celebration

I really like concerts.  I like all of the crazy lights and the fact that you can sing at the top of your lungs and not even the person standing right next to you can hear how awful you sound.

Tonight I went to see Chris Tomlin perform at a church in Des Moines.  It was funny because when I saw him, he was not at all what I was expecting.  It's funny to me how we picture people a certain way even though we may not know them at all.  But anyways, Chris was really great and sounded awesome live.

Louie Giglio is the speaker that is traveling on this tour with Chris, and he was fabulous too.  Thanks to Sarah for suggesting I write down his quotes.  Here's some of my faves:

"All I want to do is be a light.  Be a light of God on this world."

"We have the fingerprints of God on every part of our being."

"Humanity has a theme.  When we see something we consider has great worth, we celebrate.  (He proceeded to show pictures of sports teams and such, then he shows Jesus.)  I'm wondering why I yelled more for them, than I do for Him."
This one was my favorite.  It made me realize that I don't really celebrate God, but I cheer and yell and scream at sporting events or when I manage to score tickets to a Taylor Swift concert or when I make it to the top of a rock climbing wall.  This isn't right.  I think I've always known that, but nobody has ever forced me to think about it before.  This keeps happening in my life.  In my religion class, my professor has been forcing us to try and really think about what we're reading and talk and argue in class.  At first I thought it was really annoying, but after this realization, I'm thinking that maybe she's right.  I will never be able to define who I am if I simply accept whatever someone else says as true.  I need to really do some thinking and figure out what I think instead of just restating what other people think.  I'm working on it.