Daylight Savings Time ramble

I haven't slept well since Saturday night with the time change. It's kind of funny that when I travel across different time zones, it only takes me a day or two to adjust, but when I stay home and time changes, it messes up my sleep which clouds my brain (that's my excuse) and I can't seem to focus. It takes me a week to get turned around.
     I just read an article on "why" we have Daylight Saving Time to refresh my memory. I think I would be okay with just leaving it on DST.
     None of this has anything to do with acceptance except that I'm complaining about something that's been around since 1966 instead of accepting that this is the way it is, I can't do anything about it, and by this time next week, I'll quit trying to figure out what time it "really" is.
     I honestly couldn't get out what I wanted to talk about and so just started writing and thus you have this rabbit trail. And, I cannot think how to bring this back around to our topic, so I'll just leave you with a quote of acceptance from Jesus:

All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, 

and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

John 6:37 ESV

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Pray for an accepting heart

I would love for the above verse to be the focus of our prayers this week. There is so much in this world that divides us, that it's easy to lose sight of our purpose here. I personally want to take this week to hone my focus on the Trinity, praying for an open heart; one that is accepting and loving and non-judgmental.
     It was a tough week for me as far as being caught up in a spiritual battle. I'm 100% all-in with Christ and that bothers Satan to no end. I could feel him tugging at my heart and mind and there were several days when he was able to bring me down a notch or two, but I prayed through it and read my bible and sang praise and worship songs at the top of my lungs. This week I'm going to spend a lot of time in prayer for the things that Satan is specifically attacking me for, thus the theme for this week's prayers. I belong to Jesus, therefore Satan has no hold on me and he can't take me away; I just need to endure the battle until I wear him down.

May the God of endurance and encouragement 

grant you to live in such harmony with one another, 

in accord with Christ Jesus, 

that together you may with one voice 

glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, 

for the glory of God.

Romans 15:5-7 ESV

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Ancient paths

I used to get frustrated when reading the Old Testament because these people just would not obey God! He provided for them, He spoke with them, He even traveled with them throughout the Exodus, yet they would not obey! It took years for me to see that the same was true of me. God provides for me, He speaks with me, and He even travels with me each and every day, whether I acknowledge His presence or not. He is just as much a part of our lives today as He was with the Israelites of old.
How often do we reject His wonderful gifts?

For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, 

“In returning and rest you shall be saved; 

in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” 

But you were unwilling,

Isaiah 30:15 ESV

Thus says the Lord:

“Stand in the ways and see,

And ask for the old paths, where the good way is,

And walk in it;

Then you will find rest for your souls.

But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Also, I set watchmen over you, saying,

‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’

But they said, ‘We will not listen.’

Jeremiah 6:16-17 NKJV

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I give you peace

One of the devotionals I'm reading is based on 'be still and know I am God...' and it pointed out that the bible mentions multiple times that Jesus went off and prayed. If it was important for Jesus to do, as the Son of the Living God, then it's surely even more important for us to do. We need to have that communication with the Father on a daily basis.
     Plus, think about it...our God allows us to talk to Him and He communicates back with us. Sometimes, I get so overwhelmed when I realize that He's answered me, my prayer directly. After all, who am I that I should have an audience with the Creator of all things? I'm nobody. Yet He takes the time to listen to me and He answers me. It's yet another gift He gives His children. We need to cherish that. He wants to hear from us.
     Through this communication with the Father, we can obtain peace. I feel like I have that (most of the time). This kind of peace is so wonderful, it's a relief from anxiety that I get when I give up all of the stress in my life to Him. I give them to Him and then I can just rest in the knowledge that He'll take care of it.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. 

Not as the world gives do I give to you. 

Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

John 14:27 ESV

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Peace be with you

For years I had trouble sleeping because my mind would not seem to shut off. I tried meditation, I followed all of the "rules" like no screentime within an hour before bed, (I can't remember the rest of them now), I even tried a self-hypnosis app. None of it worked. I don't know for certain, but it sure seemed like when I started being in the word every night and praying consistently that a lot of things changed for me. I can fall asleep on my own now and I just feel more at peace.
     Philippians 4:6 comes to mind so often but this morning I copied verse 7 also and a God thing just happened. I wrote that last sentence "...I just feel more at peace." and then I read verse 7: "And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,..." I didn't plan that. Maybe I'm not making any sense but I've been really stressed out this week and trying to get back to that peace. I even yelled at Satan the other day to "give it up" which seemed to help a lot! He was stealing my joy and I was sick of it.
     Peace be with you.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything 

by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving 

let your requests be made known to God. 

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, 

will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV

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Rest in the Lord

And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Exodus 33:14 NKJV

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When pain prevents sleep

Some of my friends cannot sleep, cannot rest due to physical pain or illness. I was trying to find bible verses for them that tied in pain and rest and found these.
- Whenever I'm suffering, I always turn to Job. Nothing can compare to what he went through. Because of his pain, he couldn't possibly sleep.
- James tells us what to do when someone is sick.
- David finds he can rest in the midst of all he's going through because the Lord watches over him and protects him.
- There's a point when no matter what's keeping us from rest, we become so exhausted that our bodies say "enough" and we get that deep, restorative sleep that we need; even Jesus' human body had to give in to the exhaustion, so much so that He slept through a storm on the sea.

“And now my soul is poured out because of my plight;

The days of affliction take hold of me.

My bones are pierced in me at night,

And my gnawing pains take no rest.

Job 30:16-17 NKJV

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

James 5:14-16 ESV

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.

Psalm 3:5 ESV

And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, 

but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

Matthew 8:20 ESV

And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, 

so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep.

Matthew 8:24 ESV

I don't know if this is helpful to my friends who are suffering, but just know that I am praying for you. May God give you rest.

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