The Culture of Hope Founded on Faith
Although the information coming out of CDC is sometimes questionable these days, their sleep needs chart draws from several reputable studies. Here’s how much sleep their website suggests, by age, for optimal health levels (https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/about_sleep/how_much_sleep.html):
Many people struggle to maintain healthy sleep habits for a variety of reasons including outside disruptors, work schedules, and emotional burdens. God’s promise of rest in Matthew 11:28 addresses these in terms of the need of humans for soul-rest:
“Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
To lean on Jesus, entirely laying all your concerns and burdens on His shoulders, is to enter into rest in the one who knows all about it but waits for us to exercise faith to release it to Him. Philippians 4: 6-7 says it this way:
“Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Are you burdened by health decisions and medical needs? Tell it to Jesus.
Are you burdened by relational or financial circumstances? Tell it to Jesus.
Are you burdened by societal and political conditions? Tell it to Jesus.
“Tell it to Jesus” is a song we sang often in church a long time ago. I haven’t heard it in a while and I think its message is so crucial in this time of uncertainty and rampant evil:
