So, I got up this morning to go to church...at Hillsong NYC. It was great, and I enjoyed it very much. I stood in the balcony (yes, stood) the entire service. Yes, it was great even though my back hurt by the end of the service (switching legs back and forth did NOT help). I didn't have much opportunity to look around on the floor section because I was standing in the back with just enough of a gap between people's heads to read the words on the screens! The first service was a bit like every first service; it's the one where all of the reserved, tired people go. Haha. I only say this because there was a huge difference between the first and the last service!
So, yes, the worship was good. Yes, the preaching was good, and yes, I liked it. After church, I was going to go to Ground Zero, but the Lord brought me back to Union Square. I'm not sure why except that I wasn't actually planning on going back to church, but that is how the day went. I went back. But before I get there, I will tell you this: I spent most of the afternoon in Union Square because I wasn't sure exactly what the Lord brought me back for. There were bands playing, one of which I got video of. Now, I have been in Union Square for two days now, and this is the first time that I looked up. What did I see? The national debt. You know, the one that keeps calculating and oh my! It's big. And I don't know WHAT is next to that, but it's some sort of weird picture that has smoke coming out of it. I think someone was putting some kind of smoke IN when they came up with that picture. Really, go look at it. WEIRD!
You know what else I saw? Whole Foods. Yeah, I risked my life (okay, not really) going into Chelsea to get to that one, when there was one less than 4 blocks from me! There was a Trader Joe's, too. And I won't lie, but I don't see what is so special about Trader Joe's. But that is another blog entirely. I sat down on the benches in the square to listen to the music, and then I decided to take some pictures. My favorite (and you have to go look at it) is the one of the man sitting and waiting for someone to play chess with him. That is the best picture that I have ever taken; I'm quite proud of that one.
So, after a phone call from a friend, I decided to go back to church that night. I thought I could just squeak into the 5pm service, but they had already shut the doors and started the line for the next service. Yes, I said line. So, I went back to Union Square and sat for about 20 minutes, knowing that when I went back to wait in line, I would in fact be standing for an hour! So, I headed back about 6ish and got in line. It was about halfway down the block. I didn't check the time when I finally looked behind me, but it wrapped around the corner. I wondered how far back it went, but I wasn't about to give up my spot to go look! So, I started in on my favorite past time here in NYC, which is listening to other people's conversations (but only when they sound interesting). For instance, the guy and his sister had evidently been to a cupcake store, eaten half of their cupcakes, squished them together....and he actually offered it to his sister's friend! Gross. Well, maybe it wasn't quite squished like it was mashed, but really? Did you bite off of that? Don't offer it to anyone else. <<shudder>>> One of my other favorites was that this girl was mad at this other girl and she didn't know why and it was just ridiculous because she didn't do anything and all this happened before her and do you know why she is mad at me? This conversation made me giggle because I'm not sure if she breathed the entire time she spoke that. The people behind me were discussing the line and the church and well, everything about the church (nothing offensive - just chit chat). One of the girls blurts out, "Oh! Is Joel Houston going to be there?!" (He was, by the way).
Soon, people came out to talk to the people in line. So I got to hear all about how she wound up in NYC. She was from Australia, but lived in Vancouver for a long while...anyway, she wasn't talking to me, so I didn't catch everything she said. Finally, we got to go in. And it was different than the first service. The crowd was younger and more awake. So, they entered in a lot more. The speaker taught on burning the bridges behind you (in a good way).
That was my Sunday. I suppose it's a bit boring, but I enjoyed it. Talk to you tomorrow!
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