Makes Me Feel Good

The pain was really starting to distress me. I turned on the light to see what time it was, surely it’s going to be about 5am, no, it’s only 2am. Lord, I prayed is this something serious or do I just try and go back to sleep. The pain in my neck had been keeping me awake on and off most of the night and I was now trying to work out if I should go to hospital or not. With the nearest facility 20 minutes away that is not a decision that is made lightly in the middle of the night.

I was even reluctant to wake my husband as he doesn’t sleep well these days either. In the end though in order to stop my fears escalating to fever pitch I decided to wake him. He informed me that it was the same sort of pain that he had experienced during the last week due to a virus. Once I was reassured that it wasn’t something serious, I decided to just take some painkillers and go back to bed. Feeling a little silly and annoyed with myself for waking him up during his first good night’s sleep in weeks.

However, what made me feel good about this whole thing was that at 2 am in the morning he was willing to wake up, put his arms around me and comfort me. This has not always been the case, so I thank God that He has worked this great thing in our relationship.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 says “Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do”. As I thank God for this, I know that there are many people out there who are alone and have no one to turn to in the middle of the night. I pray that you will find someone to talk to, someone to reach out to and support you. God may surprise you in how He answers that prayer and I know that it will also make you feel good.