Oh REM sleep…why have thou forsaken me??

Ever have “one of those nights”?

The weather is perfect, the breeze is blowing in, the dog is snuggled in, the husband isn’t snoring…you can sleep~but it never feels like you went to sleep..

I am not overly tired this morning – thank goodness!- but I sure feel like I missed out on some serious ZZZZzzzz’s last night.

My thoughts were all a whirl…as were my dreams last night:

one stacked right on top o’the other!

I know SOMEONE out there can empathize! I can’t be alone here!

There is a verse in Proverbs that is paraphrased to say “being too busy gives you nightmares”…

I do believe there is significant wisdom in that!

I wouldn’t say I had nightmares last night but my dreams were not exactly peaceful either.

I am on the cusp of an incredibly busy week….I did not plan things out this way intentionally but it is certainly how things have come together.

If I stay calm, taking life one day at a time, I know all will get done and Saturday will be here without a hitch…

But, MAN, is my dance card ever full!

And my sleep reflects that…

The culmination of my On Call night last night (my phone kept alarming notifications -not exactly a good idea to leave those on when trying to sleep), my over all work schedule, two football games, a cross country meet, an evening meeting, and -oh yeah- it’s my 20th Anniversary tomorrow with a trip out of town I need to pack for as well as clean my house a bit before my folks sleep over to cart the boys around while we’re gone…All that has left me feeling like my bones are dried out this morning.

Well, shoot, guess what verse I read?

You guessed right if you thought of Ezekiel and the dry bones coming alive passage!!

Ezekiel 37: 1-10 tells of God commanding Ezekiel to call out to the pile of dry bones to live and God caused breath to come into them and they stood to life.

This verse speaks to coming alive from spiritual death by the Holy Spirit…but it also is identified as the bones representing those who are despondent, with no hope…

One may say it reflects those who are tired.

Psalm tells us that God’s Word revives us…breathes life back into our weary souls… restores us when we are battle worn…

To those, like me, who are tired today…be encouraged that new life can be breathed into your dry bones today…

What could that look like?

It could be a

fresh perspective…

a hot cup of coffee with the perfect amount of creamer added…

the sunrise….

missing all those red lights and getting the green’s while on your commute…

the right song at the right time…

a good joke to make you laugh…

a tasty lunch…

Be on the lookout for what God can and will use to restore and revive your dry bones today!