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Coping with the Darkness

Here's another Nathan post...I do wonder if when he's older he will ever see all these posts that revolve around him!

In the last week, my son has been having some sleeping problems. Due to bad dreams (1 night) and an increased fear of the dark. That fear has led to some amazing things.

He asked Christ into his heart last Monday night...because he was afraid. He has asked Christ into his heart before...but it's been led by me or others. This was all on him and the effects are different. And amazing.

The next night, I wrote out my favorite night-time verse: Psalm 4:8 "When I lie down, I go to sleep in peace; you alone, O LORD, keep me perfectly safe." I put it under his pillow while he slept. The next night he was at my place, he asked for another verse under his pillow (that night it was Numbers 6:24-26).

This morning he tells me (after a weekend away, and no bible verses under his pillow) that because he's afraid of the dark, he has been doing one of two things as he goes to sleep. 1) talking to God or 2) telling the devil to get out. I love, love, love, both things!

My precious kiddo is finding a relationship with his Lord and Savior because he is afraid of the dark. Friends, isn't what why we all do it? Our darkness may look like different things...but when you think about it, that's what it is.

It's what we do with that fear, in that darkness, that matters. Do we use it to grow closer to God? Do we trust him, even though we can't see? Or do we keep looking at ourselves - trying to make our own light?

Can I tell you what joy I have that my son is seeking the Lord to help him see through that darkness?! My heart is overflowing and so are my eyes.

God is good. All the time. He just likes to work in unexpected ways.

And PS, it is never harmful to put bible verses under your kids' pillows :). I think when they see verses they can actually apply and understand, somehow God Himself becomes more real!

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