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Sinking into Grace Bible in a Year: Leviticus 17–18; Matthew 27:27–50 [God] grants sleep to those he loves. Psalm 127:2 : Psalm 127:1-2 Finally, on January 8, 1964, seventeen-year-old Randy Gardner did something he hadn’t done for eleven days and twenty-five minutes: he nodded off to sleep. He wanted to beat the Guinness Book World Record for how long a human could stay awake. By drinking soft drinks and hitting the basketball court and bowling alley, Gardner rebuffed sleep for a week and a half. Before finally collapsing, his sense of taste, smell, and hearing went haywire. Decades later, Gardner suffered from severe bouts of insomnia. He set the record but also confirmed the obvious: sleep is essential. Many of us struggle to get a decent night’s rest. Unlike Gardner who deprived himself intentionally, we might suffer sleeplessness for a number of reasons—including a mountain of anxieties: the fear of all we need to accomplish, the dread of others’ expectations, the distress of living at a frantic pace. Sometimes it’s hard for us to turn off the fear and relax. The psalmist tells us that “unless the Lord builds the house,” we labor in vain (Psalm 127:1). Our “toiling” and our relentless efforts are useless unless God provides what we need. Thankfully, God does provide what we need. He “grants sleep to those he loves” (v. 2). And God’s love extends to all of us. He invites us to release our anxieties to Him and sink into His rest, into His grace. Today's Reflection God, I’m so anxious. I churn inside. Would You help me trust You with my night, with my day, with my life? 
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I chuckled at the timing of this. Last night, I just could not seem to get to sleep. No pain or anxieties, sleep just seemed to elude me. As I lay there, I reminded myself that God is awake all night watching over us, so there was no need for both of us to be awake.  But sleep just would not come. So, I put the time to good use, I prayed..... and woke up refreshed this morning, even with little sleep. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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