Today’s post comes to us straight from the guest key clicks of Stacey Taylor. A fellow laborer in the Christian homeshooling endeavor, Stacey’s path and mine were crossed as military spouses in Hawaii. Her glass always seems to be half full or overflowing at the berm. In fact, her family appears to have such a wealth of fun (and takes the neatest pictures!) that I secretly wish I were in Stacey’s clan (wink, wink). They do have a good time, and it’s nearly impossible to not enjoy the pictures she posts. She shines brightly in God’s kingdom, not because of pictures or her earlier years modeling, but because she has a heart after God and, after a few moments with her, you’ll have all the evidence you need. Enjoy this post written in the Pacific Northwest by Stacey, just for you.
“Look Mom! It’s 1:11pm…my favorite time of the day!” or “Hey, it’s 3:45! Get it; 3-4-5 make a wish!”
No, catching the clock at 3 a.m. like this is not fun.
“Who can I pray for Lord?”
OMG I used to wake up at around 3am too before! I don’t know when it stopped and how but it just did. I used to be afraid too because they say that 3:00 is an unholy hour. Jesus was said to die during that time. It is a mockery to God of some sort. But then again, we have the 3 o’clock prayer before. And then a friend told me (maybe to ease my fear) that 3 o’clock is when God sends your angel to collect your prayers and wish and get them to Him. Somehow that childish thought gave me comfort whenever I wake up at that hour. Now I work on graveyard so I am obviously already awake 3 am that I don’t even notice it.
How you shift it from feeling worse to speaking to God is amazing. And how you’re using it to pray for people, wow girl you made it your mission. Your own Holy hour. Maybe next time you wake up 3am you can pray for me? 🙂
Blessings to you and your family!
Well, SuperLux first of all I want to thank you for allowing your soul to be so wonderfully open about your experience. It can be soo scary to just WAKE UP with a feeling of (worlds definition) anxiety at such a lonely time of night. What I felt the urge to share with you is to remember the Bible is Holy and True. Written by a God that forever IS and will forever BE. That being said, HIS Word is valid and true and right-on during these times! So what does the bible say about this Fear? Isaiah 41:10 writes “‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” These verses were written to encourage the Faith OF the servants of God in their distress. So remember SL~God is soo loving that HE reminds us to not look around us, but straight up to HIM during these times.
I do recognize, now, that during these 3 a.m. wake up’s my mind was racing all about the previous day WITHOUT even having to try. That is not a settled soul as my body was resting but my spirit was fretting. Giving My Lord God my mind, my heart, my soul, my movement, my countenance during the day allowed my spirit to sleep through the night.
You are so right and I am thrilled that you caught how I felt soo horrible and shifted it to SERVING HIM in prayer. For our Lord Jesus the Christ came to serve, not to be served (Matthew 20:28 ) so I have found healing and strength by praying for those around me instead of always being soo concerned….about, well me. ><>