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Thursday night I was blessed with the opportunity to attend the Chris Tomlin concert at the Nebraska State Fair. This was the second time I've seen Chris Tomlin in concert. He's one of my favorite musicians to see, hear, and sing. But what made the evening truly special was that I was honored to share it with my oldest niece and first god-child, Nikki. It was her first "real" concert. I'm so grateful her parents let me take their newly 9-year-old all the way to Grand Island and stay out way past bedtime on a school night for something so awesome as a packed (standing room only) auditorium of people singing praise in unbridled worship led by one of the best Christian musicians of our time.
I confess it was emotionally and spiritually overwhelming as I watched her wide-eyed try to take in the scene, process the view of thousands of people all standing and cheering and singing together, and the joy and excitement on her face when she recognized songs. What an amazing moment to share with my god-daughter! There are very few people with whom I can share this type of thing who would actually want to be there and who would get something out of it. What a blessing Thursday to share this with my niece!
She was impressed to learn later that these types of events happen all the time and that every year the Thursday concert at the Nebraska State Fair is a Christian music artist or band. We decided to find more of these and she thought it would be okay to bring along her sister next time. This might have to become a tradition!
It occurs to me as I write that there are a plethora of paths my life could have taken, places I could have been, people I could have been with. So many of those alternative paths would not have left me with an evening like Thursday. It was definitely one of the highlights of this particular path. Who knows if we'll have opportunities like that one again? God willing there will be many, many more.
