Hope and Politics

Alright, the name of this post is totally misleading. Two seperate thought processes, one night.

Tonight I went to a "night of worship" at our Elliot St location church. It was not sponsored by our church, but by the church who rents the building on Sundays. It was AWESOME. There were well over 200 people there and we sang great songs of praise for two hours strait. Probably one of the best worship experiences I've had since Nazarene Youth Congress way back in 1999!! Wasn't due to the quality of the band (though they were great, and a combination of 9 churches!!), it was the spirit of the worship. So many people from so many different places coming together for one purpose. There was a little old lady who brought her tambourine with her and was just so cute. Thankfully she had rhythm! There were some people dancing around outside of the pews. Everyone seemed in their own little world, which was part of the reason it was so great. It was obvious that the people were excited about worship, and at least for me and probably others, it was encouraging to see so many people come together. I personally only knew two people. I wish more from my home church could have experienced the night, but all the women are away at retreat and the men are home watching the kids :). Hopefully I can convince some people to come next time since I'm sure this event will happen more often. Well, that's my HOPE section for the night. Gave me HOPE for this community, HOPE for unity among Christians, and I'm thankful that Jesus gives me these little reminders, just when I need them.

And now politics... AH forget it. Who wants to follow that with politics. I'll just say that I just watched 20/20 (don't ask me why I was watching that) and found even more reasons to NOT vote for either candidate!