I prayed for sleep, but sleep would not come.
A late night call sent my head spinning.
Praying for miracles did not dispel my worries, but it was all I could do from this far away. Honestly, it’s probably all I could if I was sitting there, too.
Father, I thank You for hearing me.
I know You always hear me,
But the waiting is hard.
As exhaustion dragged my eyes closed, there was a rustling in the room. A loved one was up and I had to make sure he didn’t fall until he was safely back in bed.
With no phone connection from so far away, I stared at the glow of an empty screen.
There would be no sleep tonight.
I prayed again for miracles.
It’s all I know to do.
Yet before the words left my lips, another call.
Things were stable, but only by the Hand of God.
Before a word is on my tongue, Lord, You know it completely. Psalm 139:4
We talked for the better part of an hour, about everything and nothing, just to fill the space.
Sleep was not important, mine, anyway.
My doctor had asked how I was.
“I’d be fine if I could just get everyone else healthy.”
She said, “You need to take care of you.”
I’ll get to it one of these days.
It seems I’m just surviving the in-between.
Now, I’m sure there is much more that I don’t see.
Jesus said, “I have yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now.” John 16:12
And I am grateful, Lord.
I am grateful.
We pray for daily bread, and daily bread is given.
Just enough to get by.
But I would not complain if there was a little extra in my basket today.
If just a few more minutes to sleep.
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