Sleep

I am just wondering, what is it in a 12 year old's life that keeps him from sleeping. His lack of sleep is KILLING me. I am falling into bed in the evening. I am barely waking up in the morning. He is outdoing me on both! Lots of activity, or no activity....he just isn't the "sleepy teenager" that I was expecting. I was never a big sleeper when I was a kid...well, until my thyroid went wacky.....but I was never a sleep all Saturday long type. I would stay out very late, and still only be able to sleep until 10 am. After Himself and I were married, we would stay up late on a Friday night. Saturday morning, I would be up at 7:30. He would sleep until noon. You can't make someone sleep. I guess it is a good thing he likes to read.

What is in Store...

I never know what is in the future. I never know from one minute to the next what is coming. The future could be good, or it could be bad. When the future arrives, how will I respond? In panic? With tears? In frustration? Jeremiah 29:11 tells me that "He KNOWS the plans that He has for me....plans for welfare, NOT for calamity, to give me a FUTURE and a HOPE." I want my responses to the future to be for His glory. They are NOT always that way. I want my responses to be from a heart that is not afraid. Fear is paralyzing. Fear makes me run away. God doesn't want me to run away, He wants me to run toward HIM. He gives the peace that surpasses ALL understanding. Help me, Lord, to run to you in my times of fear.

Help

God always finds the time for me. In my darkest hour, He is there. He does not abandon me. He walks quietly beside me. He waits for my heart to turn to Him. He doesn't yell or scream. He just waits. He knows. He is there. I am filled with joy. Have you listened to Him?

Bring the Rain

When I do not expect it, God gives me His peace. He leads me beside the still waters. He quiets me with His love. He rejoices over me with singing. There are times when I just need to sit. Times when I just need to listen to His voice. He doesn't have to yell. I just have to be listening. Help me, Lord, to listen to Your voice. I need You. I cannot make it without You. I am humbled that You love me without fail.

God

God is great.
God is good.
Let us thank Him.....
for so much more than food,
for His grace
for His mercy
for His unending love
for His willingness to love even the most horrible sinner
for His passion to draw us to Himself
for His kindness that leads us to repentance
for His gentleness in times of grief
for His precious, precious peace.

Thank Him much and often.