Insomnia, Coffee Mistakes, and New Mercies Every Morning

Why God Meets Us on the Most Exhausted Days

I had insomnia last week.

I was so tired. I fell asleep on the couch, made it to bed… only to be wide awake at 1:25 a.m.

I know it was 1:25 because I checked my watch. Tried to sleep. Scrolled my phone. Tried again. Tossed and turned.

Eventually I made some tea and watched a movie. Back to bed at 4. Still couldn’t sleep—until my alarm went off.

So tired.

The kind of tired that follows you into the morning and messes with your brain. The kind of tired where you press start on your coffee maker, but instead of hitting “full pot,” you accidentally hit 4 oz espresso.

I stood there staring at it like, well… that’s not going to cut it today.

So I remade my coffee and sleepily started my day, already feeling behind before it even really began.

And I was cranky about it.

We talk a lot about God meeting us in the big moments—challenges, grief, life-altering decisions. But what about the small, exhausting ones? The nights where sleep is non existent. The mornings where your body shows up, but your brain is still somewhere around 1:25 a.m.

That morning, I kept thinking about a verse…God’s mercies are new every morning. Okay, I was saying it sarcastically because I wasn’t too thrilled about my mercies.

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,

for his compassions never fail.

They are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness.

— Lamentations 3:22–23

This promise doesn’t come with conditions.

It doesn’t say mercies are new every morning if you slept well.

Or if you started your day strong.

Or if you had your quiet time before your feet hit the floor.

It just says every morning.

Even the foggy ones.

Even the exhausted ones.

Even the mornings fueled by the wrong coffee button.

God didn’t magically give me energy or fix my sleep schedule. But He did give me kind coworkers, enough energy to teach the tiny humans that morning, and a boss who let me take the afternoon off. And maybe that’s what mercy looks like sometimes—not a fix, but enough to get through the day you’re in.

If you’re starting this week tired—physically, emotionally, spiritually—this is your reminder: God will give you enough. Not always in the way you’d choose, but in the way you need.

Today’s mercy might look like an extra cup of coffee.

Or lowered expectations.

Or simply making it to bedtime.

And tomorrow?

We’ll trust the mercies will show up again—hopefully with a full pot of coffee.

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