Night Reminders
Sleeping with the Curtains Open I have a tendency to sleep with the bedroom curtains open. Not because I forget to close them, nor because I don’t value rest and stillness, but because I wake often through the night… and in those quiet moments between sleep and awareness, I find something sacred. I find the sky. I leave the curtains open because I need reminders of hope. Sometimes it’s just a single star — small, steady and unbothered by how dark everything else looks. A quiet reminder that even in darkness, light is still present. “He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.” (Psalm 147:4) Sometimes it’s clouds drifting slowly across the night like thoughts passing through the mind— unhurried, unforced, simply moving as they are led. “The wind blows wherever it pleases…” (John 3:8) Sometimes it’s a deep, endless darkness that feels almost empty… yet strangely full at the same time. Even there, I remember. What if the night sky is also ...
