Easter. A time to reflect on The Lord Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for us -- As a whole, and individually. I love the Easter Season so much. It makes me sad that people don't think about the eternal significance as much as they do at the Easter Season. Which is why I love the Church's Easter campaigns. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have many campaigns issued during the year - Christmas, Easter, New Years, Mother's Day, but Easter I feel is the one campaign that can last throughout the year. Easter is about the sacrifice of Christ and his rising from the grave and conquering all. That is a message worth rejoicing about all the time. And I feel that the Campaign that the church initiated helps with that.
The Hashtags create a particular feel about the longevity of the campaign. For instance, #Hallelujah is a perfect example of something that is tied to a specific subject, but is not tied to a particular time of the year like, #Heisthegift(The church's Christmas campaign). This Hallelujah effort from my observation has reached many people, and for a good reason. I've seen many non-members and members alike share their testimonies, experiences, and feelings about the Savior and hashtagging Hallelujah. It is simple, and it is powerful.
In my opinion, the song sung by the tabernacle choir with a whole bunch of other people, should not have been the Hallelujah chorus. Yes, it's Hallelujah, and that's the campaign. But that song has always been tied to Christmas for me. It's the classic Messiah chorus that comes only once a year at Christmas. What could have been better is doing an Easter song, or something more apart from Christmas songs. I would have suggested, He is Risen, or I believe in Christ. Variations of the songs would have made it great, but it would have tied it more particularly to the campaign and not to Christmas like it is in my head.
My participation in the campaign was not the best- I'll say that. However I did participate and I feel good about what I did share. I started with sharing a personal testimony of how I feel about Jesus Christ and what He has done for me, followed by sharing my favorite video about the Savior(an Easter campaign by the church BecauseofHim). I love videos. I think that is way to get people moved and doing something about things. While in my social media ing on the interweb, i found another video entitled, "He's Still Risen." This was not a video produced by the church though. A Christian group had put it together focusing on how we should feel about the Savior at Easter. It put a modern day look at it too, making it relatable. I simply shared the video saying that I agree with it and posting the church hashtag #hallelujah. I don't know how much of an impact my two posts have been, but I love the idea of always acting as if the Savior was risen today.
Click here to see the two videos:
Because of Him
He's Still Risen
This one gets me right in the feels
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