Two years ago, (February 7th, 2020..right before the pandemic lockdown), we saw him live. Tatum has been wishing she could have a “do over” (a mulligan if you will) of that experience since she wasn’t as “pleasant” as she could have been. Well, it was the time for him to return in all his glory, and I hopped on the Ticketmaster site the second the concert open. Heartbeat racing; palms sweating; seats disappearing, I finally landed on some seats by the stage. (I wasn’t sure how good they were, but judging the price, I figured they were pretty perfect).
We shall see!
The evening arrived, and per our usual, we packed a tailgate and enjoyed our dinner a la Mercedes interior.
And then got in line to check in.
Anticipation!
Enter the building. Walk down. Down…down…and more down. WHAT!!? We are here??!
(This behind us is the front of the T. I’m in heaven! Terrain is singing right now…she’s back up for Toby, but she has a magnificent voice). We are on the side of the long T.
First act up is Cochrane and Co. I love his voice and his lyrics.
Hallelujah!
Everyone is worshiping together as one. We are truly a family at this concert. Old, young, black, white, brown…you name it…we are a family. So incredible.
Then, David Crowder came up. His music spans the spectrum from hard rock to gospel. Delightfully deep.
Good God Almighty. Such a powerful song.
Humbly we come to you, Lord. On our knees.
After the openers, a pastor, Eric, came up and drew this amazing painting in a few minutes. (upside down…then turned it up and…WOW).
We ended up listening to his message and Tatum wanted to sponsor another child from Food For the Hungry. We are going to pick a young boy from Uganda named Dennis. Stay tuned about this.
9: 01. Here we go! Toby starts with Help is on the Way. And…I’m smiling from ear to ear with how close we are. I grab a chair for Tot so she can see too.
“And we’re holding on to the promises that He’s rolling up sleeves again….”…” It may be midnight or mid day. It’s never early; it’s never late. You can stand by on what He claims….”
She is pretty happy this time around.
I’m literally looking right up at him. TOBY!!!
His music has such incredible depth, yet it is lively. He goes into Love Broke Through.
MOVE! (Keep walking…just keep moving on…don’t let the ….get you down!)
They did an acapella of “21” years to sing about his son. He ended up praying for our city which was so powerful.
His heart for others….is absolutely contagious.
He edifies his band and his surroundings.
Till the Day I Die…(It’s your name I’ll glorify!)
He got so close to us…the boy right next to us got to sing!
Last time I bought a shirt with this on it, but this time we picked up another one for Tot.
I cannot even begin to describe the amazing rush we had at this concert. It was liking being in a worship service for four hours, but with the mighty power of thousands of people on the same page…loving Jesus and celebrating HIS power and LOVE.
Edge of my seat….let’s live like this! What do I GET to do today!?
Thank you Toby for SPEAKING LIFE!
Let’s speak Love, Life..into each other.
Till next time.
We will never forget this evening. Thank you, Hay family, for celebrating it with me. We need more Jesus…all of us. This world! AMEN.
We added a memory rock to our collection.
