church at a Brad Paisley concert?

Here's the setting...I'm at the hospital, waiting on my mom to have a MRI. I am the only one in the waiting room, and the fishing show on tv mixed with the security guards radio is quickly getting on my nerves. I just found out that the MRI could take two hours. I am so glad that I remembered to pick up my computer on the way out. I've been thinking about something since the concert two nights ago, and I think that I should share it with all of you readers out there.

While we were at the concert, I was struck by how much it reminded me of being at church. Weird, right? I don't think so. Here is my reasoning behind it. At church, there is one guy on a stage that has every one's attention. At a Brad Paisley concert, he is on the stage and he has every one's attention. In a worship service, there are people raising their hands in praise to God. At a concert, people are raising their hands when a song about putting lamp shades on your head comes on. At church, you have awesome christian tshirts, while at a concert you have about thirty different (but equally awesome) tshirts for the different artists there.

All of this made me think if we don't put these people on the same level we put God. Don't get me wrong, I loved the concert, and would go to one again tomorrow if given the chance. There has to be a place where we all break off celebrity and put God. The two can never be on the same level. Everything that we see in society has some kind of celebrity backing, but it the only time we get to see someone or something backed by God is when someone chooses to let God shine through them.