Wednesday, February 22, 2006

No Substitution



This was supposed to be about a night of no substitution, but now it is a weekend. This weekend is the best weekend of my life...well, a great one anyway.

I CAN NOT believe I have waited so long to be a Youth leader. I mean seriously, it is the most amazing thing in my life. I went to the retreat, and everything I prayed for was answered... of course not ALWAYS in the way I want, but God is so beautifully faithful. I feel like a parent. I have so much love for these girls, it can only come from a God who IS love. I am in love with this amazing God that captivates us and stops at nothing to shake our world until we see Him. His eyes burn for them, He sees the pain, He sees the emptiness, and He weeps for them. But in it all, He is in love.... He will not stop until they are His.

Allison & Sarah... God loves them...and so do I !!!

Fun girly times: make-up, hair, & Jesus.

Now, I've been to, at least, 30 concerts in my life. (I wrote it down somewhere) But anyway, I've been to a lot, and COLDPLAY was the best ever! We went in expecting a good time. We prayed before hand in the car, and we walked in, the band of four (Carla, Me, Steph, and Paul) freezing our butts off, and then came the question. "If you could substitute any other band tonight for Coldplay, who would it be?" And I had none, NO SUBSTITUTION!!!! Ya! They put on such an energetic, fun, entertaining, moving show... it's awesome!


Here is the "surprise"... oh it was a good one.


And there is Chris, going to hold Rajev's hand....aww how cute;)

All in all, it was a freakin' amazing weekend. ( I realize adding "freakin'" to everything isn't always the best word choice, but I just have to use something to get the point across.) I am so blessed to follow Jesus, and to allow Him to move in my life. For Him to be involved in everything...even a Coldplay concert. It was not only a concert of no substitution... But the whole weekend. Thank You Jesus!!!

(photos courtesy of Lisa... Thanks!)

3 comments:

L said...

Yes, the concert rocked!!! No substitution! But wasn't Fiona psycho? We were praying over each other.

Lindsay Blake said...

i have to agree with everything. my heart is growing bigger for my 9th graders. i love being with them. i have to hang out with them! i am becoming one of them :) ha! seriously, it's hard because i don't want to leave them. but i feel like God doesn't want me to leave them, so i stay connected... even more i get connected into their lives. i love them....

and the concert. i mean this was only my second "non christian" concert if you will. my first was pretty amazing in 3rd grade when i saw new kids on the block. but this - wow! i'm not a standing person at concerts. i can completely be into the band and what not and be sitting there (i had this conversation with a real rocker) but this time, i was up and enjoying life! the back ain't bad! they come to you!

i will have to say though. as much as i loved coldplay, it only makes me want to see U2 even more before i die.

Carla said...

I loved going to Coldplay with you...No Substitutions!
Thanks for making memories with me!! Love you! :-)