Food for Thought

Something I forgot to mention earlier was how much I enjoyed Monday night's concert. Compassion International put together a songwriter night featuring Brandon Heath, Justin McRoberts, Robbie Seay, Alli Rogers, Bryan White, and Kendall Payne. It was such a cool change of pace from the loud excitement that the concerts usually bring! I was really impressed with Alli Rogers, who I'm ashamed to say I'd never really heard of before this. Her voice was so sweet and pure and her songs were thoughtful and lyrically challenging.

I was also really struck by some lyrics from one of Justin McRoberts' songs. I thought it was just so pertinant to everyone who is here for this week... well, for anyone, really! I might be quoting it a little bit off, but the phrase from the chorus went something like:

And are you blinded by your vision
Or deafened by the sound of your own voice

Wow, isn't that just a really convicting thought? That our visions and dreams for our lives may very well be blinding us to everything more that God has for us? More often than not, maybe we need to close our eyes and shut our mouths and stop trying to plan and just be.

A hard lesson for type-A people like me!