Went to a concert last night

It wasn't an old people concert, it was 'Me Without You'.

Laura invited me, so of course I went. Jim Rohn says - "Don't miss anything". He's a wonderful motivational speaker, and a successful man. He believes life should still happen, even while you're building an empire.

So we went to the concert. Me, Laura, Sarah, and Trevor. As we drove up, I suddenly had this "Holy Moly what am I DOING here?" response. But then I thought "I can be wherever I WANT to be."

GREAT show, by the way.

The band we were there to see played at 10:30pm, so it was a LATE night. That's okay, everyone should have a late night now and then, even if they're old. Home again, had to have some snackies, then to bed after midnight. It was probably close to 1am.

Peaceful deep sleep.

4:30am the phone rings. I'm in a DEAD sleep, so I am highly confused. First I think it's the alarm, then I realize it sounds like my cell phone. Didn't recognize the number. Answered "This is Ruth". I was so sleepy it took a couple of minutes (it felt like) to sink in that it was Stephanie, Laura's former roommate, on the line. (For some reason my sleepy mind thought it was somebody I had an appointment with at the store!) Seems she was in a car full of 5 kids, driving long distance, and three of the five were cuffed and in the back of a patrol car, awaiting the tow truck to arrive. She was scared, mad, and wanted to know what to do.

Back in bed about 5am, it's light, and I'm thinking - ok, game over man.

Then David's cell phone started beeping to indicate a low battery.

Goodness.


I may or may not fill you in on "the rest of the story" about the arrest as the details become known. I think I can pretty much guess what happened. Being rather partial to law enforcement, I advised the kids to be polite, direct and honest in their answers, and calm. Poor little tiny Stephanie. If I could have, I would have driven over to pick her up. Problem was, they were in some town in Eastern Washington in the middle of freakin' nowhere.

Now I'm at our store and for whatever reason, my eyes feel funny.


BUT - you must read about and/or listen to 'Me Without You'. Here's what the lead singer completely reminded me of:

King David danced before the Lord with all his might. It was an act of worship so honest and pure it made the angels join in, I'm absolutely sure. King David wrote beautiful poetry, too, to praise and glorify God.

The concert was LOUD to the max, but from time to time I could have sworn angels were joining in the singing.

I know I sound like a sap, but that's never stopped me before. Check them out. Do you think that the "youth of today" are evil, self-centered, drug-affected, drunk, immoral jerks? Check out this band, and meet some of their fans.

Wow.

I'm impressed.