Comments on: Pity The Rockstar http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/ Official site of Shaun Groves - musician, speaker, advocate for children living in poverty Thu, 24 May 2012 11:37:16 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Candice Sneed http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1563 Candice Sneed Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:41:45 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1563 <p>Shaun, </p> <p> Thank you for coming to our church and for taking the time to visit and share your heart.  I think the fact that you were real and we could see your heart and your passion for kids make an impact on a lot of people.  I too love Olive and her testimony is amazing!  She inspires me to keep up the contact with our Compassion kids and make it more personal too!  I know I spoke with you about our adoption from India.  If you are interested, you can read our story on the blog site we listed!  Thanks again for your ministry...it’s not in the numbers attending, but in the lives changed for the Kingdom! </p> Shaun,

Thank you for coming to our church and for taking the time to visit and share your heart.  I think the fact that you were real and we could see your heart and your passion for kids make an impact on a lot of people.  I too love Olive and her testimony is amazing!  She inspires me to keep up the contact with our Compassion kids and make it more personal too!  I know I spoke with you about our adoption from India.  If you are interested, you can read our story on the blog site we listed!  Thanks again for your ministry…it’s not in the numbers attending, but in the lives changed for the Kingdom!

]]> By: Patrice http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1562 Patrice Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:47:21 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1562 <p>Shuan - this blog is one more reason why I love you !!!!  I’ve met you a few times after shows and that is one of the things that sets you apart...taking time to spend time.  Thank you !  Maybe I’ll see you again in Muskegon, MI. </p> <p> Amen to what Deirdre said - “God desires fishers of men” and you are - for sure !!! Your work with Compassion and all the cards that are being ‘fished’ out = lives and hearts changing !  I am glad that you were encouraged by God and all those leaving comments !  I too envy the rockstar’s tour bus—thanks for keeping it real ! </p> Shuan – this blog is one more reason why I love you !!!!  I’ve met you a few times after shows and that is one of the things that sets you apart…taking time to spend time.  Thank you !  Maybe I’ll see you again in Muskegon, MI.

Amen to what Deirdre said – “God desires fishers of men” and you are – for sure !!! Your work with Compassion and all the cards that are being ‘fished’ out = lives and hearts changing !  I am glad that you were encouraged by God and all those leaving comments !  I too envy the rockstar’s tour bus—thanks for keeping it real !

]]> By: ally simpson http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1561 ally simpson Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:00:13 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1561 <p>and right there Shaun is why i have more respect for you & what you are doing than many of the other ‘rockstars’ i have helped promote shows for.............. </p> and right there Shaun is why i have more respect for you & what you are doing than many of the other ‘rockstars’ i have helped promote shows for…………..

]]> By: deirdre http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1560 deirdre Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:48:14 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1560 <p>Man, I’ve never even heard you sing.  Just talk about the Compassion kids and you are still a rock star to me. </p> <p> I was actually nervous when I went to shake your hand after the TC concert at FBCW back in January.  I thought, man I am gonna look like such an idiot, cause I don’t even know who this Shaun guy is! but I still wanted to shake your hand.  </p> <p> you came all the way down there for a concert that wasn’t even yours to give us a call, give us a chance to make a difference in young lives. </p> <p> You connected me with Esteban and I will be forever grateful. </p> <p> God doesn’t need “Rock Stars” he needs fishers of men.  And you look like a pretty good angler to me. </p> Man, I’ve never even heard you sing.  Just talk about the Compassion kids and you are still a rock star to me.

I was actually nervous when I went to shake your hand after the TC concert at FBCW back in January.  I thought, man I am gonna look like such an idiot, cause I don’t even know who this Shaun guy is! but I still wanted to shake your hand. 

you came all the way down there for a concert that wasn’t even yours to give us a call, give us a chance to make a difference in young lives.

You connected me with Esteban and I will be forever grateful.

God doesn’t need “Rock Stars” he needs fishers of men.  And you look like a pretty good angler to me.

]]> By: Stephanie http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1559 Stephanie Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:34:52 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1559 <p>Duuuuuu----uuuuu---uuu--de, <br /> you are a total rock star and you rocked my world with your message. I can’t wait to see how much $$ we get at our garage sale and from selling our van! <br /> Your message changed me.  Rock stars don’t have that gift. <br /> Thank you.  Thank you for being faithful with little and there is no doubt in my mind that God is using you in BIG ways. <br /> Steph </p> Duuuuuu—-uuuuu—uuu–de,

you are a total rock star and you rocked my world with your message. I can’t wait to see how much $$ we get at our garage sale and from selling our van!

Your message changed me.  Rock stars don’t have that gift.

Thank you.  Thank you for being faithful with little and there is no doubt in my mind that God is using you in BIG ways.

