Ok, so I got a taste of what doing Nightwatch is all about. I spent the last three nights at IHOP for the Global Bridegroom Fast. I experienced what most in their lifetime will never experience, unless they are a vampire, or work the "graveyard shift," both having conotations of being something very dark. However, this experience was not so dark in the least, except for the blatant darkness outside. Besides feeling extremely tired the first night, since I'd been up since 6:30am, the experience was very interesting and rewarding. While sitting in the House of Prayer, it doesn't take long before you find that you are at the end of yourself. You become very desperate for God. You try reading your Bible, reading a book based on the Bible, singing along with the worship leader, praying in tongues. You try sitting, standing, kneeling, laying prostrate, dancing, anything to invoke the presence of the Lord. After a while it becomes frustrating and you realize that He wants to talk to you and that you just needed to be still (Ps. 46:10). Well, this is exactly what happened. He showed me again that "I am dark, but lovely" in His sight (Songs 1:5) and that is all that really mattered that night. It is so good when He talks to His children! It's even better when we are in a place to be still and listen.