Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Digital Billboards throughout Booneville

You see them everywhere now. They are called Digital Billboards. Even in our small town – they are all over the place.

And I really wanted one of these for our light show! I wanted to be able to display pictures, videos, and other effects with a lot more clarity this year. I talked about this subject in my last blog and the significance it’s going to play in our show.

However, this time I want to focus on how it came to exist in our display. You see, I couldn’t convince myself to pay for an industrial, professionally made screen. So, I decided to do what any sort-of cheap, big dreaming light show amateur would do – I built my own. 🤓

P5 Double-Sided Matrix

I must tell you, there was a ton more to this than I thought. Designing, buying, assembling, networking, programming, and sequencing these screens have taken up a lot of my time this year. I have built two: (1) A smaller double-sided P5 matrix for a “Tune To” sign by the road, and (2) a larger P10 matrix to be the center of the show.

P10 Matrix

Behind the Matrix - Waterproofed

Behind the Matrix - Batteries, Wires, etc.

There are so many instructions online to help guide you through how to build these things, just in case any of you have a strong desire to throw one together to enhance your front yard curb appeal. But, of course I decided to use my own design. I get it. . .dangerous. . .because who knows if this thing will last 3 months out in Mother Nature fighting the weather. Let's all keep our fingers crossed🤞

Well. . .here’s to hoping that my unique, carefully designed and assembled “digital billboard” will make it through the Holiday Season. If you drive up, and it’s not working – you will at least know the reason why. 🙄 Just looking at that mess explains it all. 🤦‍♂️

Closing Thoughts

David writes in Psalms 139:14, “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”

David uses two interesting words here in this verse: (1) Fearfully and (2) Wonderfully. Using Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, I looked up these two Hebrew words, and found the results interesting. “Fearfully” in this context means “reverently” or “in deep respect”; and “Wonderfully” means “uniquely.” David said this is how God made him, and its exactly how God made each of us. He took special care in making us; and He gave us all our own design. He does that because He love us; and because of that, He knows everything about us. And the cool part – when we don’t make it through the elements perfectly – He knows exactly what to do to fix us and make us shine again.

I am proud of my carefully assembled, uniquely designed display – but no matter how hard I try – it won’t be perfect. But this I know, each of us are “fearfully and wonderfully” made by God – and even though He didn’t make us to be perfect, we were all perfectly made.

Thanks for taking a moment to read this blog and supporting us as we continue Fostering the Holidays.

PS. If any light enthusiast wants to reach out to understand the unique way I waterproofed this matrix – email me at fosteringtheholidays@gmail.com. I will do my best to explain.