SLEEPLESS NIGHTS


"Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night." Job 35:10 NASB


I've had my share of them. Nights when you toss and turn and think and think. Time crawls as you watch the clock. It's too much. Life has become too much to bear. Too much to process. Too many questions with no answers. You try to face this on your own. Anxiousness overtakes you. Worry sets in. Your soul is disturbed. You have lost sight of the One who is your refuge. Your Shepherd. The Chief Shepherd who cares for all your needs. Where is the rest? Where is the peace? There is no more singing. Your song has long gone. Where are you, God?


"You must wait for Him....He does not take His eyes off the righteous." Job 35:14b & 7a
"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10 This verse hangs on my wall right above my desk. It is a daily reminder that God is my strength and my source of courage. He enables me to go on; to endure even while the fires of sorrow are burning.


Hold fast to Him and don't let go. He will give you rest and a new song and you will again praise Him for His great love and compassion for you!


"I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God." Psalm 40:1-3NIV


"Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my savior and my God." Psalm 42:5NIV