Me and My God

Was worshipping God with songs by the pool last night.
When I came back to the lounge chairs to pick up my bag, I heard a voice from the table next to mine.

That was how, on a regular Monday night, I came to know Sunil and Seema, an Indian couple from Mumbai. They speak Hindi, not to be confused with the local Indians who speak Tamil. They told me I sang beautifully and asked if I've had training.
I told them no.
They asked what I was doing so I said I was worshipping God, and then I said a little more about church on Sundays and that we sing during worship. They asked if I sang for church, and I said no. They told me I should.

That thought actually crossed my mind in my younger days as a Christian, but then I got roped into welcome, and then I became a CGL, and now I'm thinking I should learn how to play drums, so I guess it'd never really been a point of consideration since.

Last night was enjoyable.
I waded in the baby pool and had to hold my skirt cause the pool's deeper than I imagined. Then I got out and started walking around the pool, first on the grails, then on the tiles. I went clockwise and anti-clockwise, then I went backwards and did that in the opposite direction too. I even attempted to jog backwards.

It wasn't too easy, but it was fun trying.
And then I got tired and thought perhaps I should go, but the lights coming from the jacuzzi pool were so alluring I was like a moth, drawn to the warm lights and red Chinese new year decorations.

I sat to listen to my playlist but after awhile, there was a need for silence, so I took off my earphones and listened to the water gurgling beneath the grails. It must have been only a few moments when a song started rising from within me. That's when I began to sing, and once I started, I couldn't stop for a bit.

It's been awhile since I've been alone with God. Not that I haven't had time with Him, but mostly He's far away, kinda like He's in the clouds or Aslan when he was away from Narnia.

But last night was different.
Last night I was alone and God was there. He was very near. Sorta all around me and also inside me.

I miss that feeling.