I spent most of yesterday in meetings, but I headed to the World Prayer Center (http://www.theworldprayercenter.org/) for a little bit of downtime between events. This is one of my favorite places to rest and connect with God–it’s a contemplative place filled with quiet worship music and it sports incredible views of the snow-capped Rocky Mountain’s Front Range. Pikes Peak was visible yesterday, with a halo of snow blowing off the top of the peak. It was gorgeous.
I was greeted by a song I hadn’t in years… A young woman was playing “Whom Have I But You” by David Ruis. I used to play that song all the time during college, probably because I learned it helping lead worship down at the Indianapolis Vineyard. That song is a haunting, intimate reworking of Peter’s statement to Jesus–or at least that what I’ve always equated it to. I used to love that song–but I’d forgotten about it entirely until I heard again yesterday. A personal greeting like that from God, and you know you are in the right place. I was able to spend some time just looking out at the mountains and worshipping freely. It was cleansing…
