Blessed Weekend!

This weekend we were able to go to a Casting Crowns concert! JMP and I both love their music. It was a blessing to attend their concert. Their songs and lyrics speak to us. I don't know if I could pick a favorite song because I like so many of them. A couple of their new songs I did not know all the lyrics yet so it was wonderful to see them on the big screen while they were singing and follow along. The lead singer shared the reasons he wrote several of the songs, which makes the songs have so much more meaning to me now than just hearing some words.

One I really like is called "Slow Fade." This song is a reminder that we have to be careful with everything we do, say, or go. We can have in our minds thoughts like "this is no big deal, one time won't hurt anything, this isn't going to hurt me, I'm strong enough, I won't get sucked into this." Whatever it is though, in reality the next time will be easier, and we'll be continuing down a path that can lead to destruction. These things don't just happen overnight...they are a 'slow fade.' A family doesn't "crumble in a day." The crumbling can happen without you even realizing it. At the end of the song you can hear a little girl voice singing "O be careful little eyes what you see." Mark Hall said he put his daughter on there as a reminder to himself that if he gets caught in a trap and falls, he'll be taking others with him in his fall.

Something I thought was funny at the concert was when the lights were out and Mark Hall said okay let your light shine, get out your cell phone. It was just funny to me to see all the cell phone lights all over the place!
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"I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies." Psalm 18:1--3