After listening to the beautiful choral arrangement of “I Am No Longer My Own”, I have spent some time today listening to “At His Name”- a choir musical. I miss choir music in church. For those of us raised singing in choirs, doing so is truly what worship feels like…… It can transport the soul of singers and listeners to heights as few other things can. In prayer during communion one Sunday in September 2019, I had a vision of being in heaven with an endless group of believers bowing before Christ and worshipping him with song. The next week, as we prepared for communion I asked God to give me a glimpse of that again. As I walked up to receive communion the worship team was playing and singing “Be Thou My Vision.” Tears came to my eyes and I felt God present with us in communion. Instead of giving me a glimpse of life there in heaven, he gave me a strong sense of his presence in life here among us! It is Eastern Orthodox kind of worship to expect to experience a joining of the earthly and the heavenly together in praise!
