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Switchfoot.
You know what I'm gonna say next. You didn't think I would waste my $55 for nothing, did you? I'm a huge music junkie, but I do choose concerts carefully cause I'm not rich enough and I don't want to go for a gig that I know I won't enjoy. I've only been to 2 paid gigs in my entire life (more to come I'm sure), but I can safely say that Switchfoot is and will be one of the best concerts I've been to. You know, pure rock and roll will get everyone hyped up and mosh each other's guts out, and many bands can do that. I just love how Jon foreman could sing a rock anthem, then belt out an acoustic song next with such ease. Twice he leaped off the stage and came up the barricade to grab our hands and sang to us. Twice I was so close to holding it but to no avail. But that's alright, really.I've gotten over it. The first time he came up, the crowd went into a huge frenzy and screamed their lungs out when
he grabbed their hands. Or rather, just seeing him a few metres from them had them screaming away. I was a victim of the screaming match as well, cause my hands were like 10cm away from his HELLO! Anyways, he sang the chorus of 'this is your life' when he was holding the many fans' hands. You might go,' cool.that's a sight to behold', but it's more than that. At some points during the gig, I could only stand and stare at Jon foreman, cause his sincerity for us shone through. There are many bands who could show off excellent guitat riffs, out-of-this-world drum solos and stuff, but you know they're just doing their job as a rock star. I've not met a band so far, who have such great chemistry and you know they're not trying to display their wonderful technicalities but connect with the audience with their music. Many christians have said that they have gone mainstream and therefore are secular. Others said they want to appeal to the mass and not just christians to increase album sales. All I have to say to these comments is 'small thinking.' Cause if you've watched them last night like I did, you would know that they mean every word they sing and play. They're out here to make good, positive music which is so lacking in the secular music industry and I don't think they care too much about making big bucks. Cause if they do, why else would they perform to school students for free and do things like how they've been doing? I was just blog and website surfing, and I learn more and more that, to be a christian does not mean you have to go around telling people you're saved. I like the way christians from other nations think. Sometimes all we do is just sit around and criticise and try to fit christians in a box. 'Oh, this is how christian music and art needs to be done.' Whoever said positive music needs to only appeal to christians? whoever said songs written with all honesty means that these guys are backsliding and are not living like christians? These few weeks, I have been hearing many messages about how being christians is basically living like an ordinary person with Jesus inside. We do not go around wearing white to signify we're pure and live a holy life. Being a christian does not mean I do not go through the same problems my other friends do. It also does not mean I'm always happy, and I don't have any questions for God. I do, even though we should try to live with utmost joy in us. Being a christian does not mean I do not feel discouraged, or it's wrong that I should feel this way. More and more, I also learn that being a christian does not mean we put on a religious facade and go around listing 'DOs' and 'DON'Ts' or acting like you're perfect just because you're saved when you're not. It's about learning, falling, immensing yourself in God, learning about amazing grace and love, trying to be a better person, more failures, catching yourself when you fall, letting God deal with us, trying to hold onto Jesus when all the world's upside down, learning to love people, being honest about your mistakes, know that you're human and you will disappoint but with each time try not to make the same mistakes, living a transaparent life and finally, living a victorious life through Christ Jesus. I try to be as honest as possible. And that's why I like Jon foreman. I know he does not put up a religious front but has Jesus inside from the way he sings his songs and looks at people with sincerity and hear what they have to say in the middle of the gig. I know he's a christian from the way he talks about seeing change and living our lives well. I was talking to a friend after the gig and said I liked it when he played '24' on his acoustic guitar. And my non-christian friend replied, 'I know! I almost cried when he sang it.'

I find myself standing and staring at him play his guitar at times while others are trying to snap a decent shot of him, because I'm sure what he's singing was touching some hearts.