We sat on the couch for like almost half an hour, staring into space.
His face still streaked from the hot tears that fell from his eyes, having woken up from the nightmare he had a moment before.
Scenes from a dream that were still vivid and fresh in his mind, I see in his eyes the fear that gripped him.
It has been like that for the past 6 days, the same nightmare, the same cast of characters in his dreams.
All he can tell me is, "Instruments, playing themselves in our hall, very very loudly."
I consoled and comforted him, explained the confusion he was experiencing, between dream and reality.
Praying silently that the nightmares will plague me instead…
That's how life for me has been the past one week. The boy and I haven't been getting much of a restful sleep, he gets waken by the recurring nightmare, while I am such a light sleeper these days, that any noise around the house easily rouses me from my sleep.
Getting short naps in the afternoon is a luxury, as he hardly sleeps more than an hour these days, while I hardly fall into deep sleep.
Feeling tired, really tired…knowing that this is only momentary, but really feels like forever when I am in it.
So, excuse me while I illustrate what I badly need now; curled comfortably on my couch, alone in my hall, enjoying the peace and quiet of slumber without any delirious instruments wildly playing in the background.
Maybe you guys should pray a prayer of blessing over all the second-hand furniture that you have in the house. May not be anything, but as they’re all old pieces, we’d never really know the history that comes with it.
None of the 2nd hand furniture are in his room…all in the study and my room. The thing is he only had the nightmare once in my room, the nightmares he has experienced has been in his room for the last couple of days, so I don’t think it has anything to do with the second hand furniture. Besides I think praying Ephesians 6:10-18, declaring the armour of God over any form of spiritual attack will be the most appropriate in this case.