Steph

]]> By: Amy Courts http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1558 Amy Courts Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:44:05 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1558 <p>Shaun. Man. I (being much smaller a rock star than you - see, I call YOU a rock star) battle similar conversations in my mind and heart. So often, on the road, when I play to 50 people or less, I get angry and envious and start thinking, “Where’s MY big crowd? Is this REALLY what I’m meant to do? Am I crazy!? Yes, I must be. I should be a nanny.” </p> <p> And God quietly reminds me of all those gone before, who’ve spent ages doing what they believed to be their calling, and yet saw no “results.” Abraham comes to mind. And He reminds me of the 50 people who He DID give me, and that He may be working in some of them because of some song I sang...something He might not be able to do otherwise. </p> <p> Anyway, this resonated deeply with me. No, I don’t have the fame or the fortune or the tour bus. But I have intimacy with my audience, and if only for an evening, we get to see each other’s hearts. It’s not worth trading for anything. </p> Shaun. Man. I (being much smaller a rock star than you – see, I call YOU a rock star) battle similar conversations in my mind and heart. So often, on the road, when I play to 50 people or less, I get angry and envious and start thinking, “Where’s MY big crowd? Is this REALLY what I’m meant to do? Am I crazy!? Yes, I must be. I should be a nanny.”

And God quietly reminds me of all those gone before, who’ve spent ages doing what they believed to be their calling, and yet saw no “results.” Abraham comes to mind. And He reminds me of the 50 people who He DID give me, and that He may be working in some of them because of some song I sang…something He might not be able to do otherwise.

Anyway, this resonated deeply with me. No, I don’t have the fame or the fortune or the tour bus. But I have intimacy with my audience, and if only for an evening, we get to see each other’s hearts. It’s not worth trading for anything.

]]> By: Cheri http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1557 Cheri Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:47:47 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1557 <p>Someone told me once that if they got to heaven they were afraid that they would be able to see the faces of those that were lost and left behind.  Some of these faces would be people she recognized as someone she could have helped or spoken to but was too busy or in a hurry.  She wanted to make sure to take time to recognize these faces now so she wouldn’t have to see them out there lost.  Your post reminded me of this and something more.  In reading the Compassion stories of how when you are helping sponsor one child it often comes back that the whole family is helped.  The stories continue in that the sponsored children stay in their communities and give back and change their communities like a ripple effect.  All of the one to one contact you do after your concerts has an impact.  I know I have met you after one of your concerts and have also experience the other hurried lines.  So just maybe when you enter the kingdom of heaven God will stretch out his arm and you will see the sea of faces of all of the people you have had a positive effect on and all of the people that they positively impacted rippling out into a sea of faces with what would be the best rockstar gig I can think of.  I mean this in a very humble way of not really needing to actually have this happen. </p> <p> <a href="http://atacorner.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://atacorner.blogspot.com</a> </p> Someone told me once that if they got to heaven they were afraid that they would be able to see the faces of those that were lost and left behind.  Some of these faces would be people she recognized as someone she could have helped or spoken to but was too busy or in a hurry.  She wanted to make sure to take time to recognize these faces now so she wouldn’t have to see them out there lost.  Your post reminded me of this and something more.  In reading the Compassion stories of how when you are helping sponsor one child it often comes back that the whole family is helped.  The stories continue in that the sponsored children stay in their communities and give back and change their communities like a ripple effect.  All of the one to one contact you do after your concerts has an impact.  I know I have met you after one of your concerts and have also experience the other hurried lines.  So just maybe when you enter the kingdom of heaven God will stretch out his arm and you will see the sea of faces of all of the people you have had a positive effect on and all of the people that they positively impacted rippling out into a sea of faces with what would be the best rockstar gig I can think of.  I mean this in a very humble way of not really needing to actually have this happen.

http://atacorner.blogspot.com

]]> By: Profbaugh http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1554 Profbaugh Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:02:08 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1554 <p>Shaun, </p> <p> Just for the record, you’ll always be a rockstar in my book.  Really!  I would stand in a LONG line just to have a few moments of conversation with you.  Why?  Because you’ve profoundly affected me in a way that words don’t quite do justice.  I’m still trying to process the change that God did in me during the India trip.  Suffice it to say, that more that any rockstar, album etc could ever impact me, you’ve done that and for me that makes you nothing less than the best!  Thanks for letting God use you--the real you, not the “perfect image” we so often see publicly to reach my somewhat hardened heart. Rock on Shaun, bus or not. </p> <p> Much love <br /> ~Cheryl </p> Shaun,

Just for the record, you’ll always be a rockstar in my book.  Really!  I would stand in a LONG line just to have a few moments of conversation with you.  Why?  Because you’ve profoundly affected me in a way that words don’t quite do justice.  I’m still trying to process the change that God did in me during the India trip.  Suffice it to say, that more that any rockstar, album etc could ever impact me, you’ve done that and for me that makes you nothing less than the best!  Thanks for letting God use you–the real you, not the “perfect image” we so often see publicly to reach my somewhat hardened heart. Rock on Shaun, bus or not.

Much love

~Cheryl

]]> By: Larry http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1553 Larry Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:34:41 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1553 <p>thanks, shaun. like the way you think. love your passion. and thank you for your honesty. </p> thanks, shaun. like the way you think. love your passion. and thank you for your honesty.

]]> By: Reggie http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1552 Reggie Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:38:33 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/06/pity-the-rockstar/#comment-1552 <p>I love reading your shlog cuz your perspective is always spot-on. </p> I love reading your shlog cuz your perspective is always spot-on.

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