Light Show

 



Last night we went to a Colts game with our family.


The Colts struggled as is their norm but the halftime light show was pretty neat.


All of the spectators were invited to download the app to our cell phones and then sync our phones with the music. By giving temporary permission to enable our cameras and microphones an elaborate light show soon filled Lucas Oil Stadium.


As the thousands of lights on cell phones flashed together in time to the trans-Siberian orchestra it was truly awesome.  Sections flashed on and off at given moments and the immensity of all of those people unified for one purpose was inspiring.


It also made me pause and reflect on what  the impact would be if people all over the world were to sync their lives with Christ.  


Can you imagine what we could accomplish if when a need of a brother or sister was made known multiple people were prompted into action in service? 


We recently completed our Light The World

initiative for 2022 as acts of kindness in following Jesus were shared.  In the section entitled Lighting The  World Year Round you can read this.  "As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we commit to living the two great commandments: to love God and to love our neighbor (see Matthew 22:37–39),” the First Presidency wrote in the report’s introduction. “As a Church, we are blessed to have the ability, global connections, and resources to follow His admonition. … We are grateful for the selfless and faithful offerings of Church members and friends who make this possible. We invite all to join in being ‘anxiously engaged in a good cause’ as we continue to strengthen one another through service (Doctrine and Covenants 58:27).”


I love the image of the light we can build together by syncing with Christ.  Now that would be a light show worth watching!

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