BBD 01.27.16 Making it Through the Night (Classic)

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Bush Devotional

Classic
from 2003

01.27.16

Making it
Through the Night

This devotional was written after spending nine days in
the hospital in 2003.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall
praise You with joyful lips. When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You
in the night watches. Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of
Your wings I will rejoice. - Psalm 63:5-7 NKJV.

My stay in the hospital (In 2003) has severely disrupted
the sleep process in my life. I found myself while in the hospital dreading the
ending of the day. I dreaded several things about that, including the lack of
interaction with others. Many fewer people came into my room at night, and when
they did, they stayed for a briefer period of time. The noise from the IV
machine seemed louder, and the automatic blood pressure every hour seemed more
intrusive. During the night hours, sometimes bad things would happen, and when
they did it was magnified by the quietness of everything else. It seemed, it
was always at night, when they came to draw blood for the continual tests
that were necessary. My wife was asleep beside my bed, and so it would have
been somewhat rude to watch TV while she was trying to sleep. Although for the
first days, I had no interest in watching television or reading - those things
do seem to pass the time away when you are well enough to tolerate them.

Strangely, I found it hard to pray while I was
hospitalized. I did run some Bible verses through my mind, but found that
difficult as well, possibly because of some of the medications. When the
chaplain came Sunday, we prayed for God’s presence, because that was very
precious to me. The entire time I was hospitalized, I was aware of God’s
presence. He was not speaking to me most of the time, although He did about two
days before my release. Maybe I was like Jonah, and He had to get me to a point
where I could hear Him. He has been speaking, and giving me all kinds of ideas
since I have left the hospital. I shared with our congregation Sunday that I
pray every day for inspiration, for ideas for sermons, and devotionals. I have
about ten ideas for devotionals, and sermons, which are flowing out of my
hospital stay. One thing I do know about all of this, is that out of the bad
always comes good, if we love the Lord, and are the called according to His
purposes (Romans 8:28).

As with the Psalmist, what took me through the
night, was meditating on the presence of the Lord there with me in my room.
Even though the praise was not coming through my lips, I was praising Him with
my heart the entire time - night and day.

Are you in the midst of your own night that seems to
never end, and goes on, and on, and on? The Lord is the One who can sustain you through the
night. You have to arrive at the point, where you realize there is nothing
you can do, and place it all into the arms of the Lord. There was absolutely
nothing for me to do, while I was laying on my bed with wires, and tubes coming
out everywhere. But I could be aware of His presence, and His concern. I
praised Him with my heart, during those long nights, and that is what you must
do as well. Remember the times, of His help and comfort, through your life.
Remember, and rejoice, that He loves you so much that His One, and only Son
died for you. Remember, that He has not forgotten about you, and that you are
still in the shadow of His wings.

Copyright © 2003-2016. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those
first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Ed Wrather is now the pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church of Cordell, Oklahoma. Please pray for this church.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

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17 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book
you can order it from the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

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Please continue to pray for
Michelle, Justin Lewis, Shane Hall, Reta (my sister), and Beverly (Jeanie’s
sister) is having surgery today. Please add to your prayer list: Max Boothe,
Reagan Poole, and Gary Jones who are recovering from surgeries. Also Nathan
Reed and Brent Baker.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of
prayer - please pray for me.).

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If for
some reason you do not receive your email version of the devotional please
check the Burning Bush website at http://www.theburningbush.net for the “Devotional of the Day” and read the devotional
there.

The Burning
Bush Devotional

Classic
from 2003

01.27.16

Making it
Through the Night

This devotional was written after spending nine days in
the hospital in 2003.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall
praise You with joyful lips. When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You
in the night watches. Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of
Your wings I will rejoice. - Psalm 63:5-7 NKJV.

My stay in the hospital (In 2003) has severely disrupted
the sleep process in my life. I found myself while in the hospital dreading the
ending of the day. I dreaded several things about that, including the lack of
interaction with others. Many fewer people came into my room at night, and when
they did, they stayed for a briefer period of time. The noise from the IV
machine seemed louder, and the automatic blood pressure every hour seemed more
intrusive. During the night hours, sometimes bad things would happen, and when
they did it was magnified by the quietness of everything else. It seemed, it
was always at night, when they came to draw blood for the continual tests
that were necessary. My wife was asleep beside my bed, and so it would have
been somewhat rude to watch TV while she was trying to sleep. Although for the
first days, I had no interest in watching television or reading - those things
do seem to pass the time away when you are well enough to tolerate them.

Strangely, I found it hard to pray while I was
hospitalized. I did run some Bible verses through my mind, but found that
difficult as well, possibly because of some of the medications. When the
chaplain came Sunday, we prayed for God’s presence, because that was very
precious to me. The entire time I was hospitalized, I was aware of God’s
presence. He was not speaking to me most of the time, although He did about two
days before my release. Maybe I was like Jonah, and He had to get me to a point
where I could hear Him. He has been speaking, and giving me all kinds of ideas
since I have left the hospital. I shared with our congregation Sunday that I
pray every day for inspiration, for ideas for sermons, and devotionals. I have
about ten ideas for devotionals, and sermons, which are flowing out of my
hospital stay. One thing I do know about all of this, is that out of the bad
always comes good, if we love the Lord, and are the called according to His
purposes (Romans 8:28).

As with the Psalmist, what took me through the
night, was meditating on the presence of the Lord there with me in my room.
Even though the praise was not coming through my lips, I was praising Him with
my heart the entire time - night and day.

Are you in the midst of your own night that seems to
never end, and goes on, and on, and on? The Lord is the One who can sustain you through the
night. You have to arrive at the point, where you realize there is nothing
you can do, and place it all into the arms of the Lord. There was absolutely
nothing for me to do, while I was laying on my bed with wires, and tubes coming
out everywhere. But I could be aware of His presence, and His concern. I
praised Him with my heart, during those long nights, and that is what you must
do as well. Remember the times, of His help and comfort, through your life.
Remember, and rejoice, that He loves you so much that His One, and only Son
died for you. Remember, that He has not forgotten about you, and that you are
still in the shadow of His wings.

Copyright © 2003-2016. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those
first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Ed Wrather is now the pastor of
Calvary Baptist Church of Cordell, Oklahoma. Please pray for this church.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received
visits from 184 countries in 2015 including from 27 cities in Iran. Celebrating
17 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book
you can order it from the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Please continue to pray for
Michelle, Justin Lewis, Shane Hall, Reta (my sister), and Beverly (Jeanie’s
sister) is having surgery today. Please add to your prayer list: Max Boothe,
Reagan Poole, and Gary Jones who are recovering from surgeries. Also Nathan
Reed and Brent Baker.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of
prayer - please pray for me.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn
profile with endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the
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