Isaiah 28:20 – The bed you have made is too short to lie on.
When I read this I immediately thought about our bed in Kenya (in a non-theological kind of way). In a small village like Tala it isn’t uncommon to have your furniture made, so we had to have a bed made to the dimensions of the mattress that was available to us in Tala, which happens to be approximately – 5’7″ or 8″ x 5′, and that’s the largest mattress we could find in the area! It is also made out of a foam material so just a couple of night’s sleeping on it and you’re sleeping in a trough with no foam left under you.
Now that’s not much of a problem for me being 5’3″, it’s just trying to get out of the trough once in awhile! For Chuck it’s a bit bigger problem because he is 6′. Sleeping on his side and bending his knees isn’t easy because of the trough. Depending on which side he is sleeping on his knees are higher than the rest of him and hanging over the edge which puts a nasty twist on the lower back…not good. The worst position for him is on his back because then his feet hang over the end of the bed and he wakes up with numb feet.
God-willing, we would like to get a bigger bed when we are living in Tala, but whether we get one or not we will be thankful the Lord has given us a place to rest our head at night.