This is so me right now! (insert emoji) Drives me nuts!
So here are some scientifically proven ways to help you sleep at night:
- Cool your room down - 64 degrees is best. THAT is what I'm talking about! I LOVE sleeping in a cold room. Not so sure Jack is a fan, but he will adjust.
- Hide your clock. Yep I get that and need to do it. I am constantly looking at it.
- Wear socks to bed. I have no idea who came up with this and it seems to contradict #1. I am NOT about to do this one. I am breaking out in sweat just thinking about it.
- Scent your room with lavender. I've heard this to be true.
- Immerse your face in very cold water for 30 seconds. Assuming this is true, and you can hold your breath for 30 seconds, I can see how this might be helpful in cooling your body temp. down.
- Blow bubbles. Hmmmm.....this is the most bazaar. I am picturing laying in bed dipping my bubble maker into bubbles and blowing bubbles, while Jack is barking - therefore ending my sleeping.
On a serious note, my church is addressing this topic for a few weeks. Some of these things are not new and seem very common sense to followers of Jesus. However, we still struggle with falling asleep at night......well, some of us anyway. I have a friend who is probably out by the time her head hits the pillow! Drives me crazy that she can sleep like that! :)
Often, lack of peace, causes lack of sleep. Attention drives emotion - what I give attention to will often drive how I feel about something, negatively or positively. This is often my problem at night. I replay things that have happened; I have quiet conversations in my head, often yelling or arguing with someone. I remember and think about difficult times or sad times in my life. Why? I don't know.....
Sometimes the difference between sleep and insomnia is perspective. How I see something; how I view a situation; how I choose to focus my attention. This is nothing new: we can focus around, in or upward. Sometimes it is ok to look around us or in us. There are times for that. But more ever, especially right now, I need to focus on Jesus, and that is not always easy to do. I get mad at circumstances, people who have hurt me, injustice around me.
I need to remember, that all of that is temporary, Jesus is in control, this is not my home. I need to focus on others, driving them by my words and actions, to Jesus; have a perspective of eternity; love others like Jesus did and does. My hope is in Him. My eternity is with Him.
So, I can be obsessed with thoughts, depressed by them or at rest - with knowing God's got this.
Ps. 73:25-26 In Christ, we have a treasure in this life that this world cannot match and that death cannot take away.
Ps 73:23-24 "....and afterward you will take me into glory."
Ps 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
nap time.....
