The painting I made in class illustrates a passage of scripture in Joel that represents the promise of God's restoring power in the land of Judah. Joel 2:24-27 represents my painting. "The threshing floors will be filled with grain; tha vats will overflow with new wine and oil. I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten the great locust and the young locust, the other locust and the locust swarm -- my great army that I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat until you are full, and I will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed. Then you will know that I am in Israel, that I am the Lord your God, and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed."
In my painting I drew the dry barren ground that represents despair and depression for Israel. Nothing has flourished from the ground and just above it is the locust that swarm around it. Yet, there is a beautiful colorful sunset that starts to enrapture everything around it. This sunset represents the hope, love and promise God has given to His people that they will suffer no more. My picture represents just how powerful God's love and promise is on the land of Judah. While Judah seems dry and hopeless at the time, it is then that God's promise of prosperity begans to create a magnificent work of art on the land that He has specifically chosen for His people.
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