West Cocoa Chat

The tickets had been bought for weeks. 15 of our high school and college kids were celebrating the beginning of summer by going to the Skillet Concert at the Northland Church in Orlando this past Friday. Barb and I along with 4 other adults drove our church bus from Cocoa to Orlando. The concert was sold out so the kids were unanimous about leaving as early as possible to get a "good seat." We pulled out of our parking lot at 4:30 and arrived in front of the huge Northland Church around 6pm. The kids were excited as we dropped them off and they were able to get near the front of the line. The tickets were "open seating" which should have been their first clue.

We drove 8 miles to the Cheesecake Factory Restaurant in Winter Park. If you've never been to a Cheesecake Factory Restaurant there's almost too much to talk about - the 20 something page menu, the variety, the ambiance, the huge portions, and the multiplicity of cheesecakes!

We had a great evening of a/c, good food, quiet and dark ambiance, and plenty to eat.
The teens, that was a different story - when the 7pm show ended at 10:30pm, they came out of the Northland Church drenched in sweat. Seems the A/C couldn't handle the overflow crowd of people and open seating meant no seating and 3 and a half hours of standing.

Yet, who do you think was more excited about their evening? The teens could not stop talking about how good (yes - there were girls in our group) the concert was as well as sharing the experience together. Do we lose something as we get older?

I know, some of you will say they're "young and dumb" but are they or do we get to a point in life where standing for 3 and a half hours, praising and sweating for God just loses its luster? I guess its why I like hanging out with our young people, of course, provided I can have my cheesecake.