to see about helping her regain her movement confidence. No go.)