Singing Myself to Sleep

Midweek Study with Pastor Edith
October 23, 2024
Psalm 63:6-8

It’s a strange thing to experience a dark time in my soul and yet be living in a very bright and cheery environment. I guess I get to experience a lot of what I call Ironic Interventions from God. He seems to allow for me to feel the darkness even in the light. I think it is a safe bet for me to assume that many of you who are reading this have felt the same way. Life throws at you some heavy darkness and you get to choose to live in it, or just pass through it. Either way, it is painful and stressful, but I recommend seeking God’s light in His Word and as the old hymn says; “When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word, what a glory he sheds on our way…” (“Trust and Obey” by James H. Sammis).

It seems night time is the hardest time to get away from the dark thoughts of grief and sorrow, but I have found that If I rely on the Holy Spirit to give me a scripture to sing, I can move myself out of myself and into the arms of God, where my soul truly rests even while I am here on earth. The concept of the soul, nephesh in Hebrew, Is, that this is the true essence of a person, or I like to say to my grandkids, It’s the really you part of you that will move on to heaven when we die, as we trust in the Lord for salvation and eternal life.

You may have blue eyes like your mother, or red hair like your great grandfather, or a temper like your uncle, but there is one part of you that is unlike anyone else, and that is your soul. Because you were “fearfully and wonderfully made” by our creator God with a unique soul, it stands to reason you should be careful to protect it. Don’t allow for the dark times in this life to harm the light of Christ within you. I’m thinking I am really writing this for myself, but I hope it helps you as well.

Our text for today reads; “On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me”. If you are having some trouble sleeping at night try to remember that from the moment you were being formed in your mother’s womb to the very moment you are experiencing trouble of any kind, God is with you, and because of that, I can say, and I hope you can say; “It is well with my soul”. Maybe I will sing that tonight .

Amen!