Life has
been hard again. My momma-heart breaks.
You see, my
sweet daughter has suffered with intense anxiety and insomnia for six of her
tender nine years of life. A traumatic experience jolted her into an
almost two-year nightmare of severe sleeping issues, separation anxiety and
worrying. When we were at our end, we finally took her to
counseling. The counselor pointed out an issue in our family dynamics
and, within a month, our preschooler was sleeping. We were blessed with
a couple years of rest until we plummeted back to the sleepless
jail. And that's the way it's been for six years now. Times of
sleep and low anxiety and worrying. Lows of no sleep, heightened anxiety
and worrying.
As of April
this year, we spiraled back down into that pit. Now, our little girl
spends her nights trying to fall asleep. She takes warm baths and listens
to a Christian meditation CD before retreating to her bed. When sleep
evades her, she has her sleeping kit packed full with her Bible, photo
albums, her devotion book, a coloring book, a sketch pad and her journal.
Most nights she lays on the couch or in the living room watching one, two,
maybe even three movies. Eventually she falls asleep sometime between
midnight-three in the morning. This situation BREAKS-MY-HEART! But, then I'm reminded Someone else's heart is breaking, too...
My little
girl needs healing. I need healing. We all are in a process of
healing. Healing from past hurts and bad choices. Healing from the
stresses of life. Jesus
understands. He allows these trials to uproot anything in our hearts that
interfere with our relationship with Him. When we're safe enough
to deal with these inhibitors, He brings them to the surface and helps
us conquer them. Because, we're not created for a life of chains, but a
life of {FREEDOM}.
So, when
we've done everything we know to do - pray, bless
our kids with Scripture, take them to counseling, have others pray for them,
pray against strongholds, and the list goes on and on - we stop doing and we rest in Him. We
{PRAISE} our Sovereign God that He's in control!
Give Him {PRAISE}!
Will you
join me in a 30-Day Praise Challenge?
For the next 30 Days, I will use Becky Harling’s “The 30-Day Praise
Challenge” book to guide me in my journey.
You can purchase her book at Amazon or Christian Book.
Please, let
me know how God uses this journey to work in your life. I will do the same. God Bless, Break of Dawn
30-Day Praise Challenge: Day 1
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