Winter Jam and Other Ramblings
Tonight was the Winter Jam at Redbird Arena in Bloomington. It was incredible.
Krystal Meyers, Hawk Nelson, ZoeGirl, Newsong, Toby Mac, and Newsboys. My vote would have to be for Toby Mac or Newsboys. I'd never seen Toby Mac before, so that was really fun. He's incredible in concert. And Newsboys, as always... excellent.
Tonight was unlike any other concert I've ever been to. It was all about worship. I mean, the whole thing was praise. I looked around at all these fellow Christians and marveled at how there could be so many people in one room who love and want to praise the same God.
It was exactly what I needed. Satan has really been hitting me hard with the same stuff I struggled with last semester about questioning my faith and the true God. But I couldn't even think like that tonight. Not with all those people pouring their hearts out to God in song and honestly believing He heard them and loved each one. I've been asking God this semester to prove Himself to me if He was really there. He shouldn't have to prove Himself to me, but I begged Him to. And He sure did.
The Lord was praised tonight, in a way that I definitely needed to witness. I felt so blessed to be there with other Christians who loved Jesus Christ and who were not ashamed to let everyone know it.
Then me and Trace went to Steak 'n Shake and got shakes and talked. Always good to talk to Traci. Even when we don't understand eachother at all, we do. When we can't see where the other one is coming from, we understand and accept that we're different and will always be. I love you, Trace! You've seen some of the the darkest parts of my heart, and for some reason... you still love me. Thank you.
Then I came back to the apartment and talked to Ash for a long time. We always have amazing talks. She's so grounded and really knows what she believes in a way that just inspires me to really want to believe.
I sit here at my computer in awe. At how blessed I really am. My Christian family, my Christian friends, my church. The opportunity to travel and meet other believers, to attend concerts and hear musicians sing about the love of God. What did I do to deserve any of this? Nothing.
Thank You, Lord. For an amazing night. For once again proving Your faithfulness. All I have to do is ask You to prove Yourself to me, and You do. In ways I never could imagine or hope for. You just do it because You love me and You desire me for Your kingdom. Forgive my questions and doubts. Please keep drawing me back to You.
Take me, Lord. I'm Yours. In Your Name
Amen.
Krystal Meyers, Hawk Nelson, ZoeGirl, Newsong, Toby Mac, and Newsboys. My vote would have to be for Toby Mac or Newsboys. I'd never seen Toby Mac before, so that was really fun. He's incredible in concert. And Newsboys, as always... excellent.
Tonight was unlike any other concert I've ever been to. It was all about worship. I mean, the whole thing was praise. I looked around at all these fellow Christians and marveled at how there could be so many people in one room who love and want to praise the same God.
It was exactly what I needed. Satan has really been hitting me hard with the same stuff I struggled with last semester about questioning my faith and the true God. But I couldn't even think like that tonight. Not with all those people pouring their hearts out to God in song and honestly believing He heard them and loved each one. I've been asking God this semester to prove Himself to me if He was really there. He shouldn't have to prove Himself to me, but I begged Him to. And He sure did.
The Lord was praised tonight, in a way that I definitely needed to witness. I felt so blessed to be there with other Christians who loved Jesus Christ and who were not ashamed to let everyone know it.
Then me and Trace went to Steak 'n Shake and got shakes and talked. Always good to talk to Traci. Even when we don't understand eachother at all, we do. When we can't see where the other one is coming from, we understand and accept that we're different and will always be. I love you, Trace! You've seen some of the the darkest parts of my heart, and for some reason... you still love me. Thank you.
Then I came back to the apartment and talked to Ash for a long time. We always have amazing talks. She's so grounded and really knows what she believes in a way that just inspires me to really want to believe.
I sit here at my computer in awe. At how blessed I really am. My Christian family, my Christian friends, my church. The opportunity to travel and meet other believers, to attend concerts and hear musicians sing about the love of God. What did I do to deserve any of this? Nothing.
Thank You, Lord. For an amazing night. For once again proving Your faithfulness. All I have to do is ask You to prove Yourself to me, and You do. In ways I never could imagine or hope for. You just do it because You love me and You desire me for Your kingdom. Forgive my questions and doubts. Please keep drawing me back to You.
Take me, Lord. I'm Yours. In Your Name
Amen.
posted by natz at 12:32 AM
5 Comments:
Nat,
It's incredible how God can use a single event to impact many different people in many different ways. Just like a sermon to surrendered hearts (which is a good description of the show), the Holy Spirit was definently working there. You're a testiment to that. I've heard people say in self rightousness that Christian concerts are "fake emotion," and I hate to hear that. It may be to some, but when an event such as winterjam comes, on a wing and prayer (besides the bands, they make no money on the tour, it's very affordable so that they can outreach to many. they use Billy Grahm's repentence material used at His revivals and counsel new believers), great things... GOD THINGS happen! It was an incredible blessing to be there, and I'm thankful it was a strong faithbuilder for you and hopefully many others! God bless Nat- JW
I totally love how God uses music to talk to me. Tunes are amazing tools.
Thanks, Justin.
Joel- Yes, they are.
It WAS an awesome concert. I was definitely moved. Spiritually uplifted, and physically (oh yes... there was dancing). I'm glad you had a great time and that you're blessed.
Praise God
Glad to see you continue to write. Keep it up in whatever venue you can. God Bless!
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