Tonight we donned our hoodies and track jackets and sweatshirts and cardigans and coats to keep warm against the slight nip in the air. Tonight we stepped into our tennis shoes and sandals and TOMS and high tops and Converse and flats and walked to the Activities Center for something called "Inter-Society Prayer & Worship." Tonight we sipped free hot chocolate and stood in circles and laughed with our friends. Tonight we sat in cold metal folding chairs on the hard concrete floor and heard formal-sounding prayers and Bible verses quoted in a style we're used to but don't normally use. Tonight, we listened.
Tonight we stood next to our friends from the dorm, next to the people we see in society on Friday, next to the guy who cleans the bathroom and the girl who sweeps the sidewalks. Tonight we stood next to the people from the row in front of us in History of Civ and the people who sit behind us in chapel. Tonight we stood next to that guy from that one society and that girl who plays soccer for the Bruins. Tonight we stood on the concrete floor and sang songs that we know and songs that were new. Tonight, we praised.
Tonight it didn't matter what state we were born in, or what church we grew up in, or what society we joined as freshmen, or what major we switched to last semester, or how old we are, or when we first trusted Christ. Tonight we turned our cold metal folding chairs to form circles and found out the name that went with the face beside us. Tonight we bowed our heads and hearts with our new friends and lifted our voices to God. Tonight, we prayed.
We prayed that God would be glorified and that the love of Christ would be real to us. Tonight we gave God the honor for His work in our lives. Tonight it didn't matter who we were. Tonight it mattered who God is.
Tonight, we worshiped.
Tonight we stood next to our friends from the dorm, next to the people we see in society on Friday, next to the guy who cleans the bathroom and the girl who sweeps the sidewalks. Tonight we stood next to the people from the row in front of us in History of Civ and the people who sit behind us in chapel. Tonight we stood next to that guy from that one society and that girl who plays soccer for the Bruins. Tonight we stood on the concrete floor and sang songs that we know and songs that were new. Tonight, we praised.
Tonight it didn't matter what state we were born in, or what church we grew up in, or what society we joined as freshmen, or what major we switched to last semester, or how old we are, or when we first trusted Christ. Tonight we turned our cold metal folding chairs to form circles and found out the name that went with the face beside us. Tonight we bowed our heads and hearts with our new friends and lifted our voices to God. Tonight, we prayed.
We prayed that God would be glorified and that the love of Christ would be real to us. Tonight we gave God the honor for His work in our lives. Tonight it didn't matter who we were. Tonight it mattered who God is.
Tonight, we worshiped.
"Nearer, still nearer, while life shall last,
'Til safe in glory my anchor is cast;
Through endless ages, ever to be,
Nearer, my Savior, still nearer to Thee,
Nearer, my Savior, still nearer to Thee."
