Additional Post on Joel

To make up for missing the art activity in class I decided to do a post about the book of Joel. There is so much to be said about this book. Some would look at this book and say that is has this darkness about it. I would say I agree. Joel has dark moments, moments that expose parts of the human mind that are often pushed aside. However, this book contains so much life. It holds hope for the future. It holds the cries of a God for His people. I think about my relationship with God in relationship with the people of Judea. The Lord has this open invitation for me to gather around the dinner table and I refuse to sometimes take a seat because things in my life seem more important at the time. While I know He loves me and desires me I am in no way deserving of the beautiful relationship He desires with me. I for the longest time would choose to push Him away because their were areas of forsaken within me. He beckoned me in with love and I find myself only sometimes responding. How sad is that? The creator of the universe wants to spend time with me and He has to take a backseat to my wants and desires. He is ever so patient with me. He is tender but yet quick to expose the areas that I need Him so desperately so. Oure relationship is growing into something beautiful. I am flawed, at times the stars seem to go black in my life but yet the hope He places in my heart is not only sustaining but life giving.


I will leave this blog post with these words of hope from the Lord to Joel and the people of Judea.
Joel 2:21-23
Do not be afraid, land of Judah;
   be glad and rejoice.
Surely the LORD has done great things!
 Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
   for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.
The trees are bearing their fruit;
   the fig tree and the vine yield their riches.
 Be glad, people of Zion,