Sleep

Who needed to lose an hour of sleep this week?

Sunday night found us in the ER while Dwayne was having a gall bladder attack. The ambulance brought Dwayne’s dad in as we were leaving. When we woke up Monday morning, there was a message that our friend Gordy Maikranz had passed away Sunday night. We had illness and grief in full portion.

Dwayne struggled Sunday night, not only physically, but emotionally and spiritually. I knew God was holding us as I watched him deal with his pain. I saw Gordy’s widow Chrissy react with dignity and grace. From her own lips: “God is good.” How do we know that God sees us and cares for us? Knowing comes from our relationship with Him.

Although we need rest, God does not.

Psalm 121 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.