Tonight I went to let Chloe out before I went to bed. It was late and I had just spent time talking with Emily who is pregnant with high blood pressure, talking to my mom on the phone who is taking a new medication that makes her feel dizzy and tired, talking with my friend Missy about her situation and the sadness involved on all sides, talking to my Dr. about my knee which suddenly turned red on the scar and I have a temp of 99.4, praying for a friend who has cancer,writing a prayer on facebook from the Message bible about bringing light into the darkness and letting others see JESUS in our eyes...
...I am tired and walking out the door with Chloe
...behind me to my right I hear "nighty night" - in this eerie sounding whisper
...it scared me so bad and I looked back thinking I would see Curt who probably couldn't sleep either - and he wouldn't know how bad I was shaking and how his voice scared me in this tired state...
...and Curt wasn't there... no one was there...
...trembling I realized it was the devil trying to steal my sleep - trying to scare me with all this stuff...
...and now it is 1:38am, I am so tired...
so, I will take this moment to pray
......Lord Jesus, You have heard my voice tonight, if fear has set in over any of these things that I have mentioned above I ask for forgiveness from You, I lay it all at you feet
...Jesus, please take Emily and heal her in every single place she needs healing, please hold my mother during this time of uncertainty of new medications and soreness from her fall, give Missy and her family peace of mind that all is well, you are in control and you see their pain, take my knee and wrap it in your healing power, rain down your love and healing on those with cancer and their families, and most of all Lord - anyone who doesn't know You as their Savior, that they will meet you before the grave, that they would know of Your word, Your peace, love and joy - I know you love them - we are all Your children, made in Your image. I take my worry and offer it to you in this prayer and I thank-You that You have already won the victory! Amen
Good night everyone! I am tired and going to spend some time in His rest!
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Is it ironic that you post this at a time that I am feeling an anxiety stricken uneasiness in life? I find myself oftentimes praying for peace and for the restfullness of all of this unrest in the lives of family and friends. Will there ever be peace and happiness? Does everything really happen for a reason? Will we ever find the path that God wants us to be on? So many questions waiting to be answered. And so we pray for God to lead us down the right path. And we try to thank Him for the good things he is showing us along the path we are now on ... whether it is the one we are supposed to be on or whether we will choose the correct one when we come to the fork in the road. Let there be peace within our hearts and in our souls.
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