Song of Solomon

Wow Song of Solomon is totally an erotic poem. I couldn't believe how sexual this book was. I was excited that my group was assigned this book. When I first started reading the book I was pretty confused with what the heck it was even about. Then as I started breaking down the verses I saw how sexual the story really was. Talking about the woman's body and comparing it to completely strange things. It was weird but amazing at the same time.

Veggie Tales and Newsboys!

Ironically as I was Blogging about Jonah there happened to be a commercial for a Veggie Tales movie based on the life of Jonah, called "Jonah!" I absolutely love the Veggie tales. I wanted to add a little something on my blog about the Veggie tales and as I was surfing the net I found a fun music video by the Newsboys (a christian rock band) based on the story of Jonah. It was a great combination I was pretty excited about.

Jonah

As I was flipping through every ones blog I can upon Nat_Lee's blog on the Story of Jonah. She compared Jonah's escape into the belly of the Fish in the same way we escape through drugs, sex, drinking and entertainment. I can definitely agree with her that we escape from reality all the time. This got me thinking in what ways do I escape from reality? What was my "whale" I began to think and almost immediately realized that I attempt to escape reality every day. Whenever I don't feel like actually doing homework or being at all productive I decide to take a nap. This is my "whale" I'm completely separated from the world and everyone in it. Whenever I want to run from my responsibilities I sleep. Its a better alternative to actually doing work.

Psalm

I love the Psalms, they are probably my favorite part of the Bible. There are those I can turn to whenever I need a spiritual lift, or ones i need to straighten out my moral compas and those I turn to when I need advice. What I love about the Psalms is that there are so many different ones to choose from it is the first Book I turn to.

One Psalm that I especcialy love is Psalm 102 "A cry in Distress"
'A prayers of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pureth out his complaint to the Lord.

Psalm 16 "Praise for deliverance from death"
"I said in my haste all men are liars"

Nun
"Thy word is lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"

Psalm 121
"God's sustaining power a Song of Degrees"
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help


Gandalf: Look to my coming on the first light of the fifth day, at dawn look to the east.

After reading about 200 pages into "The Slave" I began to wonder if the massacre that Jacob and his family was part of was fictional or not. I decided to do some research and found out that the Chmielnicki Massacre was an actual massacre. I assumed that Isac Singer had created a fictional tragedy but in actually this was a real thing. I was curious about the history of Poland and whether or not "The Slave" had any truth in it. I also found this guy named Bohdan Khmelnytsky who was apparently one of the leaders involved in starting the massacres. This guys sounds pretty messed up.

Lamentations

I decided that trying to read the Bible from Genesis to Malachi straight through was really hard and just the idea is kinda daunting so I decided to skip around a bit. I'm not sure if this is the right way but hey if my preacher can do it so can I!

I went to one the the shortest books I could find and that happened to be Lamentations.
I thoroughly enjoyed Lamentations. It was like listening to the Blues but a lot more whinny. The five songs of Lamentations are sort of poetic and fun to read. Jeremiah changes his attitude quite a bit. In the beginning he is sad his land has been delivered into slavery, then he praises God forgiveness and mercy in a few uplifting verses them begins to cry again, then he wished this curse on someone else, then asks for forgiveness. It ends with a final plea to God to bring them back into their good graces. I guess God really does follow through with his promises.

I was searching songs with Biblical phrases and I found that U2 uses quite a few!

Avenged Sevenfold also has a song about Cain and Able that was pretty cool

(give me your hand,
blood is spilt and man will follow
infernal man, punishment too great to bear)
Conceived and born was one of light
Rain and dark, the other born black night.

Raise your head and taste the courage
(the one of light)
Fall from grace, unholy night
I've come here to kill you,
won't leave until you've died
Murder born of vengeance,
I closed my brothers eyes tonight...

(give me your hand,
blood is spilt and man will follow
infernal man, punishment too great to bear)
Conceived and born was one of light
Rain and dark, the other born black night.

Raise your head and taste the courage
(the one of light)
Fall from grace, unholy night
I've come here to kill you,
won't leave until you've died
Murder born of vengeance,
I closed my brothers eyes tonight...

Its cold tonight as the clouds turn grey
and from my hands to my brothers grave
You took his side, you took his gift,
feel the power of a fallen man, crestfallen man...

Far away in this land I must go,
out of the sight of The One.
A punishment sent from his hands
a hardship that no one should know
Now go out of the site of The One,
away in this land you must go.

Where has he gone? What have you done?

A voice commands from high above this earth.
From the soil his blood cries out to me,
Murder, liar, vengeance, deceit.

Far away in this land I must go,
out of the sight of The One.
A punishment sent from his hands
a hardship that no one should know
Now go out of the site of The One,
away in this land you must go.