My shower knows me better than anyone. If my shower walls could talk, oh the tales they’d tell of my secrets—secret loves, undisclosed grudges, passionate moments of worship, physical imperfections, and the unknown reasons why I take such long showers!
There’s something undeniably exhilarating about being naked behind a curtain, alone in a room with running water to muffle your clamorous thoughts, especially if no one else is home. You can simply be! No pressure to perform, no one to impress. Whispered prayers don’t garner you curious looks from your housemates. You can dance giddily and gleefully, although not always noisily.
The various showers in the places I have called home have seen a side of me that no human has. They have been my prayer closets, my dance floors, my sanctuaries, and my staid confessionals. I have lived some of my weakest and some of my strongest moments behind shower curtains.
A familiar worship song says, “In the secret, in the quiet place, in the stillness, you are there. In the secret, in the quiet hour I wait, only for you, for I want to know you more.” When I am living in the middle of a city, with no way to get to a “quiet place”, the shower is my substitute. It is my secret place.
Do you have a secret place? Do you have a secret that should really go beyond your shower? Have you ever lingered under the hot water for a few moments to revel in God’s engaging presence (no, doesn’t hide from our nudity)? Would you be brave enough to seek God in a secret place others may deem “irreverent”?
Don’t forget, however, that one goes into a quiet place to get rejuvenated before heading back out to face “real” life with fresh vision! Then there’s also the hot water bill to consider…
Summary
If my shower walls could talk, oh the tales they’d tell of my secrets—secret loves, undisclosed grudges, passionate moments of worship, physical imperfections, and the unknown reasons why I take such long showers!
I have lived some of my weakest and some of my strongest moments behind shower curtains.
It is my secret place.
Do you have a secret place?
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