Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Joel- moving and vivid

Honestly majority of Joel really seemed to be moving to me. Some of the texts I was not exactly sure what it meant, but I enjoyed reading it. One quote that seemed moving to me was “The LORD utters his voice before his army; Surely His camp is very great, For strong is he who carries out His word The day of the LORD is indeed great and very awesome, And who can endure it? This quote was really vivid to me and moving because I feel like the quote is telling us that God is the one in charge and only him. To me, this moves me because it is a just reminder that the Lord is always good no matter how much you change he will stay the same. When it says the Lord utters his voice to the army I think that means like God is speaking to his people, which would be all of us. I feel like he speaks to us and never forgets us not matter how much we sin. I mean how can that simply not move you? When it talks about the camp being great I relate that to the people and for the people who carries out his word means to always talk and tell about the Lord. You should not just keep it as a secret but yell it to everyone to hear. This is such an encouraging statement to me because once again it is a reminder. It’s like a line of encouragement for all of us who are Christians. Then it tells about how the Lord is great and awesome. I mean he has done everything for us. When it asks the question who can endure it I feel like we can never endure it all, but we can take his love whenever. This quote was really moving and vivid to me and inspired me about the Lord’s great love. Honestly, we as his people cannot just sit there and hear this without being moved.

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  1. I think that this is a key point that you made: "Some of the texts I was not exactly sure what it meant, but I enjoyed reading it." We can "get" (that is, experience and understand in part on an intuitive level) a text without knowing exactly what it means.

    For example. What exactly do the locusts mean? Or the moon turning to blood? I'm can't say for sure, but I can definitely feel that it is dramatic and ominous. So I get it.

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