My soul finds rest and comfort
From only You
Near the end of last week, I began reading a new book. With giving up tv, I have found more time for reading. A good friend introduced me to the amazingness that is Stephen King. The first book I read wasn’t all that scary (almost not at all). So when he suggested this next one and said it “wasn’t that bad,” I believed him. I started reading this book (The Shining) like Wednesday or Thursday last week. I’m now 90 pages from finishing.
While I can agree that it’s not all that scary, I will say this - the closer it gets to the end, the scarier it gets. Sounds (like my phone informing me of a text, or the wind outside, or a random bang that I have no idea where it came from) are starting to startle me. When I got up to use the restroom, I felt the need to turn on (and leave on) every light on the way. Because I have to be somewhat awake for work tomorrow, I think I’ve decided to give the reading a rest for the night. There’s only one problem - this means going to bed without knowing the (hopefully) happy ending. This means having the horrible scary parts going through my head while I’m trying to sleep. This means being in complete darkness. Because of these reasons, I debated about staying up and finishing, even though it means I wouldn’t get to bed before 1am.
Then I remembered I hadn’t prayed the song for today yet. Immediately, I found the solutions to all of my problems going to bed now means. Praying has brought me back into the real world where ghosts aren’t real. Where these people aren’t real. Where I’m in my apartment, not in a hotel in Colorado. Where I’ve got God on my side. And with God on my side, I don’t have a need to fear the darkness.
Protect us Lord as we stay awake and watch over us as we sleep. That awake we may keep watch with Christ and asleep rest in his peace.
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