Proverbs 26:14 - "As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed."
Proverbs has been cracking me up lately, but also it super makes sense and makes me think about things in a practical way.
I feel like a pretty hard worker normally, whether it's by working a bunch of hours for an actual job or by working really hard on my own thing. Either way though, I sometimes find myself tossing and turning at night, unable to fall asleep.
Why is this? Shouldn't I be able to fall asleep after completing such a long day of hard work? Don't I deserve to have a good night's rest at that point; and if I can't get one, don't I have a right to toss and turn and then get up and watch a TV show or be super stressed out about not falling asleep and then complain the next day?
Well now I'm thinking, Maybe I don't. Maybe if I can't fall asleep at night, it's because there's still more work to do, and I should get up and do it.
Something I look to often as an example of how I should be is Proverbs 31, which contains a description of "the woman who fears the Lord." And in there she works really hard and even "rises while it is yet night" to "provide food for her household" (v15).
A cross-reference to that is Proverbs 20:13 that says, "Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread."
Also in the rare moment I do decide to get up and work when I can't sleep, it's often some of my best work, and I feel really glad I did it.
So next time I'm about to start tossing and turning because I can't sleep, I'm going to remember these Proverbial words and just get up and do something of worth and realize it's a blessing my body is pushing me to do so.
