It’s 3:45am. I should be asleep. I tried to be asleep. I laid awake in my bed for over three hours and here I sit, typing wide awake. I’ve a lot on my mind, but it usually never takes me that long to fall asleep. So I gave up and got up.
What things keep you up at night, and what do you do to help remedy it?
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a glass of pinot noir and reading the book of Numbers usually helps…something about wandering around in the desert that can put anyone to sleep…
@tyler, Awesome idea! I’ll have to try that next time 🙂
@tyler, I know it was an innocent comment so…LOL! Numbers will do it, at least a cursory reading of it.
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Or the non alcoholic version of a sleeping drink. Milk with a little honey in it warmed… That does it for me.
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@Carl Holmes, I’ve done that before too, last night was just weird for me. I was also dealing with muscle soreness from working out so that wasn’t helping.
Shane, you seemed to do the right thing. I’ve heard that if you can’t sleep the best thing to do is to try and stay awake!
I’d honestly like to believe that it’s my faith in God, but I haven’t had any sleepless nights since July when I got laid off. Perhaps I will if it’s six months later and I’m still out of work. We’ll see.
I suppose if I let all this get to me, sure, I’ll be up all night. But honestly, I’ve gotten to the point to where God is either who He says He is, or He’s not. Right? I mean, if I call Him my heavenly Father, then like any child, I should have the faith to believe that He knows my needs and will take care of me.
Besides, although I’m not employed, I’m working around the house, taking care of my almost-two-year-old and other duties while my wife is home-schooling our 16 year old. I’m tired at the end of the day!
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@Joe Chavez, Shane, okay…for the first time in a long time, I couldn’t sleep last night. I was thinking about this post and my response and…well…
I prayed.
I went back to sleep.
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@Joe Chavez, Yeah, well for me the other night I think it was an active mind, not really worry.
I did go back to bed otherwise I would have had zero sleep and I don’t function well that way.
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