Gotta Love the God Moments

So, I went to bed fairly early last night, 11ish. But, I couldn't sleep. Once again, the "battlefield of my mind" was engaged. Negative thoughts, sad thoughts, questions and no answers to go along with them--I was a mess. Eventually I did fall asleep, but woke up again around 3:30. I decided to turn on TV. Insomniacs and people who's jobs may have them up in the wee hours of the morning know what's on TV at this time--nothing except garbage and infomercials, which are actually one and the same. So, I turn off the TV and get back into the battle.


Around 5:00, I woke up again. Now this is not real early by the standard of some people, but it is for me--about an hour or 2 before I normally get up. Once again, the battle in my mind is raging. I start praying, "Lord, help me with these thoughts". I toss and turn for a while and decide to try the distraction of the television again. As I'm channel surfing, I see a television evangelist--an Asian guy, but I can't remember his name. Then I remember that Joyce Meyer is usually on around this time and it ends up that the next channel I land on is Enjoying Everyday Life--Joyce Meyer. I start watching, but the show is almost over. As she ends the show, she asks us to listen to the wife of the owner of the St. Louis Rams who's name I do not remember, but the subject rang loud and clear--Joyce's book, The Battlefield of the Mind. Wow!

My mind left the battle on the field and started listening intently. Funny thing is, I have the book but I don't think I've ever read it. Duh. After the little promo for the book, Joyce comes back on and says she's going to pray for anyone that might be going through such a battle at this moment. Yay! Joyce Meyer is going to pray for me, Sharon Hutchens, just when I needed it most. The gist of the prayer--God loves me and he knows what's best for me and I should not worry about those things that take over my mind and deprive me of sleep and the peace that He has promised me. I knew that, but this morning I had to be reminded. And I'm sure I will have to be reminded again--probably tonight. ; )


What I really loved about this God moment, is when after hearing Joyce's prayer, my mind went immediately to what had happened earlier in the evening. I was over at Matt and Ashli's house watching the twins for a couple of hours while they were out. We put a movie in, Horton Hears A Who, but Payton wasn't interested in the movie. He wanted Bah Bah to tell him Jesus stories. Talk about a thrill--being asked by a 4 yr. old to talk about Jesus. Because of this Easter season, I started with the crucifiction. Payton butted in, he knew about bad people putting nails in Jesus' hands. So I began to tell him about Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt. He stopped me again, "Grandma, you already told me this one". I'm like, "when?" Payton says, "Remember, you told me at the pizza place". Yes, I remembered--it was about a year ago, he would have been barely 3 yrs. old at the time. Then I began to tell him about the miracles that Jesus performed and Payton was suddenly reminded of a book in his room with a story in it about Jesus putting "mud on a guy's eyes so he could see". The book was A Child's First Bible that I had given them when they were about two. We read the whole book.

I know, this was a long story, but I had to write it down. It was all about love--God's love for me, my love of God and me loving my grandchildren and sharing the fact that God loves them too.