My daughter has been dealing with a cough lately. It mostly acts up at night when she goes to sleep but it doesn't calm down until about 11:30 or 12:00 at night. I, personally, like to go to sleep at around 10:00pm so needless to say, this has been affecting my sleep. It has been going on for several days now and I was starting to get a little crabby. Okay, yesterday I was really crabby and feeling depressed.
I realized I hadn't been reading my bible or praising the Lord through music or thoughts. The only verse I could think of was "Come to me all you who are burdened and weary and I will give you rest." I was so very tired that I was having a hard time going to the Lord. Yesterday, when I dropped off my youngest daughter at school I decided to put in my praise & worship music. I really needed to praise the Lord. I also had the privilege of talking with a couple of friends and I could feel this heaviness begin to lift. Then when I picked up my daughter from preschool, I asked her teacher if she would like to pray. We usually pray about once a week but hadn't for a couple of weeks. She said "yes" and we went into the prayer room. We began our prayer time with praise. We thanked God for who He is and all the great things He has blessed us with. Then I began to repent, I didn't even realize I needed to do this. I began asking for forgiveness for my attitude and not going to the Lord the way I knew to. After this prayer time, I felt the heaviness lift completely. Last night I also prayed for my daughter and asked God to calm her cough and a restful night sleep and guess what? She didn't cough at all, as a matter of fact, she is still asleep now. God is amazing and does answer prayers but we have to come to Him.
Thank you God for our restful sleep.
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
No comments:
Post a Comment