I am in a season of sleepless nights, ever been there? Night after night you hope and pray that the Lord will allow you to sleep past 2:00 or 3:00 am? But, then awake up as if someone just shouted your name.
Then you just shrug your thoughts in disbelief and think 'not again'. You pray, "Lord, please by your grace and mercy may I sleep tonight". But...the night wears on and on and on. Oh the many nights that I have spent in prayer for many loved ones and current circumstances in my own life. They are some of the most undistracted times available that I have had with the Lord.
I was just recently listening to Beth Moore's teaching on "The Tabernacle, God's Dwelling Place" and she mentioned the darkness of the night and how our problems seems to be more grand than in the daytime. I can relate to that, can you? We know that the Lord's presence is best made known in the dark because light illuminates the dark.
Do you know that the very next night after I heard that, as I layed awake in bed, my son's iPOD light came on for maybe two seconds. It shone very bright in the darkness of the night and then turned off. I likened it to the firey cloud in the sky that the Lord led the Israelites by in the dark nights. He was illuminated the verymost in the dark and I find it true during my sleepless nights that He never sleeps, He is there waiting for me to wake.
Perhaps it's Him shouting my name, "BECKY, I am here, waiting for you to cry out to Me. Let me heal your hurts, your unknowns, your pains, your family, your friends, your loved ones. No one can interrupt you dear child, it's you and I. What's on your mind child? What is burdening you Becky? Cry out to me for help, not sleep. I hear you dear one. Remember My faithfulness to see you through your day. But I have set this time aside for you and Me. Let's chat:)". As I am writing this, He is confirming in my heart that it is Him who is calling me.
I encourage you to take the time He offers in the middle of the night and just be with Him. Do you know He has provided for my every need during this season. I have not gone without, I haven't missed church or appointments. He has given me the strength to do as He has willed me to do. I would guess it's been a couple of months now that I havn't been sleeping well, but I cherish the time we have together. There have been things I have chosen not to do, places not gone, chores set aside for a while, but it will all wait. But for me, in this season, it's a little different, and that's ok.
Then you just shrug your thoughts in disbelief and think 'not again'. You pray, "Lord, please by your grace and mercy may I sleep tonight". But...the night wears on and on and on. Oh the many nights that I have spent in prayer for many loved ones and current circumstances in my own life. They are some of the most undistracted times available that I have had with the Lord.
I was just recently listening to Beth Moore's teaching on "The Tabernacle, God's Dwelling Place" and she mentioned the darkness of the night and how our problems seems to be more grand than in the daytime. I can relate to that, can you? We know that the Lord's presence is best made known in the dark because light illuminates the dark.
Do you know that the very next night after I heard that, as I layed awake in bed, my son's iPOD light came on for maybe two seconds. It shone very bright in the darkness of the night and then turned off. I likened it to the firey cloud in the sky that the Lord led the Israelites by in the dark nights. He was illuminated the verymost in the dark and I find it true during my sleepless nights that He never sleeps, He is there waiting for me to wake.
Perhaps it's Him shouting my name, "BECKY, I am here, waiting for you to cry out to Me. Let me heal your hurts, your unknowns, your pains, your family, your friends, your loved ones. No one can interrupt you dear child, it's you and I. What's on your mind child? What is burdening you Becky? Cry out to me for help, not sleep. I hear you dear one. Remember My faithfulness to see you through your day. But I have set this time aside for you and Me. Let's chat:)". As I am writing this, He is confirming in my heart that it is Him who is calling me.
I encourage you to take the time He offers in the middle of the night and just be with Him. Do you know He has provided for my every need during this season. I have not gone without, I haven't missed church or appointments. He has given me the strength to do as He has willed me to do. I would guess it's been a couple of months now that I havn't been sleeping well, but I cherish the time we have together. There have been things I have chosen not to do, places not gone, chores set aside for a while, but it will all wait. But for me, in this season, it's a little different, and that's ok.
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