Through the Curtain, Alone with God

Lord my redeemer, your blood runs through my viens
My love for you is deeper than it was yesterday
I enter through the curtain, parted by your grace
Oh, You're the lover of my soul

We sang these lyrics today in Encounter chapel. I was rushed last night and this morning and completely forgot about my blog post. While zoning out in the presence of God, these words stuck out to me. It was the imagery that caught grabbed my attention the most. In my mind, I saw the veil, the curtain, being torn asunder as I walked through it with fire in my veins, breathing in air that burned with something more than oxygen.

I'm deep in love with You, Abba Father
I'm deep in love with You, Lord
My heart it beats for You, precious Jesus
I'm deep in love with You, Lord

These came up to me next as I looked at the background picture that they had set up. It was of a dock leading out into calm waters beyond the eye could see. It was a simply white-washed dock, old looking, gray and dull; but there was something about it that draws one to it. It went back into the picture a ways into the distance. It gave me more of a sense of deepness. On this dock stood a single figure. As Dr. Cotton spoke on solitude I begun to see a bigger picture. What a place to come closer to the Lord, to meditate and calm oneself. This is as good of a place as the top of a mountain looking down over the world or the single boat in a small lake away from the cities. It is important to find solitude in life to reflect on what is around us, or to simply come closer to our God given human nature..

Here I am using Lectio Divina to get a further understanding of the text in this song. I am trying to incorporate specific ideas learned in class to what I read and hear in the world around me. So, though this is not a specific literary text from the class I am still trying to engage in concepts learned.