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Night Owls and Midngith Warriors

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Posted by: JeriRose12

Here's a question I have for all of you
Just what is a night owl supposed to do?
Should I just say I can never reform?
And staying up late for me is the norm?
What do you think? Can I ever change?
Can my sheduale really rearrange?
You see I stay up when the sky says "night"
Then find I'm going to bed at morning light....

Maybe there's others like me out there
And some kind of comraderie we can share
Maybe you're reformed with advice to give
So I can know I can change how I live
Or maybe you've learned to say it's okay
To stay up all night and sleep in the day
Whichever it is, I would really like to talk
And of this stiuation take some stock

~JeriRose~
(who wanted to change her name to MidnightWarriior)
Finding HIM in the midnight hour!!!


Posted by: JeriRose12

Well, my friends, it once again is "night"
And I came to see if someone took a bite
To discuss with me the pro and the con
Of staying awake until right around dawn

Is there a way I can re-regulate
So my body would rather not be up so late?
It works out okay when my shift is to close
But there are day shifts, too --what about those?

And then, on Sunday's, church comes at nine
I've barely laid down when I must rise and shine
Worse yet, I may have stayed up until eight
So why go to bed? By then, it's too late!

I've tried to refrom and go to bed by ten
But it seems I lay awake hours, then
I lay there and lay there, and finally I rise
Now, with this site, what I do is no surprise....

Oh, well, I guess it's maybe who I am....
Still, the world seems to revolve around A.M.
My juices aren't flowing 'til well into the day
About ten at night creativity says, "Hey!"

Before I prayed here so much all the time
I used to write after midnight would chime
The words would flow, and the pages would fill
With plot twists and turns that jumped out at will

Other times, it was a book I couldn't quit
Like "This Present Darkness" -- I just plowed through it!
Maybe I'd be praying for this one or that one
Trying to hear Jesus voice, or see a God vision

Then, on the nights when I couldn't get to sleep
(I'd gone to bed early, and watched the time creep....)
I'd tell myself stories, just to distract my mind
Hoping that Slumber Land soon I would find

I'd get frustrated, and I'd think I should pray
Perhaps God kept me up, but what words to say?
I'd mostly toss and turn and complain to the Lord,
"Why can't I sleep? Where's the peace?" I implored

But He didn't answer often, or were my ears shut?
And were my eyes closed against a vision or what?
Is this the reason I'm up from midnight on?
To hear and see Jesus in the hours before dawn?

But, still, he could visit me in the daylight
I know He has and not just in the "night"
I wish I could sleep when most other folks do
Instead of staying up so far passed two

Sometimes, I think "Okay, I'm a night watchman"
At this hour God has got to have someone
But what about foregin lands where their awake?
For them it's day, and my gap is theirs to take

Oh, well, I don't know if I can solve it now
Just trying to get it all expressed somehow
Maybe in these words I'll see something clear
Of what I haven't grasped for many a year

If this is something you feel to share about
I would love to hear your views; please type them out
Maybe it's simply how we are and will be
And there is no reform for you and for me


~JeriRose~
Finding HIM in the midnight hours


Posted by: pickone

JeriRose, are you trying to tell us something? Ha! Just kidding!

If you would write a book, I would buy it. God has done wonderful things inside of you....priceless.


Posted by: StarChilde

I don't really mind
the staying up so late at night
I just seem to be one of those night owl kind
The house is quiet & dimmed are the lights
There's no one saying get me this or that or the other
And I can rest in the Lord & Seek Him best..
setting temporarily aside being a wife and a mother.
God He knows our heart of hearts
so even when we get called aside
from seeking Him in the late night hours
with kids who don't sleep the way they should
He knows I'll come back to Him soon as I could.
The thing though I would like to stop the most
is those daytime folks who think everyone sleeps
the same as they,fully rested and snoozed, bright and chipper in the dawn
While sometimes I am just laying down to sleep with a yawn
The phone ringing "riinnngggggg" Riinnnnnngggg"- starting as early as 8
oh did I wake you up they state
it's ok I then reply and say if you could call back later
it would be what I'd like though more...
then I could recall then just what you called for!

heheh... just having a little fun, rhyming... you know sister, I am one of those night owls too... the midnight warriors... right now I got so much paperwork to get in, the only time it seems I am not getting disrupted by something, is these late night hours... and then there is the packing... a lot is done... still got some left though.
It's 3:39 though... just repositioned Bren a bit ago... set my alarm for 2 hrs. later... so off to bed I go to see if I can cram some Zzzz's into the 2 hrs.
God bless.







