Sleeplessness

Sleeplessness

What I wouldn't give just to be able to fall asleep. Some nights when I just can't fall asleep, that is the thought that goes through my mind. I toss and turn; get up and back into bed; turn on the tv, turn off the tv; get on the computer, get off the computer; wrestle with the cover and the pillows, still wide awoke. All I want to do is go to sleep!

Now I did all that before I decided to pray. Why is it so difficult to remember to pray first. That is putting trust in everything before going to God and He is not pleased with that because He is a jealous God. God wants me to put Him first in everything.

Now Satan doesn't want me or you to know about God. I can almost guarantee that if on those nights that I was unable to fall asleep, all I needed to do was pick up my bible and begin to read and 'BOOM' the sleep would come down on me. If I go to kneel and pray the same thing, sleep will come quickly. Now, I'm thinking, what if I would have read my bible or prayed for sleep before even getting into bed, I can almost say with a certainty that I would not have had a problem going to sleep.

When Tyanna, my granddaughter, can't sleep, I have her recite with me the 23rd Psalm once or twice and by that time she falls asleep.

If you are having trouble falling to sleep at nights, you too can go to God and pray. Give Him thanks for all He has done for you (He is well pleased with that); then pray for others who are experiencing problems. We have a lot to pray for with all the homelessness, sickness, runaways, those in mourning, those in the nursing homes, in shelters, the aged, the orphans and so on. The list goes on and on. Try praying for those people. Try reading God's word with understanding, then ask Him to help you fall asleep. Then by the time you are ready to go to sleep, peace will be upon you.

If you have been blessed by these words please leave a comment.