and there was much rejoicing

I have to admit, I didn’t see it coming.  Kim and the kids start watching American Idol every spring break.  Kim picked Kris from the start.  By the time the finals rolled around, my whole family was rooting for Kris to win, but I seriously thought Adam was the favorite.  He got all the props from the judges–every week, it seemed.  And Kris was, well, just Kris.  I don’t think the judges knew what was coming.  From the shellshocked (Leonardo) thank-you that Kris threw out, I don’t think he thought he needed to prepare an acceptance speech.

Every week it seemed that Kris sang well, but Adam sparkled.  It might have been the guyliner, but who knows.

But America has spoken, setting a new record in the Sublett house for the number of votes cast in an American Idol vote.  Levi voted for about 30 minutes, sending text after text in support of Kris.

We think it’s cool that a worship leader from a college ministry in Arkansas won.  It was surprising to learn that many of the contestants are involved in the worship ministries of their churches, too.

My girls jumped off the couch screaming, and Levi can face his friends who promised him a beat down when Adam won.

I like it that my family gets pumped about stuff like this.  I don’t know what this means in the light of the Kingdom of God, but it’s fun to root for the folks who love Jesus.  I hope that this leads to a whole new group of people hearing about the life that God dreams about for them.

Now that’s something worth jumping off the couch screaming about!