I was awoken at 3am this morning by my 6 year one son who couldn’t sleep because he felt something crawling on him.
My wife is away on business so I couldn’t nudge her to take him back to bed. 🙂

So I got out of bed and walked him back to his room letting him know nothing was on him and he should go back to sleep.
About 5 minutes later he comes back into my room still feeling like something was crawling on him.
So I walked him back to bed again, reassuring him that he was fine.
As you have already probably guessed, about 5 minutes later he comes in a 3rd time, and this time I had him just crawl into bed next to me.
And within less than a minute, I heard his heavy breathing as he fell soundly asleep.

What was the key?
I did not remove any crawling things from him or sprinkle some magic dust to make him fall asleep.
What I did was allow him to be in my presence which gave him the sense of safety and security he needed so he could rest.
Isn’t that the same for you and I even as adults.

As we go through struggles and difficulties in life we want to have a place to go where we feel safe and secure.
We want someone to let us know it will be okay, that there are no bugs crawling on us.
We want someone to give us the peace of mind that will allow us to rest.

I found that safety and security in the loving arms of my Father.
I know that no matter how scary life may get, He is there to let me know it will be okay.
He has allowed me into His presence, which is all I need!
Where do you turn when life wakes you up and you can’t find rest?

Truth In Love! ~ Chuck