Why is sleep a thing? Why do our bodies get tired and need to rest for hours? Maybe we are meant to sleep so we can dream and think up things that are outside of our reality. Perhaps that type of creativity is crucial to our well-being. I think that a lot of inspiration can come from dreaming. And dreaming helps us escape our lives and create another world. Somewhere for us to escape to.
Or maybe we sleep so we can remember to say our prayers more often? Maybe sleep is just one way for us to better remember Christ.
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Well, I just fell asleep while writing this post. How kairotic and ironic.
The idea that we rest, rejuvenate ourselves, and then keep going is really nice, though. We have a fresh start each day. I think it goes along well with the idea that when we repent, we have a chance to forget the sin and move on. I also think that if we were to never sleep, it would be harder to understand that we can restart, if we never actually had an instance of “restarting.” I’m not really sure, but maybe that is one reason we were created to sleep.
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