Sleep on it.

It still amazes me; spiritual wisdom eternally lay deep within sayings and quotes.  When I was younger and wanted to sleepover my childhood friend’s house, my mother would tell me “let me sleep on it.”  Now that I am a mother and my son is asking my permission certain requests demand a “let me sleep on it.”  Someone needs a favor that I could quickly answer yes out of a sense of obligation; I reply “let me think on it.”  Taking a trip or making a visit . . . sleep on it.  Sleeping “on it” doesn’t guarantee a yes or no but it does bring promise of a new perspective. Now that I am growing into my livelihood “let me sleep on it” has shown me a new layer of its underbelly. 

 

Nothing is established overnight and to think a couple of months would bring you the same reception in your field as, per say, a couple of years of consistent hard work does . . . well lets just say there are better ways to extend your energy.  Cycles are the things that the mighty are made of.  Yet, as one comes closer to the end of a cycle fatigue, desperation and self-doubt often steps up.  Luckily, steadfast determination brings the tenacity needed to reach shelter and not get caught in that self-pity vortex.  This is the place where we receive the opportunity to see how far we have come.

Sometimes standing on Ledge of Yesterday, reflecting back on a traveled path, a sense of accomplishment does not come.  But what if we “sleep on it” before facing the ledge and her replay we will see all as it truly stand in a divine perception.  Thinking now that you’ve found your rest location you’re not going back “out there”?  Release it all to God and “sleep on it.” Wondering exactly what is it that you’re looking at?  Release it to God and “sleep on it.”   Are you pleased with the scene eagerly planning to skip on the rest and leave?  Release it to God and “sleep on it.”

The answer will come . . . whether the response is 1) yeah maybe you should quit and try something different 2) or the foundation stands better than you thought, this is better than anything you ever thought of  3)even better, no more rest is needed I don’t care about the ledge or what ever happen then- I’m leaving now.  Along with clarity comes the ability to calculate one’s next moves, both are benefits of “sleeping on it.”

Now there are other things that need to be considered in a selection of the trio; but that is a totally different editorial in of itself.  So I sit back embracing the directive from God to sit!  I laugh with the angels.  I dream, praise, indulge and sleep.  I shout on the mountaintop that God knows my needs before I even stumble upon them.  My Jesus the Christ is finally getting the time with him that He deserves.  And I am going to finally enjoy the befits of Blogging . . . or maybe I should “sleep on it?”