Once upon a time I heard my Aunt Pam say that if she was having trouble getting to sleep, she would go through the alphabet, reciting a Bible verse for each letter. It has the same effect as the traditional "counting sheep method," yet also gets one's mind in the right place.
I started doing it quite soon after I heard about it, and it works really well! But, there's a funny side effect when I do it. I can tell I'm almost asleep, because all of the sudden I'll start thinking of a random book or movie quote instead of a Bible verse... or it will be just a completely random statement put into King James-ish speak. I'll smile to myself, and drop off.
There are times that I spice it up a bit, and go through the alphabet using the first lines of hymns. Those times also, I can tell I'm about to fall asleep, because something really random will pop into my head.
The other night I was really tired, but just couldn't fall asleep. I knew that I couldn't do the Bible verse one, because trying to concentrate would wake me up more. I couldn't even think of hymns, so I decided to do attributes of God that I was grateful for.
Here's how far I go before I fell asleep...
A - Awe inspiring
B - Beautiful
C - Creator
D - Diabetic... and, she's gone!
8 comments:
Hee hee hee...
I'll have to try it!
That is wicked funny!!
Maybe you were thinking of Derrick? Although I don't think A, B, and C really work for him, he might disagree.
I'll try it the next time I have difficulty sleeping. If God doesn't put me to sleep, I'll try Derrick.
Oh my WORD! Never knew God had a problem with sugar. I laughed aloud wicked hard!
!!!!Ka-Zam!!!!
for laughing about such a GREAT guy!
Consider yourselves properly chastised.
and that is a great idea about the bibleverses, I shall have to try it...
Chuckles...
I don't think I remeber ever hearing her say that. A good idea though.
PS I did try it, and it works great!
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