Somewhere Only We Know

I was watching a romantic comedy the other day and the song "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane played as the cute young couple got their happily ever after.  It's a piano rock song that talks about needing peace and rest and the singer wants to go "Somewhere Only We Know" to get that kind of security.    

What a beautiful song.  I don't know what the songwriter intended but for me it makes me think of place, a location, that is perfectly unremarkable to the rest of the world but totally meaningful to the characters of the song.  Maybe the place a couple had their first date.  Or a family's beloved backyard.  The couch where friends always spend movie nights.  The boat that a husband and wife spend every weekend on.    Somewhere to escape from the world, to let go of all stress and to be completely yourself.



I have a place like that.  It isn't a location and I don't share it with my boyfriend or sister or mom.  I share it with the Creator of the Universe.  It's a place where I'm completely safe, completely loved, completely known and where everything I say is important enough to listen to.  It's prayer.  It's me and my God.  Prayer is Somewhere Only We Know.

Philippians 4:6-7  "Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done.  Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus."

     Everyone can have this same place, this same special relationship.  God wants you.  He wants to listen to you, He wants to be there for you, He wants to shower you with His perfect love and forgiveness.  He wants you to know Him.  But you have to want Him too. 
     You don't deserve His love, I don't deserve His love and no one else does either.  But He offers it just the same.  John 3:16  "For God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." 
     God sent Jesus to live and die and rise from the dead, all to make up for our mistakes so that we can be forgiven, so that we can get the spiritual "credit" for Jesus' goodness.  But you have to admit you need it, you have to want it and you have to accept it.  That's THE prayer.  That prayer of acceptance is the prayer that begins the rest of your life.  Your new life.  Your eternal life.  A life that no matter where you are you can always pray and God will always listen.  There are no magic words to say, no special circumstances required.  Just you pouring your heart out to God because He loves you, He wants to hear you and He always will.  All you need to do is tell Him that you need Him, that you can't make it on your own, that you're not good enough for Him or for Heaven but that you want Jesus to do it all for you.  And He will.  Immediately you will be God's treasured and special child.  He will ALWAYS listen to you and someday you will see Him with your own eyes in Heaven.
                         Once you start your relationship with God, everywhere is Somewhere Only We Know.

                            
If you have any questions about starting a relationship with God, please email me at emmalurvey@yahoo.com