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| Joshua, in Junior High, at a birthday party |
“In peace I will
both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.”
—Psalm 4:8
At three in the
morning, I sat with my head bowed in the darkened living room.
“Honey,” my
husband said, startling me, “can’t you sleep?”
I shook my head.
“Night after night, I do this.”
He rubbed my
shoulder. “Me too.”
The next day at
the vitamin section of my favorite natural foods store, I waited for someone to
help me. A lady about my height smiled. “Can I answer a question?”
I told her of my
continued problem with sleepless nights for seven months. She raised a finger.
“I’ve got the solution.”
Relief washed
over me, for I wanted to believe her.
That night I took
the magnesium along with my normal calcium supplement and fell asleep within
minutes of laying my head on the pillow. I did not wake for six hours. A big
change from the mere three hours of broken sleep night after night.
Once again, Lord,
you helped me when I needed it the most. I could no longer go without sleep,
and You showed me the way. In Jesus’s name. Amen.
A Mother’s
Memories
“Son, your dad
and I believe if you build up your immune system, you may be able to stop much
of your arthritis pain.”
Fifteen-year-old
Joshua arched his brows. “That makes sense. Where do I start?”
He and I went to
the library to research and came up with a regimen. He ate healthier, and added
supplements, professional massages, and a combination of hot tub, sauna, and
cold pool laps.
Within two
months, Joshua walked without a limp from the pain in his foot. The redness in
his feet and hands was gone.
Joshua exclaimed
one day, “We did it, Mom.”
I grinned back at
him. “You sure did, Son.”
Was it just
chance that only a few months before, we’d moved next door to a couple who had
the sauna, hot tub, and cold pool?
I believe not.
Thank you, Holy
Father, for helping Joshua, as I asked for Your guidance to take away his pain.
In Jesus’s holy name I pray. Amen.
Reader Journal
~Your Mother
Memories~
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Praise~
~A Scripture of
Encouragement~
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