PRAISE GOD, Kim! This is wonderful news! Tonight, I am having one of 
those insomnia nights, I think. I'll try bed in a few minutes to see 
what happens.


LOVE AND BLESSINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD,

Reeva Parry.


Legend has it that on Thursday 11/15/2007 07:40 AM, Kim Etheridge said:

>Hi. Normally, I don't publicize my prayer life, except to tell 
>someone I'm either praying for them, or that I'll put them in my 
>prayers. However, last night's example of answered prayer is too 
>great for me to keep to myself. Also, you can consider this a praise 
>report. Well, lately, or at least until last night, I've had 
>constant battles with insomnia, which is one of the enemy's weapons. 
>Anyway, the night before last, I didn't sleep at all. I finally 
>crashed at noon sharp yesterday, and didn't completely awake until 
>seven. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't have slept at all, 
>after sleeping all day. Anyway, once everyone was in bed, I finally 
>went to my room and crawled into bed. The first thing I did was 
>pray. Sure, I prayed for other things and people, but I also prayed 
>the Lord would put me to sleep. Of course I didn't mean put me to 
>sleep, like call me home, or anything of that nature. Anyway, I put 
>in a CD I got from Focus on the Family Radio Theater. It was a 
>dramatization of the life of Jesus. All of a sudden, I was out of 
>it. I didn't take any sleep aids of any kind, and besides, the 
>Melatonin I've taken lately hasn't worked anyway. Anyway, though, 
>except for a nightmare, I had a decent night's sleep, and actually 
>awoke feeling refreshed, for the first time in I don't know when. 
>Even though the enemy attacked me with a nightmare, I'm still glad I 
>slept. I'm not ashamed to praise Jesus Christ for His mercy. He knew 
>what was happening, and knew that it would happen, before any of us. 
>I couldn't have slept without Him giving me a dose of Mercy 
>Anesthetic, as I call it. Ok, I may be overexagerating, but it's an 
>answered prayer, unlike anything I've seen.