It’s midnight and I feel horrible. I lay in bed and want to cry because my body hurts and I don’t feel good. I’m tired but can’t sleep.

I’m sorry Lord, I know I’m whining but I just can’t help it.

You have me awake for a reason. Who needs prayer? Who needs me to speak to You on their behalf? My kids? My husband, who is asleep next to me? My parents? My sisters? My friends? My coworkers?

I randomly begin praying for each. Not knowing if there is a need or what the need may be. I still feel unsettled Lord. Is there someone I’m forgetting??

You, my child.

It’s then I do begin to tear up and want to cry harder. I have forgotten myself. In the midst of prayers, I have forgotten that I have needs that my Father wants to hear as well.

I pray for healing for whatever is going on in my body to make me feel so bad. I pray for rest for my mind that won’t slow down with all the worries of the day.

I’ve been sick. I’ve already missed work and I am going to miss more.

I pray for peace to rest and let You handle it God.

And the peace begins to come. Slowly, I begin to drift off and I finally get a few peaceful hours of sleep.

My friends, have you ever felt that way? Have you ever laid in bed at night and wondered why the worry and the stress and the hurt won’t go away. It’s because sometimes, we just forget to go to God on our own behalf.

It’s not selfish. Jesus told us, “Come to me ye who are weary and I will give you rest”.

I ALWAYS keep my loved ones, my friends, my coworkers and any others who have a need in my prayers.

But, my sweet friends, sometimes, you have stop and pray for rest and release for your own heart and mind to be able to intercede to Him on someone else’s behalf.

So when you are deep in prayer for those around you, don’t forget to lift yourself up to the One who loves you and wants to take care of you more than anything.

Until next time…