One of the most refreshing things for me in life is floating on my back. Tonight I had the opportunity to get away and do this. In a warm pool juxtaposed with the cold, drizzly evening on the other side of the window, I lay there alone allowing my worries to sink and my soul to rise and find rest.

Floating on your back is an art that requires complete surrender. One must relinquish the concern that the place under you has the power to take away life. These thoughts must be replaced with an appreciation for what the water can offer; a place of healing and solace. If an ounce of panic or doubt creeps in, the body begins to tense up and sink rather than stay afloat. Is it only in the way the body is dispersed that causes this buoyant effect or is something spiritual taking place? In total trust, lying on top of water is a place where life’s worries fade into a euphoric stage of rest, and where the few, who can relinquish all fear, will even find slumber.

My sister-in-law also finds healing in floating on her back and has taken advantage of a new recreation called “Flotation Therapy,” with a 30% salt concentration allowing you to float effortlessly.

Underneath me is a weighty pool of change, misunderstanding, fears, questions, arguments, and debates. It’s easy to tense up and allow the waters to pull me under; robbing me of life and joy. But tonight in the quietness of my room in somber prayers and peaceful, instrumental hymns, I can feel the Spirit filling my water with salts of love, joy, peace, assurance, hope, and trust; empowering me to lie on top of the water and even appreciate all He might accomplish through this trial. In total surrender, I may even be able to find slumber.