Posted by: MamaMoreno

Hello Everyone,

My name is MamaMoreno(Julia)I would like to admit that I'm a night owl and Midnight Warrior. I am also addicted to Annointed.net. Here is what I would like to share with you on this topic:

This is a calling that GOD has given me,
to place myself where hurting souls may be.
He sends me here when sleep will not come,
for not my will but his work to be done.

He knows that my house is not always tidy
But he knows that my heart is his alrighty
He looks after me to see I get done what I can
He also knows I seek to follow HIS plans

He gives me rest when I need it most
Other times, he allows me to post and post and post
For when salvations are at stake,
He knows I would rather not that sleep take

The dust bunnies can wait, and the dishes too
He knows I would rather be here, doing what I do
I trust in JESUS, My LORD & Savior
So in him, I fear not piled newspaper

God knows my heart,
and yours as well
"You did your part,
"Nicely done my servant, VERY WELL"
"You did what I wanted and did not wait
"This is why you are at the pearly gates"
"You missed out on sleep
and put your household on stop"
"You were truly one of my sheep"
"And a part of my flock"
"Many of my children came to me"
"Because you did what you could"
"For that I thank thee
"Very well done my servant, Very Good"
Those are the things I hope he will say
For always wanting to Pray, Pray, Pray


Posted by: JeriRose12

You know, they asked me at my work how I was always so cheery and going, and that would be after three or so hours of sleep, becuase I stayed up praying on here. Then, there was the other comment that I had an energizer battery. Seriously, I'd be flying around work like I had taken some come up energy pill! And usually, I had been up most of the night on anointed.net. I was energized by the Holy Spirit. I could literally, just go and go and go, praying hours on end up here, then whorking like I was well rested.

So, this must be an attack. What else can I say? I've been a tired, draggy person for years, but lately (up until this current bout with exhaustion) I seemed to have energy and to spare, and I attest it to the new anointing from being on anointed.net. Now, I seem to crave the sleep; instead of thinking excitedly that I want to get home and seek God or get on anointed.net, I think I can't wait to get home and sleep.

But what happened to Suzanne happened to me. I had barely gone to bed around six one monring, when the phone rang. I refused to answer. That's the trouble. No-one calls during those midnight hours on, which is great for uniterrupted time on here, but is bad when they wait to call until you have laid down to sleep.

Since joining here, my plan has been to pray for hours most nights, and, then, I may crash for a day and two and sleep long hours.... then, I get back on here and pray long hours for as many days as I can handle it. I just don't seem to be handling it welll right now.

Now, I am not saying we shouldn't get sleep and shoudn't take care of oursevles.... But as Julia said, if we can pray a soul out of hell, NOTHING can replace that. We won't be looking back, saying "Oh, yes, that's the time I was deprived of sleep, because I posted a prayer for him at 3 AM. We will say "Wow! God answered our prayers!"

So....

If you guys are all night owls who pray on here, maybe it's not as big a disaster as I think. Larry Lea, who they called the Apostle of Prayer, said he knew some prayer warriors, and they didn't sleep; they prayed all night. When I heard that, I was envious. I want to stay up all night praying!!! The thing is: When I could be seeking God or praying for someone, who wants to waste time sleeping? At least, that's what I call it. Though they tell me, my body needs that rest.... sigh. Is there really some special grace for prayer warriors? Does God energize us in some way to just keep going?

I asked Talena, once, how she was ablel to go on 3 hours of sleep a night, and she said, "I just do it." She told me she prayed on here for 26 hours one day.... So, you see, it's a prayer warrior deal.

I have honestly felt that God extended some specail grace and energy to me in this area, specifically so I could pray on here. Even though I felt physically tired, I was still able to go to work and perfrom my job well. Recetnly, when I would say to one of the other workers, "Am I sleepy?" as in "Not paying attention," it was around the time of this extreme weariness.... I have been taking the pace a little slower at work these last couple weeks.

