Counting Sheep

The other night I could not sleep. It was the night after my first day of the second series of chemo. I always pray each night thanking Christ for all my blessings. I usually list a few and then conclude there are too many to enumerate. This night I decided to list as many blessings as I could conceive in my prayer. I fell asleep in the middle of my list. There is a space in time right before you wake up where you are not asleep, yet not awake either. While I was in that space I recalled my list of blessings and that my list was incomplete. I felt these words "These blessings I have given you out of grace and love. I will always love you. I will always be with you." I woke up feeling GREAT.