I feel really stupid for not realizing that the Bible had poetry in it. A large portion of the Bible is poetry. Look at the Psalms for crying out loud!! Stupid, stupid, stupid. Wow. Sorry, but it is taking me some time to get past my stupidity. Now that I have realized that the Bible has poetry, I understand why I have problems... understanding it. Do people that know how to interpret poetry have a better understanding of some things the Bible talks about? I wish I had that gift.
Okay, now that I have stopped all of that I am going to talk about something meaningful. In class we read some scriptures that were about nature (in poetry form of course). I liked them all. They definitely helped me to appreciate the meaning of poetry more. All had very useful and deep words in them, but there were two that had parts that stuck out to me more. The first was Psalm 19:1 "The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of his hands". At first, you might glance over this thinking, "Yep, the universe is big and the stars are shiny. Let's move on." but there is so much more to it than that. We've seen galaxies billions of light-years away and scientists can't seem to find an end to the universe. Each of the trillions of galaxies is so intricate and complex with thousands upon thousands of stars. God knows where every single one is and what is happening around it, on it, and in it. That is AMAZING. The universe shows us only part of what He can do and just a glimpse of His glory. We can't even wrap our minds around that part!
The other passage was Psalm 98: 1,7,8 "O sing to the LORD a new song,... Let the sea roar and all it contains, The world and those who dwell in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy". Once again, you could easily glance over this passage and not think about its significance. Even the mountains, the rivers, and the seas praise God through sound and show His glory through their beauty. The next time I sit next to a river or go to the ocean and listen I won't just think the sounds are relaxing. Now I will think about how, in the only way they can, they are praising God. The Bible says that, if we stop praising God, the rocks will cry out. That hasn't happened and the rocks certainly aren't crying out, but nature is definitely praising God. Call it the "instrumental" version, I guess.
This is a good blog and had some really good comments. Its funny cause I didnt even know the Bible had poetry in it either. Anyways great blog. Good job!
ReplyDeleteI always knew that the Bible had poetry in it but yet I never really paid much attention to it. That's probably a lot of the reason a bunch of stuff would slip past me too.
ReplyDeleteI love to see you getting exciting about the verses describing God's work and glory. :) There's nature poetry, and then there's poetry that like, BAM, my God did this. It's pretty exciting.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, by the way!
I really liked reading the Bible verses, i think it made me appreciate poetry more since the Bible has poetry, and the words of the Bible are from God.
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