What is it, though, that makes bedtime so fraught with anxiety?

The Bible is a book for the desperate. That is its target audience. Recognizing our desperation readies us to hear the consolation that only God’s Word can offer.

Jesus’s followers aren’t ostriches who bury their heads in the sand. That’s not helpful or hopeful for anyone. Resting from life’s trials and troubles comes in the remembrance of the One who is with you in the middle of all of them.

When we are invited to cast all our cares on God's shoulders, he means all of them — every single one of them.