The Holiness of Napping

“As the people stood in the distance, Moses entered into the

deep darkness where God was.”(Exodus 20:21, NLT)

When I was 27 years old, I walked into the darkest time of my life.I didn’t know at the time that in this darkness I would also meet God.

I was a young missionary, exhausted from living. My stomach constantly ached. Taking a shower left me feeling so depleted I needed a nap to recover from it. Deciding what to make for supper was harder than a calculus exam. I could barely concentrate on...