Just before sleep.

June 14th, 2008

This is a very dynamic time for me. That dreamy time before you are not really sleeping yet, but you are not really awake. It is when, I begin to let go of the day, and leave it with the Lord. I let go of last remaining remnants of control I “think” I have over any situation and I climb into a peaceful slumber where I believe the Lord still speaks and calls and sings over his people.

We have actually prayed a very similar prayer over each of our kids almost every night before they go to bed.

Dear Lord,

Give ____

a mind to know you, a heart to love and feet to follow you all the days of their life. Send angels to protect them as they sleep and sing beautiful songs over them about your kingdom. Give them supernatural understanding of your mysterious ways, and lead them and guide them. In your name we pray, Amen

We haven’t ever modified it. Actually, we may just pray it over them until our last breath. It covers all the bases. The kids expect it and add any portion that we may absently forget. There are some nights we forget but generally we have done this most nights since they were infants.

I know for me, that the Lord usually highlights something, that I feel He is supernaturally working on in me while I sleep, so I figure it must be the same way for them too.  Do you ever do things for your kids when they are asleep because they just don’t fight as much, leave a note, cut their nails, wake them up to use the bathroom, take their temp, give them medicine? I think God does stuff like that for us too. I myself like to cheer the Lord on just as I head of to sleepy land.  Kind of like saying, I trust you God, you do good things,

So the other night, God started teaching me something new about gardens, gardening, low maintenance, no maintenance and consistent, daily maintenance. So if you are good, maybe I will tell you tomorrow.

Peace to all today~

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