Tuesday, September 2, 2008

bonus- when you can't sleep

Bonus post. Two posts today.

It is 3:50am. I should be asleep. I can't sleep right now. I know this happens to everyone sometimes. Maybe you are worried about something. Maybe you are worried about someone else. Maybe you have been having funny feelings. Maybe there is a problem at home or at work. Anyway, your brain is "on" and you are not sleeping very well. What to do?

This happens sometimes. Relax. It is a good opportunity to pray. To be honest with God. To take that fearless moral inventory. When you are awake in the middle of the night, it is quiet. It is a perfect time to talk to the Lord. To recenter. Maybe the whole experience is something that God has knit into our makeup to allow us to find help from Him when we need it.

Anyway, don't fight it. Say your prayers. Have the talk with God that you need to have. Refocus your life. Get back on track. Remember who you are. When we find that peace that only God can give, and then we find the sleep that we wish we were experiencing.

Now I am going back to bed.

It is a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

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