so we saw your world was broken
so we built our sturdy walls
shiny buildings filled with flatscreen tv’s
and all you could ever want
I helped build it, never knowing
that my God might never fit
Shiny Buildings by Lisa Gungor
As I sit here on the top of the world watching the early morning sun rising, a cool breeze fingers my hair and the song playing in my ears holds new meaning. I’ve never felt so at peace or quite so close to God as I do while sitting on this rock. Looking over endless mountain peeks that jut toward an infinite sky, I try to hold the image in my heart knowing that no picture will ever do it justice. And as I sit here, thanking God for how beautiful His creation is, these lyrics have me on the verge of tears.
How many times have I searched for this kind of peace in a world that’s in constant motion? I’ve filled my days with movies, smart phones and countless things that promise to give comfort and satisfaction but always come up short. It wasn’t until I was stripped of these things that I was given the chance to even begin to know what it is to truly find peace.
It doesn’t come from clogging my mind in an attempt to zone out the world. It comes from the stillness of a mountain top. From a complete lack of distraction from the noise of the world – when God’s voice is the only one I can hear.
And I don’t want to go back.
I sit here and wonder how I can keep this perspective with me when it’s time to move on – but I think the most I can ask is to remember the truth of this mountaintop when I’m back in shiny buildings filled with flat screen tv’s and there’s less room for You.
