Now picture me walking in my sleep all over the world to visit all my visitors to Peggie's Place! I'd be gone a long time! Seriously, sleepwalking is an oddity that brings smiles--with concern! For safety is an issue--you could kill yourself walking in your sleep! So I am not about to learn how to do it...unless...
Seriously, sleepwalking is an oddity that brings smiles--with concern! For safety is an issue--you could kill yourself walking in your sleep! So I am not about to learn how to do it...unless...
It's sleep-walking in heaven's peace....ever hear of it? Never mind--I didn't either! That's quite strange...or is it? Is there a "place of rest" as we walk in our world by day--or sleep in our sack by night?
People around the world are walking the world--day and night--the malls, the shopping centers, even the 24-hour-supercenters, not looking for peace--looking for presents! It's that time of the year, and we walk so much during the day that it would not be surprising were we to walk in our sleep!
NO surprise taken in Christian context--for Scripture promises, "Yea, though I WALK through the valley...I will fear no evil...(from Psalm 23)." Yes, EVEN when we "walk in our sleep," reliving the day's nightmares, recalling the day's crisis, in fitful sleep and unrest. But fear not; there IS rest for the people of God--The Shepherd "giveth His beloved sleep (see Psalm 27."
Need "heaven's peace" while you walk through today and try to sleep through tonight? It comes only from the Prince of Peace--and it's for you! Rest in Him, reach out your hand to Him--He will take it and walk WITH and BEFORE you, both day and night. While you're awake--or while you sleep--He's there...and you TOO can sleep in God's peace. Believe it--enjoy the lovely poem below, written before facing surgery some years ago, by a dear friend, Arlene Martin of Saskatchewan, Canada--and tonight, may you enjoy happy sleepwalking in God's perfect peace!
"I stood at a fearful crossroad in life
With the choices before me outlaid;
Around me the world was normal, routine
But I was disturbed and afraid.
God's love, I'd discover - like warm, healing hands
When the Sands of Time were unkind.
Then into the Dawn, when others had gone,
Those Hands gave me peace of mind...
This world has no valley, no darkness, no fear
My Father and Savior can't see,
He was the Lamb, the Mighty 'I Am,'
And He walks through each sunset with me.
Tomorrows do come with their sun and their shade...
But Jesus ever takes the lead,
And His presence always gives courage and strength--
His timing exact for the need."
Copyright 2005 by Arlene Martin, Saskatchewan, Canada. All rights reserved.
(Not to be copied without permission.)
Delight in a Word from the Well--a refreshing in the Water of His Word
Bible Gateway.com - Psalms 23:1-6 Walking with the Shepherd
Draw from the Well--a prayer for renewing strength for this day
"Lord, it's "Valley Time," and I'm walking--by day and by night--with fear, dread, anxiety and sorrow. They're not pleasant companions, whether I'm awake or asleep--and I need Your peace." Let it flood my soul today, and may my spirit rest in peace, as I walk in my world, both day and night, In Jesus' Name, Amen."
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He will, I promise! He is a faithful God and will be faithful to you today!
All Scriptures are taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Copyright 2000 by Peggie Bohanon, Springfield, MO. All rights reserved.
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