For the last couple of years, we have been struggling to sleep well. This isn’t due to the stresses of ministry or raising teenagers in Scottish high schools or even due to financial struggles1.
It all comes down to a mattress. The very thing upon which we sleep.
It is still under warranty and we had finally had enough, but knew we could not afford to buy a new one. And so we reported the issue and had it inspected. Our hopes weren’t high. Online reviews of the company seemed show that everyone had the same problem.
Then the inspector came to see if the mattress was actually faulty and his exact words were, “That’s the most defective mattress I’ve ever seen.”
One of the more comforting lines of Psalm 127 is there at the end of verse 2:
for he gives to his beloved sleep.
Over the years, we have continued to experience God’s kindness. Sometimes it comes in the form of simply having the strength to carry on (like when we had an unexpected international move). Other times, he has provided exactly the thing we need to fix a problem.
In both cases, he has proven true to his word. This situation is just a small reminder that this is still the case.
- Nothing like a good, old-fashioned cost-of-living crisis, right? ↩