Chambers' words of Wisdom

Matthew 6:30
"If God so clothe the grass of the field... shall He not much more clothe you?" [Taken from the January 26 entry in Oswald Chambers' My Utmost for His Highest]

The time noted on this entry will do well to tell of the circumstances with which I write this. So, this entry I read in my devotional fits so nicely. I was reading it to try to give myself something to meditate on as a means of falling asleep. I had to make a task of this after I was kept awake by the "cares of this world," namely the noise of others whose inconsiderate nature pushes my mind dizzily in an effort to comprehend it.

But I realize to quickly in the light of God's word that to lay these things to rest is to work toward a better, more Christ like, soul. The connection to my own life is so available to me that it's hard just to type it. Rest in the soul comes like trying to fall asleep. The things I meditate on take me there and calm my thoughts into heavenly bliss or trouble my mind to torturous nightmares.

It's hard to keep going at this point, writing that is. I keep trying to think of all the ways I can help make this work in the days to come, but for the most part I need to try and sleep again knowing that God has spoken into my life. It is His assistance that smoothes the waters of of a troubled sleep and it is my prayer that it also pacify my waking moments.