Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep.
Do you believe in miracles? How about the miracle of a good night's sleep? Do you believe in that miracle? Do you want to receive it?
The key to receiving the miracle of a good night's sleep is trust.
The writer Frederick Buechner once told of a time when he was deeply worried about one of his daughters who was in a place of great darkness. Overcome with worry, he pulled his little car over in the center of his little Vermont town and looked up to see a car pass by with the license plate "T-R-U-S-T". He later learned the car belonged to a banking officer at the local savings and loan. But still, at that moment there was no more necessary a word from God than to trust.
Trust yourself, trust your children, trust the earth, trust the Word, trust God. Learn to trust, and behold you shall finally receive the miracle of one good night's sleep, and then another, and then another . . .
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