Lay me down to rest….

My body was sooo tired and my eyes are soo cloudy when I lay myself to bed at around 3am today.  I brought the laptop on top of my pillow and continued working for my test plan due today.  My brain is no longer functioning properly for it has been awake and working for 2 straight days and nights already without sleep and yet what I've been typing on demands a tantamount nerve cells all squeezed in.

After several minutes, I told myself… "You better rest.. You need to rest… or else Your body will suffer… it ain't gonna work". 

I closed my eyes, yet I my mind is awake.  My mind is still insisting that I need to work on.  I started listening to Carrie's new album till I finished all the tracks repeatedly.  Yup… it made me widely awake hehehe.

I laid it on the bedside while the headset is still on and looked for new tracks on "My Music" folder.  I found only one folder in it with "Unknown Artist".  I opened it and found several tracks with unnamed titles.  I randomly select and laid my head on the pillow… I closed my eyes again and whispered…

"Lord, pls. lay me down to sleep… a very short yet complete rest… I am really so tired." 

Then came the intro of the song… I smiled when the tune came into my senses… I knew that song very well.  My favorite Christian song…

"I come boldly… trusting only…. your REDEEMING LOVE….

Flowing freely on your side now… your atoning blood…"

I finished that track and have it repeated thrice actually.  I missed hearing that song.  I missed the group that reminds me of that… Singles for Christ… it reminds me of Nestle who dropped me a message in friendster asking…. "Ate, when are you coming back to serve again… we miss you!"

I remembered… the last phrase that registered into my mind after turning off the laptop… "I will come back very very soon… to serve… sa takdang panahon [ala Big Brother]"

Then I fell asleep… that was 4am actually…. I heard the beep of my phone… and it's 5:00am.  Just an hour of sleep.  But what amazes me the most is that… "the sleep was so deep and the rest is so complete… Just an hour to regenerate 2 days of no-sleep and almost a month of a stressful work."

Thank you, Lord for that very special rest… Thank you talaga.