Kim K

Oh so many things right now... my life feels like a runaway train with 50 different train cars, each with a different "life-category" that needs help/prayer/improvement!!

The biggest ones I am asking for prayer for right now are (in order of what is impacting my life the most right now:

1st and foremost - learning hoe to give all these things to God so I am not trying to accomplish improvements under my own power!!

2nd - finances - I have gotten into a hole with debt. Seems overnight it all just grew out of control, but I know a lot of it is my fault and I know the moral thing to do is to dig myself out. This last month though it seems like everything random that can set me back has come along and prevented me from implementing my new budget and pay-down plan.

3rd - health - I am diabetic (uncontrolled right now, if I am being honest), I am obese and am recovering from knee surgery. I am trying like crazy to get back on the low carb way-of-eating that has helped me in the past, but I am STRUGGLING with all the seemingly non-stop stress lately, combined with my ADHD (which makes consistency and compulsive/stress-eating very difficult to control) - that is just a very simple explanation of my biggest health struggles - there are more, but if I can get my blood-sugar and weight under control, I know all the other littler things will improve!

4th - family - To sum it up as much as I can.... A) my parents are aging & not very well - they have health issues that cause them pain daily. Mom is facing another surgery soon. Dad as well. Dad just retired a year or so ago and so far is not getting to enjoy it with mom like he had hoped to. The daily struggle for them is weighing on their mental health. B) My brother and his wife are about two years into a marriage that has been VERY toxic and emotionally abusive (started on her end but now that they are in vicious cycles, they are both emotionally abusive to each other) from the beginning and has shown no improvement. They both need a lot of mental and spiritual healing to even begin to be able to work on healing their relationship. It looks impossible. But I know all things are possible with God. Pray for them to have wisdom to know what path they should take. C) My older sister is a single mom to a 15 yr old boy. She is widowed. She is struggling financially and with having enough energy and physical wear-with-all to keep up with a job and her small side business and all the normal household chores. Pray for financial help, physical stamina/healing & maaaaybe a help-mate for her (she is not looking, but a Boaz for her might be a good thing! - not saying that she needs a husband & maybe God doesn't have one planned for her, but maybe also that could be the way some of her strain is lifted as a husband could help share the responsibilities and loads!)

5th - my husband - He is trying to get a business going for himself. We have no shortage of customers but that is half the problem, he is feeling a bit overwhelmed with trying to schedule them all and complete the jobs (he is a mechanic and we run a repair shop). He is a bit of a negative nancy by nature so that doesn't help (he calls it being realistic) and it grates on me, even though i try really hard to be patient with it (I am a positive polly all day long!). He is getting burnt out. He needs a bit of a break-thru so that the scheduling aspect and the work-flow and money-flow might smooth out and become more manageable without him feeling like he is always behind.

6th - myself - I am struggling with how to help my husband, my family, myself while being effective and productive. I am pulled in many directions right now, I know my priorities go: God, Husband and then the others... but I feel like I am not even doing enough for the first two, let alone have enough time or energy for all the 3rd/4th/5th/etc. things (especially when my health issues drain me of energy or make it hard to focus/get things done!)

I am sure there would be more if I sat here typing long enough, but these are the main things I am having difficulty with. Thank you to anyone who has read this far lol.

Thank you to anyone who takes the time to pray for these matters. God bless!

Received: September 15, 2023