But, you see, something strikes me as it's more than just me being tired from late nights on here, because when that girl asked me how I was always so cheery and going, I litterly didn't know -- well, I suspected it was a God thing. I couldn't believe how I could pray so many long hours on here, then go to work all bubbly and energized. So....

Pray this owl gets back in tip top form. If it takes a few extra days of some excessively sleeping to catch up, I will. I give a hoot, and that makes it hard to stay away from here. I have, litterally, had to force myself to go to bed and not even open the site, because once I open it, I just want to post and post and post....

Sorry, I didn't write this in rhyme
I just felt too tired to do that this time
To try to think, "What rhymes with this?
Bliss, kiss, miss, Sis. hiss...."
I say to myself, "What rhymes with that?
Hmmm.... how can I use the word 'hat'?"
It's taking too long to type out the poem
So I decided to just bring this home
Say what I wanted and get out real fast....
Let's see, "mast, past, cast, hast, blast...."
So maybe I could post in a prayer
See what's happening in threads out there
Really so I could then go straight to bed....
And get all the rest that everyone said

Maybe once I've rested,
More time can be invested
in praying for needs on this site
All I know for sure
Is that my eyes are a blur
And I shouldn't stay up tonight....

Just pray with me that I'll get that energy back. I'll hit these times when it seems I can't post. I just look at all the threads and feel overwhelmed, and I simply can not bring myself to open them, because I lack the energy. But this time has gone on too long. Usually, it's just a day or two.

Again, I'm not trying to short sleep if I really need it, and this is my body telling me so. I just can't bare excessive sleeping, because "Only one life will soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last." For some reason these kind of threads have seemed less taxing or easier to deal with, so I haven't been in a lot of threads posting prayers. Maybe it gets back to just needing a break from taking on a bunch of people's burdens until I learn how to do it right.

Anyway.... sorry for going on so long.

The last week could almost make a believer out of me that sleep is a good thing. And that I CAN reform, because it feels good to wake up after a long sleep. I let myself sleep fourteen hours one day, and I feel somewhat rested. Yet, right now, I don't feel all that rested. So.... sleep is not all I need.

Thanks for the reminder, Julia, of what's important. Yet, I feel I must get off here and sleep. Something tells me God is calling me to rest. So, as you see, I can waver in two directions on this. Actually, my eyes are blurry and I feel that kind of drain like I just can't do this. That might be the attack. Or is God letting me know that the only way through this one is sleep, and that it may take more than my usual two days of catching up? Something inside me burns to pray in a bunch of threads; something that seems like reason says, "You'll pay for it!" (I work at eleven in the morning instead of four or five in the evening). Something else in me, simply feels no strength.... including my brain feeling about as blurry as my eyes. Then, there is that part of me that just CRAVES sleep.... like sleep is dragging me to the bed.... Could that be from the many, many nights of lack of sleeping, just like your body craves vegetables when you first start eating them again, after weeks of bad diet? I get this restless thing, like I just HAVE to get off here, I can not possibly post another post…. sometimes, even while I keep posting. I am typing frantically, saying to myself that after this post I MUST get off....

Herein, lies the crux of the matter: I don't want to be sleeping if God is telling me to push through the tiredness and post. But I don't want to push through the tiredness and post, if God is telling me I should be sleeping. So, pray I have wisdom.

And, whether right or wrong, I must get off here now and try to sleep. The only thing making sense to me right now is that I am working at a much ealier time and I don't want to feel as drained today as I did last night at work. And, if I stay up here praying (using the excuse that I have three days off coming up), that will compound the drained feeling to deeper weariness. So....

Good night. If I can close the site without an interesting post catching my eye....

~JeriRose~
Finding HIM in 2004

P.S. If I'm not on here till tomorrow, it's not cuz this night owl dug up any great will power, it's cuz I'm going to a New Year's Eve bash right after work, and I'll be hooting over there into the midnight hour and possibly beyond.... I'm debating if I should go there or stay home to seek God. Seems, I've heard around the site, The Great And Terrible Day Of The Lord is here.... which makes me really not want to sleep for praying for folks to be ready....


Posted by: pickone

I am really enjoying this thread.

Father, in Jesus' Name, please touch JeriRose on the shoulder and give her strength for the day and the night. Give her supernatural rest in You. Touch her body, Lord, and heal her completely in Jesus' Name.

