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A Peaceful Mind

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So the story goes…… "At breakfast in a hotel dining room, one man complained of a sleepless night.  He was about as exhausted as when he retired for the night.  "Guess I'd better stop listening to the news before going to bed," he observed.  "I turned in last night and got an ear full of trouble." Another man spoke up, "I had a grand night.  I used a go-to-sleep plan that never fails to work." I prodded him for his plan, which he explained as follows; "When I was a boy, my father, a farmer, had the habit of gathering the family in the parlor at bedtime and he read to us out of the Bible.  After prayers I would to up to my room and sleep like a top.  But when I left home I got away from the Bible reading and prayer habit." "For years practically the only time I ever prayed was when I got into a jam.  But some months ago my wife and I, having difficult problems, decided we would try it again.  We found it a helpful practice, so now...