Insomnia = Time with God

So here I am again, fighting with insomnia. I have not had this trouble for a while, but it has surfaced again. I used to watch television, but at 0300 there is nothing on of value, (is there ever really anything of value on television?). I decided to read the Bible. I started in January to read through the Bible in one year, but the last few days (okay, week) I have not been reading. I thought that I would catch up. I finished Exodus and started in to Leviticus, thinking for sure this would put me to sleep. Wow, have you ever actually read Leviticus, and the laws regarding the Israelites, what is clean and unclean and how they have to go about purifying themselves. WOW what and ordeal. I am so thankful that Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior paid the ultimate sacrifice as the "Spotless Lamb who takes away the sin of the world." Praise the Lord!!!! Who am I that Jesus would pay the ultimate sacrifice, his life. God could have just as well said, 'I think I will keep my Son here in heaven with me and let those people down there keep sacrificing burnt offerings to me.' That would have been easier, but instead he gave us Jesus. For Him to "let" Jesus to die on the cross and then be buried in the ground for three days (in ancient times three days was the official time frame for a person to really be dead), and then to ascend into Heaven, only to let him come back to earth to show himself to his followers before being taken back to sit at the right hand of the Father, is the ultimate symbol of love. God is an amazing being and I am humbled in His presence. I pray that everyone alive today comes to know Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior. I am glad that I had insomnia tonight. I would not have spent this quality time with my Lord.