Father, we ask You to give her dreams when she's sleeping about how thankful we all are for her prayers to You on our behalf (the whole website). Let her find peace like a river and perfect comfort when she rests. Hold her in Your arms and speak softly to her for all of us.

We thank You, Lord, for all of the work You do through her. Let Your abundant favor pour over her every day like a rain shower.

Thank You for answering this prayer....Amen.


Posted by: MamaMoreno

To my Sis: JeriRose:


May you get the rest you need
and give your body rest
God knows your heart indeed
So sleep and you will past the test

WE, as the warriors must know
When it is time to concede
You must learn to not have guilt
When it is sleep that you need

You must take care of yourself
Before you take care of another
For if you are not in good health
You can't be there for a sister or brother

Do not worry about not being here
We would rather you be well rested
Do not let Satan use that fear
To keep you from sleep invested

We will be here when you awake
Whenever that may be
Do not tremble or quake
We still will love thee

To the other night owls
and Midnight warriors here
Let us all be on the prowl
For lost souls we hold dear

So sign out now
and get that rest
When you return, oh wow
Satan will be put to the test

For when all us warriors,
are weary from the battle
WE must put on the armor
And take up the rattle

God gives us the strength
To do what we can
But not always in length
It's not part of his plan

To have his army fall apart
for not being strong
So do not take it to heart
If you must be away for a short long

Now these words may not always sound right
But who can think them up in the middle of the night
I, too fight the battle of the zzzzzzzzzzz's
Especially when it's my LORD that I want to please

He would not want us weary and weak
For than we are not strong, but bleary and meak
So take up that pillow, and get into bed
Just take your sleep and do as we said

Come back with your spirit revived
And your heart full of fire
And destroy plans derived
From Satan's loft of liars

I love you my sis
And you worry me so
Don't fight this
Take it as you go

God knows your heart
Far better than I
So don't fall apart
When your body needs a cry

Get what you need
In this great hour
Come back full speed
And we'll kick Satan out of his tower

Satan cannot win
If we refuse to sin
So learn to obey
And sleep this day

Get the sleep and food
Your body and belly need
So the ARMY of GOD looks good
And can fulfill all HIS deeds

I love my "job" here
It has the best pay
I could be here all year
and just pray pray pray

For I love my LORD & SAVIOR
and want to do what is right
So for now, I ask you all a favor
When your time is near, remember to say: GOODNIGHT!!!


Posted by: JeriRose12

Thanks for the prayers, Pickone. I really appreciate them.

Thanks, Julia. I do let guilt push me.... and sometimes, it's hard to know where just plain old WANT TO ends and guilt begins.

I feel really good about my choice not to go celebrate the New Year with my sister and family. I need rest, and it gives me some time before it's too late to post on here some. I need to be sleeping in MY bed, as I don't sleep too well there, and I only got a couple hours of sleep the night of my birthday slumber party.

I am going to be seeking God into the New Year. I really, really, really want direction from God for the New Year, not to just sit around playing games and having fun and eating junk food.... Jesus and I can celebrate together.

We were SO busy at work, I am glad I got the sleep from 2 AM or so on. After everyone left and two of us were just there for the 7:00 close, we got busy, busy.... People just wouldn't stop coming! We couldn't get to closing duties, so.... The extra sleep was a must. I am alrealdy feeling good about the extra rest I will get tonight.

I'm glad I have a sounding board about this, and that you don't think it's just trivial. It's been hard finding balance concerning anointed.net and my personal life.

I guess I'll try to go post in a few threads or I may be in chat prayer to pray God's glory down. I REALLY want to be touched by Him as I go into the New Year.

Now, is the time to get serious about God, not be doing the things the world does, in the way they celebrate the New Year. Time is SHORT, and we must seek God like never before and be about our Father's business in the New Year!!!

I love you all so much; many hugs!!!

I was writing a rhyme
to save me some time
But now I will try to
Whip up something new
But I really must go
'Cuase in prayer chat I know
I can meet with the Lord
He is My sweet reward
He loves our chat prayer
How He touches us there!
If you never have been....
It's time to come in!!!


Happy New Year !!!


See you in the prayer room???


~JeriRose~
Finding HIM into 2004