last week thursday i went with my lovely momma to the Hillsong Concert. it by far, was the most beautiful thing that i have ever experienced. i felt so lucky to be apart of that crowd and to experience it all with my mother. i have been looking forward to this concert since i heard about it in December and now i am left with an emptiness because it came and went by so quickly. the performances were mind-blowing. the words shared were honest and encouraging and filled with so much promise of more great things to come in life.
i think the thing that blew me away the most was the crowd. to be in a crowd of people who were there to show their love and devotion to Who and what i believe in left me awe-struck. i saw people lose themselves in the music and surrender themselves to whatever personal feeling of freedom they were feeling.
i feel like it is so easy to get lost, to forget where you are going and to forget who you are. any negativity that i carried with me into the venue was replaced by such a light. i want to feel it all again - the contradiction of losing myself in it all yet feeling as though i belonged exactly where i was. i have never felt as though i belonged anywhere as much i did in those three hours, in that venue, surrounded by a sea strangers.
i'm trying my best not to push my religion on anyone. personally, i am so put off by people when they do it. it's just too much. faith/religion is such a personal and sacred thing no matter what or who you do or don't believe in. but i can't express enough how beautiful it was to see people so connected with their faith/belief/religion. eyes closed, hands held high - completely surrendered. images of strangers will forever reside in my head. images of those very moments.
i am so happy.
i think the thing that blew me away the most was the crowd. to be in a crowd of people who were there to show their love and devotion to Who and what i believe in left me awe-struck. i saw people lose themselves in the music and surrender themselves to whatever personal feeling of freedom they were feeling.
i feel like it is so easy to get lost, to forget where you are going and to forget who you are. any negativity that i carried with me into the venue was replaced by such a light. i want to feel it all again - the contradiction of losing myself in it all yet feeling as though i belonged exactly where i was. i have never felt as though i belonged anywhere as much i did in those three hours, in that venue, surrounded by a sea strangers.
i'm trying my best not to push my religion on anyone. personally, i am so put off by people when they do it. it's just too much. faith/religion is such a personal and sacred thing no matter what or who you do or don't believe in. but i can't express enough how beautiful it was to see people so connected with their faith/belief/religion. eyes closed, hands held high - completely surrendered. images of strangers will forever reside in my head. images of those very moments.
i am so happy.
