Midnight Cries: Answering the Questions We Ask in the Dark"
Answers for a Restless Soul
1. The 2:00 AM Race
The Cry: “How do I stop my mind from racing at 2:00 AM?”
The Atmosphere: Pray first. What stops a mind from racing is prayer. What stops a mind from racing is to come to terms with whatever it is racing and calm the nerves. One thing I found that worked for me is prayer and self-talk. I gave myself room to be human and told myself it takes time. Working on micromanaging my thoughts chewed away the chaos of noise in my head.
2. The Mirror in the Dark
The Cry: “Does anyone out there really know what I’m going through?”
The Atmosphere: No, no one knows what you are going through but the Creator of all things. Since the Bible says He works through earthly vessels, there is someone who feels the way you feel somewhere in the world. There is someone who does understand you in the quiet hours when the world is at rest, your mind isn’t at rest, and your sleep has taken flight. Yes, at that point they understand because they are going through it too, if not worse.
But there is a solution to that problem, and it is in the solitude of the mind, heart, soul, and spirit. There you can find peace. I speak this from my own experience. Once I quit looking to the outside to validate and fulfill what I needed to make me feel whole—knowing it wasn’t on the outside or from another—the answer came from the inside. Once I found that place, it was like a mirror being held up to me.
After that, the tears stopped flowing. The crying stopped while sitting at my desk, talking to my iMac, having a conversation with a faceless intelligent being that I couldn’t touch anyway. The reflection of healing began by looking on the inside. There is where the cleaning began to get the gunk out... so happiness moved in, took over, and said, “I am here as long as you want me to be, and whatever you want me to be, I will be it for the rest of my life to you.”
3. The Morning Tap
The Cry: “I need a sign that tomorrow is going to be a better day.”
The Atmosphere: You need a sign tomorrow is going to be better? When morning comes and you feel that tap on your shoulder saying, “Daughter, son, wake up,” and your eyes pop wide open—that is your sign. That is a sign that He isn’t through with you yet, because you’re still among the living and not sleeping with others in their resting place. You have your sign. Now all you have to do is explore your purpose for still being here. It might be to help someone else’s life be better than yours, and in return, God will make yours better than theirs, also.
Heart & Pen 🖊️