Sleeplessness

[MJ4JC]

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.