The other night I watched bits and pieces of Dave Matthews playing live at the Beacon Theater in New York. I have to admit that I am a Dave Matthews fan. I never had the DMB sticker on my car, I did sport the hemp necklace for a while, I never went to a show, but all the while still loving what the band was pumping out musically. This concert was what I always expected a DMB show to be like… Except there was a lot less smoke than I expected! Anyhow…
I can give you one really good reason why I like Dave Matthews Band. Because he has some of the most stinkin talented musicians I have ever seen. I can appreciate every single one of them as musicians. Carter on the drums is absolutely redic… Boyd on the Violin tears it up, Lassard on the bass has an amazing funk and groove, The Big man on the trumpet is a phenom, and the new guy on the sax just played as if he has always been with the band. They are incredibly gifted and talented musicians…
One thing which I never could have predicted, since I’ve never seen them playing together, was how well they played together. Yeah, I know that seems like duh, they should definitely play well together if they are that gifted, but I mean these guys just play extraordinarily well together. Not only are they playing well, they are doing so with smiles on their faces, just looking at each other like, “Yeah, that was awesome, and we know it!”
One song I watched, I think that when Matthews wasn’t singing in the mic, he was looking at Carter the whole time, even having a conversation, all the while doing amazing things! They were in the zone. The crowd was loving it. To be honest, I was getting in to it. It started off with me saying, I just want to watch one song, and then it was half an hour later I realized that Jon and Kate plus 3 million was on next, so you know how it went from there…
Here’s the deal… They are phenomenal musicians yes, but as I was watching them jam I wondered how many of us get to that sweet spot in our relationship with God? Have you been in a situation lately where you can just sit there and enjoy who God is and totally be in tune with what He is doing in your life?
What types of things do you do in your life to get to that sweet spot with God?
~Peter
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I think the most recent time was watching the sunrise as we were coming home from Indiana. Traveling 80 East, my wife and I watched the sky get lighter and lighter. At first we werent sure the sky was getting ligther, 15 min later you could see the difference in light from the East vrs. the West. Then without warning, almost as if God saying I will show you when, the light bursts forth. For those first 10-15 minutes or so you can stare right into the ball of light and you are filled with warmpth and wonder. It was a really sweet moment.