Thoughtful

Have you ever received a present and then looked at it, thinking "what the heck am I going to use this for?" I am sure you have. Well, the other day, I was cleaning my room, right? When I finally came across two cabinet, box-like things, my first thoughts were "oh, where am I going to put this?" After I finished tidying up and looking for a place to put my stack of paper, which I still need but just didn't know where to store them, I looked at my boxes, and the epiphany hit! I ended up putting my little box cabinet together, and now I have a little storage area for loose paper and stuff! So, in the end, I was really thankful for this gift that I received last Christmas. It is then that you realize that whoever buys you those gifts that seem like they could never be useful to you, with the exception of those keychains and other random things, are actually the most thoughtful gifts, ever! You can really tell if someone really thinks about you when you get a gift like the storage boxes, from Ikea, that I got.

So, it's been a week since YC and I still haven't been able to record my thoughts down anywhere so I could revisit them later; so I guess I'll put 'em here, to share! Well, the Friday started off pretty sweet; I was actually really excited for YC this year. David Crowder started off the worship, and I had a blast. I think Crowder deserves more recognition up here in Canada. Then afterwards, Mr. Reggie Dabbs, the main speaker, spoke, and I listened to him for the first time. The best way to describe Reggie is the large, black, sweaty male that you see on TV that is yelling at the top of his lungs and has the ability to make the entire stadium stand to their feet: that is exactly what Reggie is like. Afterward, Relient K hit the stage, and it was a pretty sweet concert, I must admit; they did all their popular songs, and had an encore.

Saturday, I got to listen to Bluetree lead worship, and I must say that I was pleasantly surprised and how good they are. But then again, to see the story that they carry around, it should have been expected that they are powerful worshippers. TFK was all the hype for me on this day! This was, by far, the best TFK concert I have been to. Trever McNevan is just too aweesome with his "Flame In All of Us" flag.

Then, Sunday arrived. I was so hyped for tobyMac that I could barely hold my lunch down. After all, Toby has been my favorite Christian artist since he went solo, so I had a blast during his concert. I was so pissed when Mike Love came out to end things after Toby's encore, because it appeared as if he was going to get a second encore, but I guess Mike had to do his job and end the conference.

So, all in all, it was a rather decent and refreshing YC this year. I am afraid do admit that this year was probably my last time at YC Alberta. I have grown out of the whole thing and it's time to move on; so, you probably won't see me at YC anymore, unless I go as a youth leader - which is likely.

Welp, I'm in the process of celebrating NEAC's 25th anniversary, and I need to get some sleep because it is 12:15am and I have a lot of worship practices to attend today!

Don't forget that you are made to love!