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\u201c[h]ere is the solution to the practical dilemma of exhaustion, the place where exhaustion becomes a steering wheel that drives us toward God in a different way than sleep does. Sleeplessness causes us to look away from ourselves \u2014 our capacity, our resources, our energy reserve, our mental acumen, our physical strength, and our careful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2289,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[155,216,261],"class_list":["post-3560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","tag-insomnia","tag-ptsd","tag-weary"],"yoast_head":"\n
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