Sam what a great post, thanks for sharing! Praying for zzz's for you brother. I like what you are say at the end about whatever sleep we get, God has said that is enough. A pastor recently read to us Psalm 23 in NLT, and there verse 1 says "The Lord is my Shepard, I have all that I need." I liked that. It always seems to me like He is giving me too much or too little of x, but I need to remember he is a sovereign Good Shepard and is giving me "all that I need." And maybe he is giving me "all that I need" so that "I need him." Not so much to be self reliant. Not so little that I am desperate. There, I think about Proverbs 30:8-10 which says "And don't make me too rich or too poor—give me only enough food for each day. If I have too much, I MIGHT DENY THAT I NEED YOU, LORD. But if I am too poor, I might steal and bring shame to the name of my God." I know some of these verses, but honestly that are not always top of mind in these situations. I pray that they would be more and more!
Thanka for sharing. An amazing blessing to think of Psalm 23 that way. Does seem God works that way...gives us just what we need. That is relative to others, so can look really different. But we always need Jesus. Beautiful share with us.
Sam what a great post, thanks for sharing! Praying for zzz's for you brother. I like what you are say at the end about whatever sleep we get, God has said that is enough. A pastor recently read to us Psalm 23 in NLT, and there verse 1 says "The Lord is my Shepard, I have all that I need." I liked that. It always seems to me like He is giving me too much or too little of x, but I need to remember he is a sovereign Good Shepard and is giving me "all that I need." And maybe he is giving me "all that I need" so that "I need him." Not so much to be self reliant. Not so little that I am desperate. There, I think about Proverbs 30:8-10 which says "And don't make me too rich or too poor—give me only enough food for each day. If I have too much, I MIGHT DENY THAT I NEED YOU, LORD. But if I am too poor, I might steal and bring shame to the name of my God." I know some of these verses, but honestly that are not always top of mind in these situations. I pray that they would be more and more!
Thanka for sharing. An amazing blessing to think of Psalm 23 that way. Does seem God works that way...gives us just what we need. That is relative to others, so can look really different. But we always need Jesus. Beautiful share with us.