Sleep in peace

Psalm 4:8
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.

In a strange way, one of my favorite times to be a mom is when my kids have a bad dream.  I am not happy for them that they are scared, I am concerned about why and how come the dream came about. BUT, I love that my presence helps comfort them and that they want to snuggle close to me. I love that. Makes me feel like I am doing something right if they turn to me when they have troubles.  

Last night Ryker had a bad dream. I am pretty sure it came from a movie Zorryn was watching (some Nutcracker thing that had scary rats).  He woke up crying, usually that means he lost NUK or Blue Guy, but giving him those did not calm him down last night. I climbed in bed beside him and snuggled with him, he calmed down. After a few minutes I tried to leave, but he started to cry as soon as I moved away.   I cuddled again and tried to leave again after a few minutes.  Again he was upset.  I snuggled up to him again and prayed.  

 I grew up knowing I had a guardian angel with me. I sang "Angels are watching over me" and "Jesus sends the Angels", in Sabbath School as a kid. I have been teaching my kids these things.  When Zorryn would have bad dreams we would cuddle, sing those songs and pray.  Of course I have carried that over to Ryker.  When they have bad dreams, I will pray that God send their Guardian Angel close to protect them and that Jesus would take the bad thoughts from their mind and fill it with His peace and rest.  I find that this has a 100% effect and does indeed work.  Usually within a couple minutes after I am done praying and finish with a little extra cuddle, the child is back asleep.  It worked with Ryker last night.  As soon as I was finished the prayer, he was sleeping.

I am glad that my children need me.  I am glad my presence is helpful.  I am very glad that Jesus is the ultimate peace for them and does more for them than I ever can!