Divine Images, part 6: Bed
After a long day the bed can be a welcome sight; but for the anxious or the sick the bed can be something else. Some through fear or depression find no pleasure in going to their beds and others because of sickness are confined to them. But God also speaks about the bed. Here I want to highlight some things God has said about the bed, about lying down and about sleeping. When you go to your bed either because you are sick (and confined there) or because it is the end of the day remember the following. First , remember that you are not the first to weep upon your bed. The psalmist said, “all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears (6:6).” These tears - God says - are put in His bottle (Psalm 56:8-9). Second , remember that God makes your bed in sickness. Ordinarily perhaps you are the one who makes it, but now He does. God is saying that He takes particular notice of the sick saints (who have considered ...