Sacred Reading

The sacred reading exercise in Lit class was pretty interesting wouldn't you say? it kind of gave a whole new feel to reading a book or a text I should say. Certain things seem to jump off the page just listening to it in a meditative mode, you seem to catch the scene better and really feel and see what was going on as well as experience the live concert they put on. Listening to it and pausing after ward's let the text catch up to you and let your thoughts fully process. We are so used to reading something then asking a question and having a second to answer but this time we had a minute and we were just able to say aloud what stuck out to us and feel. I liked that a lot because as you begin to shout things out it seemed that many of us began to connect the dot's if you will of our feelings were similar. The text is a sad text about life and pain and hurt but the music, the music brings life, it brings hope it brings something that the people at the revival weren't fully able to bring and that is a sad but true statement to this text. Why? Why weren't the people singing the hymn at the revival able to bring the good news to the people listening like the blues did. I believe it's the fact that the blues hit there hearts and made them feel like they were alive again something that the revivalist preached about but didn't live out. Which is a good lesson to learn, We have to practice what we preach as well as keep to the truth and impact people with the word of God and the music that God has given us and entrusted us with to show people his love.