Songs in the Night

In Psalm 42 we read, “Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.”

I have had many healings in Christian Science, and one was of insomnia. I remember reading this passage in Psalms and being so greatly comforted by the thought that God gives us songs in the night. Around that time I found an old Journal article called, “Songs in the Night,” by Nell Flash, which can be found in our July 2015 Love Is the Liberator magazine. She starts the article with, “Sometimes during the darkness and silence of a long night the clear, sweet song of a nightingale may be heard. If we could imitate this little bird and remember to sing songs of praise to God, this would help quiet our fears and bring us peace; for God ‘giveth songs in the night.’”

My trouble with insomnia was partly due to being such a worrywart. I began thinking about the fact that God does give us songs in the night and I would sing hymns to myself and go over all that I was grateful for. I found this such a comfort, and I would usually fall peacefully asleep. A practitioner in this church also instructed me that if I was having a restless night, to pray not just for myself but for our church, community, nation, world, and pray about whatever was coming of a troublesome nature. Once I established in my thought the Allness of God and all was in His hands, I would fall peacefully asleep again.

I am so grateful for the practical uses of Christian Science. It never fails to heal whatever problem there is. The article ends with a quote by Mary Baker Eddy from Science and Health, “A louder song, sweeter than has ever before reached high heaven, now rises clearer and nearer to the great heart of Christ; for the accuser is not there, and Love sends forth her primal and everlasting strain.”