Wow, what a concert. Friday nite, Val, Hil & I headed to Davis for the Adoration concert featuring Jeremy Camp, Rebecca St. James, and Newsboys. A nite of awesome worship. The latest cds for these artists have been all about worship. It took us almost 3 hours to get to Davis. We were stuck in traffic and skipped dinner and arrived at the concert w/ Jeremy Camp almost finished with his set. We had pretty good seats--floor, row S. About a 5 - 10 min intermission to tear down his set and set up for Rebecca. I don't particularly care much for Rebecca, but she was alright. After her set, a 10 min intermission and a plug about Compassion for Kids. Then Newsboys! =) It was an awesome concert; they always have great concerts tho, so this was no different in that aspect. It was more personal tho. It was more of a worship based concert, so more crowd-involvement in the singing. They sang alot of their other songs too and when they sang "...and it all falls like a million raindrops, fallin from a blue sky, kissin your fears goodbye..." 2 huge confetti cannons went off and millions of pieces came falling. When they sang Shine, pillars of steam and strobe lights, pretty cool with the effects this time around. They had a new guitarist, it wasn't Jody...I think he's takin a break. This guy was good too, he looked around 25-ish. Everyone esle was the same. =D Phil Joel, what a beautiful person. Normally, I like guys clean shaven, short hair. But there's something about his hair that I like. It doesn't hurt that he has amazingly beautiful, piercing blue eyes too....hahahhahahaa! Normally at their concerts, Pete gives a little sermon, this time, it was a pretty personal testimony about worship, our attitude, and to whom we are focusing our worship. And this time, he spoke a little longer than normal, it was really encouraging tho. They sang a really long set. They started around 9 and ended around 10:25-ish. Of course they had an encore, sang Breakfast and ended with a worship song. What I really liked about their ending, they brought it all back to worshipping God, everyone had their eyes closed and hands raised, totally focused on the awesomeness of God. We repeated the chorus a few times and by the time it ended, they were off the stage. I liked that they lead you into the worship song, let the spirit move, and quietly slipped out while everyone was still singing. Lol, I know, cuz i opened my eyes =D and saw them leave. To me, it showed that they were really about worshipping God, it wasn't about them being big musicians and having most of the attention on them, it was about God. The lights were off, they slipped away, the song ended, and that was that, no fanfare or anything. I walked into the concert hungry, my stomach aching for food since I hadn't eaten all day, and anxious to hear Newsboys. As I sat down to Jeremy Camp, my hunger started to subside. By the time Newsboys came along, I wasn't even hungry; I felt full and just totally focused on worshipping God. It wasn't till I got into the car did I realize it was 11 p.m and we still hadn't eaten dinner. That's when I got hungry. Call it being caught up in the moment, or whatever, but it doesn't cease to amaze me what God does to you when you need to focus on Him. Getting away to the concert let me leave behind everything going on at school, work, and all the other stuff. Then when I got home, it was back to reality, back to all these emails, voice messages, etc. I felt so bogged down, I just wanted to sit and cry, but then where would that leave me? And I'm too tired to fight it out, so crying won't do anything, that will get me nowhere. Then as I was headed to bed with a pretty low away message up, up popped an IM -
s********1: 2 Cor 12:9
s********1: But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
s********1: there ya go
s********1: you'll get through it
s********1: no worries
Thanks to my brotha! =) So, I'm trying to just let it go and hand it over to God. Remembering what was said at the concert about worship and just focusing on that. I'm doing better today...thanks for the encouragement, man! I really appreciate it!