U2 Concert v. Passion Conferences
Went to the 360* U2 concert two nights ago. I mostly did not enjoy it. I don't know if I was just in a disagreeable mood that day, if it was because I was so cold and so tired, so far away in our stadium seats, if it was the company, my expectations... or what.
But all I could think about was a comparison to Passion - the only live music venue that I have been greatly impacted by. During Passion worship sessions... the presence of God is so thick, it rests on your cheeks and on the tip of your nose. Twenty-thousand lovers of Yahweh lifting their hands and voices to adore Him. The music itself rivals any band I could purchase a ticket to see. The feelings I experience at Passion are overwhelming and all-consuming.
I guess Bono is just a man. A tiny man far away from me down there on the stage. I could pinch him out of sight with my fingers and not know the difference. I had the thought that maybe if I got to be right in front of the stage surrounded by the huge space-ship contraption they set up, just feet away from the band... then maybe I could feel their energy and feel small underneath all the theatrics. Maybe.
But that's what it would take. With God, no matter how far away I am from the stage at Passion... His presence is closer than my skin and I am enraptured in awe.
But all I could think about was a comparison to Passion - the only live music venue that I have been greatly impacted by. During Passion worship sessions... the presence of God is so thick, it rests on your cheeks and on the tip of your nose. Twenty-thousand lovers of Yahweh lifting their hands and voices to adore Him. The music itself rivals any band I could purchase a ticket to see. The feelings I experience at Passion are overwhelming and all-consuming.
I guess Bono is just a man. A tiny man far away from me down there on the stage. I could pinch him out of sight with my fingers and not know the difference. I had the thought that maybe if I got to be right in front of the stage surrounded by the huge space-ship contraption they set up, just feet away from the band... then maybe I could feel their energy and feel small underneath all the theatrics. Maybe.
But that's what it would take. With God, no matter how far away I am from the stage at Passion... His presence is closer than my skin and I am enraptured in awe.