Rest.

I know I use this excuse all the time but I've been busy. I actually think I may be a little over-committed. No actually that's not it. I just don't like to say no, especially when it comes to social activities. So this is going to be short and sweet as I don't want to compromise on any more sleep time.

Sleep as a form of praise. Yes, when I lay down each night it is a reminder of my meager humanness. Tiredness humbles me. I can't do everything. I can't stay up all night -- or even late for that matter -- and still function well. I kind of wonder if God created man to sleep so that we would never forget our inability to overcome His created order. No amount of coffee, not nothing, can ever really make up for a full night's rest.

So tonight, I am going to accept the next few hours with as much thankfulness and humility a frazzled and busy college student can. I praise God because he is the one who never slumbers nor sleeps. I am but a sleepy little human. Yet He looks down upon me still, hears my voice and watches over me in the latest watches of the night. May His Name be glorified in me. Every day. Every hour.

Psalm 4:8
In peace I will both lie down and sleep;

for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Psalm 121:3-4

He will not let your foot be moved;

he who keeps you will not slumber.

Behold, he who keeps Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.