Sleep…

All created things must rest. It is a gift of God to compensate for the weariness of a broken world, and in the case of we who are conscious of God a morning of refreshment as a token of the future day that never ends. The world is full of cares and troubles, there is always work to do, but sleep can be a few hours not unlike eternity, free of care, sheltered in the arms of God, and resting in the presence of angels. Sleep reminds us, as well, of the passage we will one day all make, a falling asleep to this world and a waking in that which is to come. Truly there is no night greater than that morning…