There's a lot of traffic outside my window and its 2 in the morning

well, now it's 3 am and i need to get to bed. so here's a poem written by me tonight. (i typed the post before actually going on the internet, as we have dialup)

There is only one road
Long and alone
Though in my short life
I have travelled many beaten paths, forgotten as they are
Searching, seeking but unable to find
Hoping deep within my very being,
My soul
To randomly stumble across it-
The lonely road

Broken, bleeding, torn
I piece my tattered soul together
Crying bitterly, reaching desperately
Towards the majestic One
The only One who can reach my tangled, battered body
He picks me up and washes my brokenness
Sets me on the only road
Whispers to my grateful heart
Filled with an amazing love,
I laugh
Follow down the hard road
The innocent King who was killed to take me home.

So its 2:30 in the morning and I got back from YC a little more than an hour ago. It was AMAZING. Repeat: AMAZING. The worship band was Hillsong United from Australia. They came all the way from Australia to play for Edmonton. The speaker was from England. United was UNBELIEVABLE. The lead singer, JD, jumped around and danced like you would not believe. No strings attached- pure, unadulterated worship. The raise your hands, scream to God worship. The kind that you never want to end. 16000 people in that hockey rink. 16 thousand. And every single one of them was worshiping God. One of the most amazing sights I have ever seen. And the songs! Well, we learned a couple new songs that are on the United CD. At least, I didn’t know them. And I highly recommend any Hillsong United CD. Theres 4. You can get them at parables or blessings. And on Saturday night, we sang Awesome God over and over again. 4 lines.
Our God is an awesome God
He reigns over heaven and earth
With wisdom, power and love
Our God is an awesome God.
You get 16000 people singing that and its incredible. God was in that rink, let me tell you. I could feel Him. It is times like that where I don’t understand how people can say there is no God. There is a God, I have felt him.
Our speaker was Mike Pilavachi from England somewhere. He was really good. Captivating. What he spoke about is running out of my head like sand through a sieve so I’ll tell you when I remember it. Anybody else who went to YC who reads this kindly jog my memory. And I saw Hawk Nelson, who were really good, and TFK, but we were behind the stage so that was disappointing because it was really hard to hear, and Kutless was really good- we were on the floor for that one. Audio Adrenaline and Toby Mac both had main stages, and they were both real good as well. Same with Delirious?. And Phil Dooley and Joel Houston from Australia had little sessions, and I went to those. There were a bunch more but those I went to with Steph, Jess and Lance.
But the worship was beyond amazing. Undescribable. Pour your heart out. Scream to God. Cry. 16000 people and theyre all worshiping the one true God. Loudly. None of my words can describe what I felt in there. God was palpable, kind of. You felt like you were at home in an NHL hockey rink with thousands of people youd never met before in your life. Home. And you want it to go on forever. The worship band, on stage, was amazing. JD jumped around and pretty much did everything you could ever do on a stage while deliriously worshiping God, and then some. I desire to go to Australia and see what it is like at their home church.

So I really need to go to bed now. I’ll post more about YC tomorrow…um…later this morning?