Matt Davis 9/21/10

                Well I went outside with the rest of the class and decided to talk to the lake and the little ducks about the book of Joel. Well I guess it wouldn’t be considered talking to them it was probably more like preaching and listening to the sound of the wind and the quacks they had. Though I did realize a lot more about the book after I had read it out loud probably because I slowed down to read more into the text as I read aloud. When slowing down and reading aloud I ran over a passage that was all too familiar but I realized something about it that I had not realized before. The passage read, “It will come about after this. That I will pour My Spirit on all mankind…” What I realized is the beginning where it says it will come about after this meaning that after the troubles and the storms come then the happiness will come. I found this interesting because I feel that many people think that starting a relationship with God means that nothing bad will happen to them anymore. But this is not the case like professor Corrigan says, everyone suffers. And if you haven’t suffered you will suffer it is just a natural part of life. I think that people need to get it in their head that whether they are in a relationship with God or not they will suffer.  However I’m not a very gloomy person and don’t like all of this sad talk so I will say that I do think there are such things as happy endings. Because when all of the suffering is over then the real happiness comes and in the end all the suffering was worth the happiness. And I also do believe the Bible when it says that all good things work for the good of those who love the Lord. So In my opinion there is suffering in life but there will be a happy ending for the followers of Christ whether it is in this life or the next.