Joel

Joel has probably been one of my favorites to read in class. I guess I can say that because it just seemed to me it was the easiest to understand, but I guess to some people that are not Christians it would be more difficult to understand. One quote that really was beautiful to me was “Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly; Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.”To me this quote really stands out to me because no matter where or what time it is you should always be calling out to God for the good and the bad. We can never control anything that ever happens to us in life and that is why we have to rely on God and people from the church. “And rent your heart and not your garments Now return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving kindness And relenting of evil” was another quote that was beautiful to me. I mean we can always look at God as having unconditional love for us. He shows that to us by our actions. I mean I cannot even think of how many times I have sinned and God probably wants nothing to do with me, but he is so slow to anger and gentle with us. To me I look at this quote as an example of how all of us should be to our brothers and sisters. Of course it is hard and we are going to struggle but this quote is a constant reminder of how we ought to act. This quote was probably the one I really liked the most which was, “Tell your sons about it, and let your sons tell their sons, and their sons the next generation.” This quote was beautiful to me because I thought it was really significant and powerful. Of course we as Christian people have to constantly spread the word about God and Jesus. If we do not then many generations that come down will not know about it. I think that by telling people about God will end up making more and more people turning their ways and beliefs. Of course people will constantly sin but they can always repent. By telling people about the father can make such an impact on many people’s life today. It can really start to affect the whole world. If you just image if a friend would tell a friend every day about what God has done for us how many more people will realize things. The problem with people today, including myself, is the fact that we constantly change how we are by the people we hang out with. We hide majority of what we think about God and do not really talk about him as much with Christian friends as much as non-Christian friends.