simple can be big (deeeeppppp thinking)

So yesterday I went to see "Sound of Music" for CYT, and it was really good! I love everybodys voices, it just makes me jealous I cant sing like that. But it was very good, they really do greta on their productions! And I bought this really adorable dress with big buttons too! And I bought hair dye, Ive been needing to do it again. But thats basically all I did this weekend.. everybodys been sick so my chore chart has gone infinitely up.
But its also given me a lot of time to give some thought to things. (thats what I do when I have nothing to do, I kind of daydream or think very deeply-which definetely doesnt happen as often as the daydreaming haha). Sometimes i think that people put too much emphasis on the deep spiritual things that are happening in their lives. I think that they are very important, and I think its amazing when it happens, but I think that if you are expecting yourself to grow in Christ, those things arent going to happen as much. I think he expects you to rely more on him, and rely more on faith than on the emotion that comes along with it. Although I think it is a big part of it, I highly disagree with the fact that "being filled up with the Holy Spirit" and "falling to my knees in worship, a sign of total communion in God" is a sign of spiritual growth like everybody says it is. God wants you to trust and rely in him, and i think that these types of things take away from being able to do that, and from the bigger perspective of our relationship in Christ.
And then I thought about how people get encouraged. Lots of people get encouraged by Chicken Soup for the Soul, becuase they are simple stories, and heartwarming. (I love those stories, but they make my mommy cry, which makes me cry every time i read them.) Lots of envangelists and speakers are amazing, when they say "you are in the house of God tonight! May you be filled with the Holy Spirit, and walk out of this place with a fire for him, and a passion for his Grace!" like in so many conferences. I enjoy them so much, and i really feel a passion while I am there, and for a while after I leave. But eventually that goes away. And then Im left the same way I was before. But the stories, those heartwarming stories are what I remember. I know lots of people that go to these conferences for excitement, (i love that part about them, especially the worship! The worship is AMAZING. By far the best part about it!), but i think thats how they feel they are getting their relationship with Christ. I think if you want to leave an impact on someone or encourage them, tell them a heartfelt story. And not one where you fell on your knees in worship, becuase honestly, that doesnt really show Christs love. Share about the time when God really blessed you, with little things. And how happier it made you feel just by bing there and experiencing it. I guess what i am trying to say is, the simple things are much more encouraging than the big things.
Simple things like what happened this week! Brianna, I think that was a really good idea to do worship this week :]
And thats basically what I did this weekend! teeheee :]]]]]