Monday, March 31, 2008

what do you do when you can't sleep?

don't you hate that, when you're tossing and turning, just knowing how tired you're going to be in the morning when you have to go to work? well, tonight's one of those nights for me. as i'm writing it is almost 2am. scott's at ups working right now. there's no one i can call at this time to vent my frustration to. i keep thinking about the busyness of the next day of work, and how i might get called by the office anytime in the middle of the night to work a shift. i keep thinking about how frustrated i am with one of my acquaintances, and what i'd say to her if i only had the nerve. all these things are churning in my mind and i'm grinding my teeth subconsciously. i'm eating to see if that helps me sleep. and i'm watching yet another show to see if that makes me sleepy enough to forget everything.
so i'm asking you, what's your advice when you can't sleep? what's the best way to redirect your thoughts to things that are lovely, just, and pure? how can i rest in perfect peace? it's simple right? go to the Word, pray, keep your mind stayed on Him. it's that simple, yet so hard at times!

5 comments:

Katie said...

I KNOW that frustration! Would you believe - with how little sleep I've been getting lately and how tired I am during the day - the other night I was up for 2 hours after feeding Simon at 3am because I couldn't sleep! We've been helping Luke memorize Psalm 121 for Truth Quest (at church) - so I've memorized it again too. It's helpful to have scripture to go over when I can't sleep. :)

Love you!

Chuck & Tristan said...

Same here - quote Scripture passages over and over in your head. I find I end up falling asleep while doing that. The verse you mentioned about thinking on things that are lovely, true, pure, etc. has come to my mind numerous times over the years. I used to have such a hard time applying that verse. It seemed that no matter how hard I tried, my thoughts would go to the wrong things, and I couldn't seem to think of things that fell into those categories. Lately God has helped me to realize that He fits into all of those categories and that I can meditate on God Himself.

the johnson crew said...

sleep? what is that? - honestly in between feeding either amos or malachi, i am totally OUT!

but like tristan and katie said, meditate on scripture... maybe use that time and energy to memorize.

love you so much!

janelle

joan patz said...

Forgive the people who frustrate you. Even if they don't ask forgiveness.
Today was your first new day at work is that right.
It is missions conference and very busy.
I love and miss you, I hope the new job goes well.
your my sweetie, I'm praying for you!
Mother xoxo

Anonymous said...

I would just pray. Every time I pray when I hit the pillow, I never finish my prayer. See what I mean? Try reading the Old Testament.

Tom