Tangible

Rereading Joel was more special than it was the first time around.  Other parts of the book stood out more to me such as, “The Lord utters Hi 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? ‘Yet even now,’ declares the Lord, ‘return to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, weeping and mourning; and rend 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.”  Man, this section of the book just really grabbed my heart another time.  I usually take my time reading things and will pause in between thoughts so I am able to truly grasp what I am reading.  So I am also able to comprehend and understand the true context that this book was written.

Furthermore, I thoroughly enjoyed the time we had in class yesterday.  The discussion my table had was deep and full of meaning.  I left the class still contemplating and pondering through what we had just talked about.  Moreover, I am so glad we had the pleasure of being able to step outside for a little while and read parts of Joel that had great depth to us as individuals.  Reading out loud gives me the chance to feel like it is real.  It comes off the page and surrounds me.  The words become real and tangible.  Every time the Lord speaks and I am reading aloud it is like He is right here and speaking directly to just me.  The animals were not around but doing this exercise was enjoyable and I also read my other books in nature as we did for part of class yesterday.

I look forward to painting tomorrow and being able to experience another way of interpreting the book of Joel.