Epic

Oh boy, guys! If any of you read my status's, blog posts, my mind or have seen me during the past two days, you know what tonight was. THE YC RALLY!!!! Yeahhhh man! So good. I'm giddy. Wow, I have not been this happy in so long. And life just keeps getting better, next weekend I get to go on a youth retreat!!
This concert, was absolutely amazing. The Letter Black started, epic. Epic. That girl can sing! And scream! I loved every bit of it! They are so so so good live! Plus she had a lot of sparkles :) And then Seventh Day Slumber came on. Oh man. So good. They had light up drums, smoke machines, and an awesome lights show! Craaaaazy! (If you haven't already noticed, not all my blog posts come out as meaningful as others, the meaningful ones come when I'm super mad. These type, come when I'm just enjoying life!) I swear there's still gonna be smoke in the church tomorrow. Then the lead singer (Joseph) started talking about all of these letters he had received. About a kids parents splitting up, about cutting, about suicide, just about everything. It was heartbreaking to hear all of this. Everyone always knows that it happens, but when you hear it, it becomes real. Then he told us his testimony. Amazing. His life started out so rough. He almost killed himself, and on that night, he gave himself to Jesus. Amazing what God can do. God is using him. A guy that didn't used to believe in Him. Makes me wonder how God's going to use me. After the concert, we went out to the front of the church. I had bought one of The Letter Black's t-shirts before the concert. I got them to sign my journal (because it's one of my favorite things) and I got a picture with them :) Then I got SDS to sign my journal. My auntie got their poster, so she asked me to get it signed for her. Then my brother and cousin got The Letter Black's CD so I had to go get that signed for them too. Haha, lame sauce! It was cool though :) The second time I went up to The Letter Black, I asked Sarah (the lead singer) what her tattoos meant to her. She told me one was her anniversary, one said Respect because it says in the Bible to respect your spouse, and she doesn't think people take that seriously enough, and on her left wrist going over to her right wrist was her favorite verse "Be still and know that I am God". Such a cool girl. I told her about my tattoo idea. Legit conversation. Loved it!
It was just an awesome night all around. I rededicated myself to Jesus! I wasn't even going to go to the rally at the start of this week, so I could babysit. God obviously wanted me to go. I have no doubt in my mind about that. I love how letting him steer your life takes you to crazy, awesome, amazing places.
Blessings,
Ariel