Tired........

Lately I have been really tired about 7pm. Sunday night I decided I would just go to sleep but that proved to be a bad decision cause then I woke up at 11pm and had a very difficult time going back to sleep. Same issue on Monday night but I decided to make myself stay awake so that I would not be wide awake again at 11pm.  In addition, I have also had a very active dream life, which is not normal for me. If I dream I don't normally get awakened by them and it is not those dreams that affect you in a physical way, you know rapid heartbeat, waking you up kind. I would not say that these are nightmares or anything, just really intense, like you have to question "is this real or am I dreaming?" Needless to say I feel very tired today after 5 days of this night life in my head!

I believe dreaming is normally just a way for our brains to process the day. However, I also believe that they serve other purposes.  Our dreams are affected by our daily lives, especially regarding the feelings attached to them. Stress and worry can affect the contents of our dreams. Certain foods can as well. I found that if I drink orange juice right before bed my dreams are very vivid! Low or high blood sugar can also affect them. Then there are those God given dreams of encouragement or warning. I read somewhere that dreams are the perfect way to hear from God, because when we are dreaming, we are quiet and undistracted and basically all ears for about 7 hours every night. God spoke to many people in the bible through their dreams and there is no reason to think He is not still doing so today.

It is possible that stress is causing these disturbances. Truth be told, I am not a surface worrier. In other words, if something is worrying or stressing me out, it remains internal with very little if any external evidence. Yes sort of the “never let them see you cry, or sweat, etc”.   But trust me when I tell you that if my emotional or mental stresses are not dealt with my body will fight back and perhaps that is what is going on with my sleep.

Whatever is causing my increased dreaming I want it to stop!  For now I am going to attribute it to stress and food and make some changes to see if that helps. I won’t totally dismiss the possibility of this being God so I will also be in prayer concerning this. Some of you have been in these dreams, so I will begin praying for you as well as my thoughts and feelings towards you or how your life directly or indirectly affects mine.

As you have your quiet times with God today, please say a prayer for me that whatever is causing this will be made known to me so that I can once again find some rest in my slumber. 

Have a great day everyone!