it was my first experience in a 24-7 prayer room and i felt truly blessed to be there.
I thought i might have trouble finding it, but it turned out not to be so difficult. i knocked on the door, but no one answered so i opened it and slipped inside. i was first struck by the darkness, it was almost eerie, but in a good way. i scanned the front desk and then made my way into the heart of the room. at the time i was reading velvet elvis and in the book he asked the question “have you ever been in a place where you felt you ought to remove your shoes because you sensed you were on holy ground?” i’d never had an experience of that sorts until this moment. i slipped off my sandals near the footprints on the cement. i turned circles for a minute and ended up in the lost and found. i wrote down the names that were in my head and glanced over at the help desk. what wonderful names! i walked over and stood on the couch, stared hard at the world map. i have felt a strong desire to go to london, and an even stronger desire to be of help to africa. i had been trying to figure out where God was leading me. i ran my hand over much of the world.
“Lord, should i go to Africa?” i stumbled. i had meant to say london.
i think visited most of the “stations” while i was there. i sat a chair at one point, put my feet up and felt this indescribable peace. i drew a fairly bad picture at the table. i scribbled a prayer into a notebook at one of the desks. i listened to the nooma video “rain,” and as it was ending i glanced over the the wall adjacent to the tv screen. in bold letters a question, “what’s you’re biggest fear?” without a breath it hit me. i read further. “take a slip of paper, jot down your fears and place them at the feet of Jesus.” i did. i sat down in front of the painting on the hard wooden chair, i let the paper slip out of my hand. at this point i was sobbing, and it felt so good.
i sat there for a long time, then, slowly i made my way back to the lost and found, keeping the promise i made when i wrote down my own names. by now there was another body there and i felt it was time for me to go. i thought the light out side would jar my system but it wasn’t so bad. i felt energized and excited and contemplative and ready.
well, i guess this a bit long, but this is how it was for me. thank you so much for all that you guys do!
Brandy
