| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 569.1 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Dec 17 1992 02:16 | 2 |
| Actually, it always made me hope I would die while I was asleep, rather than
some painful, sudden death while awake.
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| 569.2 | | CVG::THOMPSON | Radical Centralist | Thu Dec 17 1992 10:16 | 15 |
| > How many of us had this as our bedtime prayer as children? How many
>said it by rote without thinking too much about it? And in how many did it
>arouse a fear of dying in one's sleep?
I said it as a child. Like John it often made me hope I'd die in my
sleep. Seemed a much better way to go. Later of course I did fear
death somewhat. I was exposed to it young and while most children think
they well never die, I believed that if my mother could die so could I.
And while I knew she was in heaven I thought you had to be "good enough"
to get into heaven. Being that good didn't seem possible. And the fear
did keep me awake more then a few nights. Fortuanatly I found a personal
relationship with Jesus and the peace that comes with it. Death hasn't
held any special fear for me since.
Alfred
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| 569.3 | Yawn! | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | Strength through peace | Thu Dec 17 1992 21:30 | 16 |
| Well, I used to say the prayer in .0 every night without thinking too much
about it. It was a part of my childhood bedtime ritual. Somewhere along the
line, the gravity of what I was praying for came crashing through to my
young consciousness:
If I should die before I wake?? Dying in my sleep had never occurred
to me!
Hey, maybe if I don't go to sleep, I won't die! Yeah, that must be it!
Well, you guessed it. Resist as I might, sleep inevitably overcame me. My
yielding to it was always just a matter of time.
Peace,
Richard
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| 569.4 | a variation | ADISSW::HAECK | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! | Fri May 03 1996 13:39 | 9 |
| I don't remember ever worrying about dying in my sleep. But I didn't
want to risk that fear in my kids so I used, and still use, this
version:
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
Please Jesus watch me through the night
And wake me with the morning light
Amen
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| 569.5 | | MKOTS3::JMARTIN | Madison...5'2'' 95 lbs. | Fri May 03 1996 14:09 | 11 |
| We use (with our two year old)
Dear Lord, bless mommy, daddy, Gregory, Andrew, Audrey, Auntie Barbwa,
Noni (Grandmother), Grandma, Grandpa, help me to be a good girl....
In Jesus Name...AMEN (clap clap clap clap....)
It's really cute because she lies is crib and folds hands, and when I
get to that last part, she says it with us than says Hoorrayyyyy.....
It's very funny because she usually has a pacifier in her mouth! :-)
-Jack
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| 569.6 | | CSC32::M_EVANS | It's the foodchain, stupid | Fri May 03 1996 23:54 | 15 |
| This one from my mother. Her Christian Science Practitioner Grand
mother taught it to her.
Father, Mother God
come to me
Guard me while I sleep
guide my little feet
Unto thee
amen.
Almost even works for this pagan.
meg
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