Tag: insomnia

• Sleepless Mission

  147I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words. 148My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.–Psalm 119 No matter how you look at it, the psalmist is awake when others are asleep. I have journeyed with friends who have trouble sleeping.…

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  September 9, 2023

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• Bedtime Thoughts

  3You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,you have tested me, and you will find nothing–Psalm 17 The Hebrew word for ‘tried’ has a meaning of ‘examined.’ The word for ‘tested’ is linked to a goldsmith’s method of refining precious metals. The metal is heated to a high degree and the impurities…

  bradshawjoel

  June 19, 2023

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• The Insomnia Psalm

  16Yours is the day, yours also the night;you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.–Psalm 74 Asaph followed his masterful Psalm 73 with another great one. Here, the nation was facing a scoffing enemy, and Asaph was calling on God to take care of business. Towards the end of the psalm, Asaph turned into…

  bradshawjoel

  May 25, 2022

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