| I was recently talking with someone in the medical | | | | maybe complain a little bit or perhaps close the |
| profession, and he shared with me that one of the | | | | window. |
| major problems we are facing in America today is | | | | But what about that worry and stress - the one that |
| insomnia. It seems that people just cannot get to | | | | plagues us so much and so often? Well, scripture tells |
| sleep. | | | | us what to do in a verse I quote often. Jeremiah 33:3 |
| Well, I stopped to think about it. I was trying to | | | | says, "Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show |
| figure out all the different reasons I have heard why | | | | you great and mighty things, which you do not |
| people cannot sleep. We always think about eating | | | | know." So when we are looking for solutions to what |
| pizza or ice cream right before bed. The other one | | | | is going to happen, we can remember to call on God. |
| we hear quite frequently is, "My spouse is snoring | | | | I Peter 5:7 says, "Therefore humble yourselves under |
| too loudly and I just cannot sleep." How about a | | | | the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in |
| scary movie? When you watch one it is not always | | | | due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares |
| easy to sleep. That can cause you to worry, feel | | | | for you." |
| stressed and rob you of sleep. Crying babies, noisy | | | | When you think about sleep, remember this quote |
| neighbors, most of all I think it is stress - too much | | | | from Victor Hugo, "Have courage for the great |
| to do. | | | | sorrows in life, and patience for the small ones. And |
| We are too busy, and when we lie down at night, | | | | when you have laboriously accomplished your daily |
| we have so many things on our mind that we just | | | | tasks, go to sleep in peace, God is awake." |
| do not let the mind shut off. Some of those things | | | | Have you thought about that? The scriptures tell us |
| we can do something about. Some of them we | | | | that God never slumbers nor sleeps, and when we |
| cannot. | | | | worry we can take all our cares to Him because He |
| It would be nice if we could take a sock and put it in | | | | will still be awake. He will take care of all the details. |
| our spouse's mouth sometimes to keep that person | | | | Friend, as you face another sleepless night, why not |
| from snoring. Or we ould just stop eating the ice | | | | cast all of your cares on Him? Talk to Him, and then |
| cream and pizza right before bed. A crying baby - | | | | as it says in Psalm 4:8, "I will both lie down in peace, |
| well, we have to tend to that one. Noisy neighbors - | | | | and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in |
| we cannot always do much about that one, except | | | | safety. |