Confessions of an Insomniac

I'm not usually an insomniac, but for whatever reason, I've been trying to go to bed for 2 hours and it hasn't worked.
Maybe its because of the high amount of caffeine I've had today (although I've had none since 4:00).
Maybe it's that our family dog of 17 years is acting funky and I'm a little worried about her.
Maybe I went to bed too early.
Maybe Grandpa's still watching TV and because he's hard of hearing the sound is distracting me.
Maybe it's that the Grandparents don't believe in AC overnight and I'm a little hot.
Maybe I shouldn't have sent that text message right before I laid down.
Maybe it's all of these things.

I don't know, but I like to think I've been making good use of the time while I've tried to sleep.
First I tossed and turned and decided to go over my children's church lesson in my head.
That was great except I remembered a great memory verse trick to help my youngest class members (putting shapes on the bottom of the words so they can connect a "puzzle" and then we can go over the verse. eg. a heart on both the word and the word after it, then a square on the next two cards and keep going until you get to the end.)
And when I remembered the game my brain wouldn't stop until I prepared the game.
So then I reread the lesson plan.
Then I turned off the light and laid back down, hoping that with my lesson more than ready I would get sleep.
As I tossed and turned I decided to pray for people. As I was praying I looked out my window. Right between the two trees was the moon, whose beams look like a perfect cross. I thanked God for the cross.
Then I decided to try to get a picture of the cross. My cell was right by the bed so I tried camera phone. I got a very little white dot. I turned on the light and looked for my camera. As I almost had the perfect angle, the battery died. And the very bright moon is still shining in my room, a mixed blessing.

Apparently, I wasn't suppose to get a picture of the cross. However, after a day that left me longing for whatever is next, the cross was a great reminder that God still knows what is next and He's got it covered. I needed that, so once again I say, "Thank you, God!"

Now, as I add blogging to my list of things I'm doing because I can't sleep, hopefully sleep will find me so I can be rested for class in the morning.