One third
Did some simple math this morning. Based on the average of 8 hours the National Sleep Foundation recommends adults sleep every day, one third of every week we spend sleeping (56 hours a week).
It's something that most days I give little thought to, but everyone needs sleep. No one can go much more than a 24 hour period without needing it. Our bodies were designed to need sleep to recharge. It's just a bizarre thing to think about sometimes (as my wife has told me before) that every person in this world has goes to sleep everyday and sleeps for hours.
We are dependent. This is just one little example of our frailty and dependency that I need to be reminded of in a culture that thrives on being independent. God designed us in a way that our bodies are dependent on rest, food, drink and air just to name a few. These things point us to our need for something even greater, the God who created all these things that temporarily satisfy all of those needs. And these ultimately point us to the one who can satisfy us with a satisfaction that never ends - God himself.
It's something that most days I give little thought to, but everyone needs sleep. No one can go much more than a 24 hour period without needing it. Our bodies were designed to need sleep to recharge. It's just a bizarre thing to think about sometimes (as my wife has told me before) that every person in this world has goes to sleep everyday and sleeps for hours.
We are dependent. This is just one little example of our frailty and dependency that I need to be reminded of in a culture that thrives on being independent. God designed us in a way that our bodies are dependent on rest, food, drink and air just to name a few. These things point us to our need for something even greater, the God who created all these things that temporarily satisfy all of those needs. And these ultimately point us to the one who can satisfy us with a satisfaction that never ends - God himself.