This Is The Air I Breathe

A lot of people ask me why I sign off my blog posts with "From His Lap".  It started some years ago, when our church held a year long 24/7 Prayer Event.  We dedicated a small room in the church for prayer.  The walls where covered in white paper so that you could write prayer requests and praise reports on them, the lights were dimmed and you could play any praise and worship music you liked.  Each person signed up for an hour of prayer any time of the day or night.  Since I wasn't working at the time, I choose countless hours to spend in the prayer room.

As I would sit there in the candle light, listening to worship music and scrawling my prayers on the walls, an amazing thing would happen.  In my heart, I would find myself entering the throne room of heaven, standing before the King.  He would always beckon me to sit on His lap and spend some time with my head on His shoulder.  Now you may think that is crazy, but it was as real to me as my husband standing before me.

During that year of 24/7, I was so aware of God's presence with every breath I took.  It was intense and it filled me with a strength and faith that I would desperately need to get through some tough times, years later.  I have never felt such peace and such communion with God as I did during that year of worship and prayer.

Years later, as I was going through some serious "stuff", I needed to experience that prayer and worship like I had during 24/7.  One of my kids had moved out of the house, so I turned his bedroom into a prayer room (Don't worry, moms!  His bed and furniture are still there if he ever wants to move back home!)  Now, I can go there whenever I want.  I can turn on my worship music and get still and calm.  And before you know it, I'm there in His throne room, where He lets me climb on His lap for love, grace and peace.

For me, that's worship in it's purest form.  And I don't have to be in a church.  There doesn't need to be a live band playing or choir singing.  There doesn't have to be anyone there with me.  And it makes my soul fresh and clean, every time I go there.

I hope you don't think I'm weird or "out there".  This is just my way of getting in my Father's presence and worshiping the One who holds me on His lap.

Turn my music player off (it's in the upper right hand corner) and close your eyes, listen to this song and see if you don't enter the throne room of heaven where you can worship Him as long as you want to.

I am linking up with Paula Ebert over at Worship Wednesday.  Please hop over there to see what others are saying about worship!  Worship Wednesdays




From His lap,