Joel

In class on Thursday we did what I have most when it comes to literature- poems.  For some reason, I cannot understand poems unless someone else explains them to me.  Especially the ones we did in class, which I still don’t fully get.  The whole concept of them though, was that in the midst of darkness there is still hope.  I guess you can look at it as while we are still on this earth there will always be some sort of bad mixed in with the good because nothing here can be perfect.  Everything we’ve been reading so far has had some kind of a dark under tones, I am hoping as the year goes on we get to read more light, uplifting things.  I like how the author, even though wasn’t a Christian acknowledged that hope comes from above (still there are creatures cautiously walking...green red, green red).

The book of Joel I think is one of the harder books of the bible to completely understand because of the fact that it is a poem.  It talks about the different plagues that will destroy the land, but then the redemption of God comes.  Even though it talks most about devastation, this book is about God’s redemption of his people.  Even though the world is thrown to chaos, God’s promises still remain.  It names it clear that the so call “war of the world” is God’s and not ours.  I guess a big idea of the book of Joel is trust.  Trust that through hard times where no hope is in sight, God is still making a way.  We as Christians should look at this book as light not dark.  For us none of these things shall stand, and for us God will avenge.

As a side: I am a little concerned for the painting project on Thursday because I cannot paint or draw or do anything artsy whatsoever, but it will be interesting.