Sleep

This morning, at 4:30 a.m., my alarm went off because I was going to attend prayer that started at 5:00 am as part of JBC’s five days of prayer, and I jumped out of bed to turn it off. When I did, I got this awful vertigo. I didn’t know which way was up. I grabbed the counter’s edge where my alarm was on and asked Patty to help me get back into bed. I stayed in bed, slept until 10:00 am, and cautiously got up. After showering and dressing, I looked back in my journal because I remembered this happening before but couldn’t remember the details. I discovered this same thing happened in the last two five-day prayer events, both on Wednesday morning. I thought maybe it was the devil trying to keep me from prayer, and then, as I looked back in my journal, I saw where this also happened in Alaska last year while fishing. It looks like I have this reaction whenever I go two days in a row with five hours or less of sleep. There was a time in my life when five hours was the normal amount of sleep I got, and I functioned fine. Oh, the trials of getting old! Oh well, I will plan and adjust accordingly. I wonder if we will sleep in heaven. We will have glorified bodies like Jesus so that sleep won’t be needed for health, but maybe there is another reason; we will see when we get there. Sleep is a reminder of death and resurrection. When we go to sleep it is a picture of our dying and when we wake up, it is a picture of our resurrection to new life with a new body in heaven. That is going to be so wonderful and I am anxiously waiting. Easter is our celebration and reminder of the basis for our faith in that amazing day in the lives of those who are fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. 

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