The Comfort of the Night

I am sitting here at my computer at 4:00 a.m. and I am feeling peaceful and wide-awake. My daughter Lauren is asleep in the house and there is only the clicking sound of the tapping of the computer keys.
At the end of any day - good or bad -there is a welcome respite in closing ones eyes and mind off from the hum of the rest of the world and putting the day to rest.
Have you ever noticed that the sounds of the day are like fuel to our minds? We put our foot on the accelerator of our days and we move ahead, many times pushing down the gas pedal out of sheer frustration, moving ahead but not going anywhere important.
There are times I lie in bed and recap the day that was just taken from me, or rather, the day that I rushed right through and didn't take the time to enjoy any of the moments.
But the night, the peaceful night. As I write these words I know that the phone is not going to ring, the doorbell will not chime and Lauren is sleeping with the visions of sugarplums dancing in her head. Okay, that sounds cheesy but it is Christmastime and I do live on Sugarplum Road so I just thought that would be a cute addition!! Just go along with it!
I am sitting comfortably in my computer chair, the heater at my feet and it as if I feel the arms of God wrapping around my body and soul and for a moment in time, it is just God and I sitting here as I peck away.
Oh believe me, I have had the terror of the night. The times when I felt like life was closing in on me, the times when I wonderd why I had done some of the hidden - not to be brought out of the closet - things that I had done. Those terror brought me closer to the One who gives me peace and the One who sits with me and comforts me in the dark.
Right now it is just He and I, sitting here in the dark, talking about life and the path that He has me on. And there is comfort in the dark.
It is time to shut down the computer, feel the comfort of the warmth of the black blanket that covers me and protects me, and doze in the arms of knowing that I am right where I am supposed to be right now. Zzzzzzz!