Have you heard of the show "Hit RECord on TV" starring Joseph Gordon Levitt? It is a show which celebrates the global network and focuses on collaborative efforts to create short films, music, stories, etc.
Watch the video below which was taken from one of the Hit RECord on TV episodes. This particular video is based on a true story essay one woman wrote about an experience when she was 16 years old; Joseph Gordon Levitt adapted it to a script, a woman from Scotland recorded the voice over, a "ton" of visual artists added to the special effects, an animation company volunteered to put it together, while someone composed the music. A total of 83 contributors (by my count) from around the world uniting to make this short video: that alone is actually pretty cool.
What did you think of the video?
Any key takeaways?
When discussed, our conversation quickly turned to perception. How interesting it is that when hearing descriptions of the night sky, none were terribly consistent with the rest. It created a difficult picture to put together for herself. This girl could only imagine this beautiful sight to be seen by everyone else; but she couldn't see it; and she was struggling to imagine it.
Have you ever struggled to see something beautiful that seems to be observable to everyone else? What were the circumstances? Did anyone try to "describe the stars" to you?
On the other side; so many non-believers seem to search to see the "stars" like we can but all we seem to do is describe it to them.
How do you describe Jesus to non-believers? How about the Holy Spirit?
It wasn't until someone who truly loved this girl, her father, gave her night vision goggles to see that she was finally able to see what everyone was describing; if with her own hue.
What is the "night vision goggles" you've been waiting for to see the beauty?
What "night vision goggles" can you give to someone to introduce them not to the thought of Jesus, but to Jesus himself?
What beauty can you create on your own? Better yet, what beauty can you create in a collaborative effort with others?
Bible References
2 Corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Matthew 7:21
"Not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father will who is in heaven."
2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the Glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Romans 1:19
For what can be known about God is plain to them; because God has shown it to them.
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