Flash Mob!

 

You may have seen those Flash Mobs on t.v. or the internet where huge crowds got together to do a choreographed dance..Instead of dancing, there was a flash mob FREEZE at the bean back in February. The participants gathered around Millenium Park and the Bean with their cell phones set to vibrate to signal when to start freezing. Once 1:00 hit, about 1,500 people froze, in whatever position they were in. It was obvious that some people planned out what poisiton they wanted to be in (there was a guy down on one knee with his girlfriend..) Regardless, it was a really neat thing to experience..my first Flash Mob!

I was looking on YouTube at some of the videos from the event, and this one really caught my attention. If you wanna take a look, near the beginning you will notice some Moody students holding up what look to be giant Scrabble letters that they held during the freeze..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQC0hVsOPcE&feature=related

I didn't even know that these students were going to be there, and I didn't see them until after the freeze. The guy who froze as the photographer is a youth pastor who heard that the freeze was going to happen and decided to take advantage of the opportunity to share God's truth. He used wooden blocks to carve out "JESUS IS LORD" and had students hold it as he froze, looking like he was taking their picture. At 1:05 the crowds un-froze, and I went up to him to introduce myself/ to talk to the students I knew. When I asked him to tell me about how he came up with the idea, he responded like this: "In ALL things! Jesus wants us to proclaim His name no matter what we are doing, no matter where we are. There are so may people here! What a cool thing that we got to share this with so many!!"

This guy began to tear up. He was so excited at the opportunity that was presented to him to boast in the name of Jesus...To him there is no name more precious and worth sharing.

May you find reason to boast in Christ's name today while the world around us takes it in vain..