When rest doesn’t work anymore...
psalm 6:6 taught me to stop acting like i’m okay when i’m not.
Verse of the day:
“I am weary with my groaning; all night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears.” -Psalm 6:6
You ever sit down and your body and mind just… won’t chill?
Like, you’re literally doing nothing… just lying there…but suddenly your heart’s racing, your chest feels tight, and your brain is acting like it’s in survival mode?
That happened to me for the first time the other week.
And not just for a few minutes… it lasted for 4-5 hours for days.
I had to move from my bed to the couch just to feel like I could breathe.
And I remember thinking:
“Why is this happening when I’m supposed to be resting?”
The bed isn’t just a bed anymore
Today I read Psalm 6:6
At first I was like … okay, David was crying a lot.
But the more you sit with it, the more you realize that:
He wasn’t just saying he was sad and tired.
He was saying his bed…a place that’s supposed to feel safe… became a place of chaos.
What does this mean?
Your bed is supposed to be a safe place.
A place to rest. To reset. To feel okay again.
But when David wrote this, even his bed… his place of peace… became a place of distress.
It felt unstable. Like it was floating, like he was being tossed around emotionally and physically.
When we’re overwhelmed with anxiety, fear, or sadness…
Our body doesn’t feel safe. Our mind won’t shut off.
Even sleep becomes a war zone.
The bed becomes symbolic of our mental state.
You lay down but feel restless.
You’re physically exhausted but mentally wide awake.
You cry, not just a few tears… but so much it feels like you’re drowning.
What happened to David, happened to me 2 weeks ago.
You can’t fake trust…
But here’s the part we miss when we read that line:
David didn’t act like everything was fine.
David didn’t hide it.
When he said that verse, he was being brutally honest … and saying it directly to God.
That line wasn’t about staying stuck in emotion… it was about surrendering it to the only One who can carry it.
And I realized that’s what we need to do too.
So I decided to be brutally honest to God:
“God, if i’m being honest I’m freaking out inside. Lately I been doubting this whole thing you called me to do and I don’t know how You’re going to make a way.”
If your thoughts won’t stop when you lie down at night… you’re not alone.
Like David, you don’t have to carry that pain in silence.
Start where he started… with honesty.
Because 99% of the time we just need to release it to Him…
Stop faking it…
the biggest shift in my walk with God within those 2 weeks?
✓ i stopped pretending i trusted Him when i didn’t.
✓ i stopped acting like my faith was solid when my mind was spiraling.
you can’t fake trust.
you can’t filter your prayers.
if you’re scared, say that.
if you’re doubting, admit that.
if you feel like your bed’s a war zone, bring that version of you to God.
Psalm 6:6 is teaches us to stop pretending.
you want peace?
then stop hiding the parts of you that need healing.
bring it all to Him unfiltered.
that’s where it starts.
That’s the verse for today.
I love you, but more importantly God loves you more.
-Yapper4Jesus
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