It's 3:30am, and a dream has left me wide awake. It feels like it's going to be one of those times when I can’t get back to sleep. Sometimes it happens because my brain is in overdrive. To shut off my racing mind I write down my thoughts in a moleskin notebook (I do this in the dark to try to keep from fully waking up). Still can’t sleep. Sometimes that means there is a spiritual battle going on. Maybe God has someone for me to pray for? Or maybe the enemy is out to hassle me? In that case, I’ll just pray til I’m no longer hassled. Names and faces come to mind and I lift them up to the Father.
After praying a while tiredness returns, and just before sleep takes over I make a new discovery. Birds in my neighborhood start waking up at 4:42am. One happy little bird near my open window must have just crawled out of bed feeling extremely excited about the day. Normally I wouldn’t hear it, but here I am only almost asleep. Well, now I’m fully awake again.
Hmmm… may as well stop feeling sorry for myself and get my day started. Lord, help me catch a little of that bird’s attitude as I start this day.
Posted on
Fri, May 15, 2009
by Chris Spitters