This semester in Shift our series on Jesus as our healer has been such a blessing to me. We’ve been going miracle-by-miracle through the book of Mark, seeing how Jesus is superior over the physical and spiritual effects of sin. Preparing for these messages has been encouraging on levels I could not have anticipated. The finished work of Jesus heals me in ways I will not be able to fully appreciate this side of eternity.
A few weeks ago things were even more intense than usual. Students were excited to worship, God’s word was especially potent, and things just seemed to flow. Long after our official dismissal time, then band was still on stage leading the few of us still in the room in worship. I found myself sitting on the ground a few feet in front of the stage with my head down, praying out loud as the lyrics to “How He Loves” filled the almost-empty auditorium. As the song drew to a close, I looked up where Zach was leading, and saw a beautiful glimpse of what the night (and the whole series) was about. After the set was over I had Zach give me his iPhone, told him to go back where he had been singing, and took this picture.
When he came back down off the stage I just handed him his phone back with the picture still on the screen and said, “May you never forget how loved you are.”
May none of us forget.
November 1, 2009 at 5:17 pm |
That night I will carry with me forever! Thanks for sharing your moment with us!!