Restoration.
It's always interesting, when I spend time in the Word, to see connections among the different books that I'm reading. I've been generally doing two chapters of Jeremiah, one of Hebrews, and I just added in a Psalm or two.
Today's theme?
Sleep and restoration of the soul.
I never quite realized how much is in the Word about sleep. Since I tend to like sleep, this was rather interesting to me.
"Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still... I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety." (Psalm 4:4, 8)
"I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around." (Psalm 3:5)
I like how both of these address fear and safety - and peace, even - in regards to sleep. It just seems so relevant to what's going on in my life.
And then in Jeremiah - "'For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul'" (31:25) - thank You, Lord.
I can't say I have any deep thoughts about this, but I know, indeed, that my soul has been weary of late, and I feel that weariness affecting my life in so many areas. It affects my mood; it affects my relationships and my capacity to expend love.
I believe that a restored soul is a loving soul. It makes me think of those champagne "fountains" that they have on cruise ships and weddings and the like... where they pour the champagne into the top glass, and from there, it trickles down the pyramid, filling each glass to overflowing. That's God's golden love - and that's the effect it can have in our hearts when we allow Him to restore us to peace.
There were two verses today that really stuck out as ones I'd like to memorize:
"They shall be My people, and I will be their God; then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them." (Jeremiah 32:38-39).
"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire." (Hebrews 12:25-26)
Today's theme?
Sleep and restoration of the soul.
I never quite realized how much is in the Word about sleep. Since I tend to like sleep, this was rather interesting to me.
"Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still... I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety." (Psalm 4:4, 8)
"I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around." (Psalm 3:5)
I like how both of these address fear and safety - and peace, even - in regards to sleep. It just seems so relevant to what's going on in my life.
And then in Jeremiah - "'For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul'" (31:25) - thank You, Lord.
I can't say I have any deep thoughts about this, but I know, indeed, that my soul has been weary of late, and I feel that weariness affecting my life in so many areas. It affects my mood; it affects my relationships and my capacity to expend love.
I believe that a restored soul is a loving soul. It makes me think of those champagne "fountains" that they have on cruise ships and weddings and the like... where they pour the champagne into the top glass, and from there, it trickles down the pyramid, filling each glass to overflowing. That's God's golden love - and that's the effect it can have in our hearts when we allow Him to restore us to peace.
There were two verses today that really stuck out as ones I'd like to memorize:
"They shall be My people, and I will be their God; then I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them." (Jeremiah 32:38-39).
"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire." (Hebrews 12:25-26)
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