holy is the LORD

I’ll post some pics later on… but last night we had a great time at the Tomlin/Redman/Giglio concert.

I was able to get rid of about 24 tickets before the concert started for the MILLIONS of people who couldn’t go. Of course, I didn’t get full price for them… but I figured $10 was better than nothing.

Blah blah blah. Here’s what I was thinking. I GET PAID FOR THIS? I looked to my right and left and students… alumni… of mine were praising God. They were pretty much lost in the worship. They heard a fantastic talk from Louie… they saw the best of the best in the world of modern worship. And someone paid me to take them. I just can’t stop saying it… I love my job.

I did have a couple of moments that took me back to NI. They closed the concert with Holy is the Lord and it just took me back to the commissioning service at Methody. I will never forget the pure volume of worship there… in particular I remember closing the commissioning service with the same song… 200 people with a singular goal of reaching lost kids in Northern Ireland singing that song… the sound pounded that aged auditorium. I remember thinking… “God, are the windows going to blow out?” It was that loud. Last night was nowhere near that volume. It was nice and it took me back but it wasn’t the same. As Todd and Kim and I talked about on the way home… there are things in life you will never get over or get past. That memory is one thing I don’t want to get past. It was a profound moment, one that changed me then and one that changes me everytime I hear that song.