Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Joel by the Lake reading
The sun was up, the sky was blue, the lake moving with the wind and the wind blowing on our faces so lightly keeping us somewhat cool on such a hot day. As I stood out over the lake under the shadow of a beautiful tree reading Joel I felt myself transported back in time my imagination running wild of what Joel was feeling, Those emotions all tied up, perhaps bottled in until the correct time to let them out. Emotions of Pain, Sorrow and Sadness mixed with Angst, suspense and Joy makes up this reading of Joel. Reading it outside and out loud puts you in a different position than reading it just like you normally read a book in the bible, It helps certain things stick out more and hit you harder than before and can you imagine it. Your standing there on the lake and as you read the text " the stars get darker" you imagine and see in your mind the Sun sort of losing its glint and its not so light anymore and as the night comes you look up at the moon and see that it has a red tint to it but its not bloody yet. Is It? Its pretty wild all the imagery and different things that stick out in Joel, especially when he talks about the drunkards and the armies he is being so real about what people perhaps looked like. I experienced reading it and trying to put it all together in my head and imagine as if I was reading it maybe toward our generation What would I say? What would God want me to say? What would my emotions be?
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Reading Joel outside of the lake really gave me a greater appreciation in what I was reading. I was feeling the same way. It's amazing what reading scripture outside can really do for someone because not only does it touch your heart, but it transforms itself all around us.
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