I started my expedition of proclaiming The Book of Joel by finding some shade, and just reading the text out loud. I decided I would try to make the reading more interesting by reading using different tones in my voice, from deep to high. I also tried reading using impersonations of famous people of characters that I know. Then at some point i tried to read The Book of Joel as if was written as a song. I read some of it as a rap song, some parts as just a worship song. The text was obviously not meant for a song, because the words don't go together very rhythmically at all, but maybe I just couldn't find the right tune for it.
After I had read through The Book of Joel one full time, I changed my spot of proclaiming to another, less populated spot. I moved to where the offices of the Spence building meet the music rooms, which face the lake, and in that little corner cove, I sat down to read the paper once more. I was half way through the first page when i notices a duck in the far corner of my little outdoor nook, and as I stared at her, and she stared at me, I realized that it was sitting on something. I didn't dare move, but after a while of staring, the duck just got up and waddled off. I looked to see what it was sitting on, and there were about 10 eggs in a small nest. I decided that the eggs can be my audience, so I started proclaiming Joel to them.
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Wow! Bravo! I just love it how you tried to make it into a song. Just love it! And now I see your a creative young lad because today i found that you can also draw pretty crazy. You forgot to add the part where one of the eggs cracked open and a young duck winked at you and went back into its egg. Just thought I'd throw that in there. But other than that..I just love it!
ReplyDeleteHave you ever thought about how Joel realtes to JRR Tolkien's The Two Towers? If not read Joel 4:12-21 and think about the beginning of the Two Towers with the quest of Aragorn, Legolas, ang Gimli.
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I love Tolkien too!!