[Faith-talk] pray for my brother and family

[Poppa Bear]

Andrew, let me ask you this, do you do anything around the house to help to 
lighten the load for everyone, and do you try to help keep a positive mature 
attitude that doesn't consist of sarcasm, guilt trips and negativity? I have 
found that in serving others I find much more peace and value in life. A 
pleasant attitude can go a long way. It is so easy to become a martyr who 
feels victimized at every turn. I hope that you can feel empowered to be the 
change you want in that home. For me, if I am a long term guest I like to do 
a few things, one, remember that I am a guest and this is not my home, they 
have ways and rules that I want to respect, if they go to bed  at 9 I am not 
going to be up at one in the morning watching movies, that would just start 
to put the first brick of a wall up between us, If they make a small 
suggestion about something like, putting my towels in a certain area, I am 
on it, I want to show them gratitude and make things as easy as possible. If 
I am not sure about if something may bother them, I don't assume that they 
will like it like I do, or even could stand it. If I take a shower I make 
sure that nobody needs to use it. I try to ease into taking part in 
household responsibilities, changing the trash, doing dishes, making coffee, 
putting the dogs in and out, raking leaves, and shoveling snow and so on. 
Believe me, when we have that Servants heart like Christ, people want you to 
stay with them, they want to be around you, and they want to do things for 
you as well.

HTH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew" <andrewjedg at gmail.com>
To: "Faith-talk" <Faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 10:12 AM
Subject: [Faith-talk] pray for my brother and family


> Hi  group
>
> I need some prayer for my brother still he is very sick and he  still
> has this limes disease.  sometimes he refuses the treatments and it is
> very hard on my family me included.
>
> I am just not taking things very well myself.  I  feel like my brother
> is trying to take control of things in the house when I do guitar or
> do this or do that and I don't take being controlled vey well but my
> family had a cafuffal yesterday and  I never ate  anything  like I
> still drink water but  I only ate a peace of cheese.  and after that I
> never had a real good mean since sunday.  and did not want lunch.  I
> just feel very iceolated in a rural area and my dad refuses to see
> truly how I feeling living at at the farm.  but oh well I have not
> eaten any food or  anything just drank water but things are just very
> hard on me and family because of my brother and I not sure if I can
> take anymore when it comes to my brother his he feels he has to be
> sencitive to everything.  but anyway I not sure if I can take it any
> longer. just pray is all you can do.
>
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