Saturday, March 1, 2008

Jonathan Edwards - Sinners in the hands of an Angry God! with Journal

"Another thing implied is, that they are liable to fall of themselves, without being thrown down by the hand of another; as he that stands or walks on slippery ground needs nothing but his own weight to throw him down.
That the reason why they are not fallen already and do not fall now is only that God's appointed time is not come. For it is said, that when that due time, or appointed time comes, their foor shall slide. Then they shall be left to fall, as they are inclined by their own weight. God will not hold them up in these slippery places any longer, but will let them go; and then, at that very instant, they shall fall into destruction; as he that stands on such slippery declining ground, on the edge of a pit, he cannot stand alone, when he is let go he immediately falls and is lost."





Reflection:

The speaker is an individual expressing his feelings about how people louse there grip and fall to the darkness of the world, through this passage, Sinners in the hands of an Angry God! The author conveys his feelings of how individuals louse to the darkness of the world. Even though people do louse there grip to the darkness of the world there is always a chance for them to recover and become part of the light. I didn’t really like it how it said people can louse there grip and become evil but, that is kind of true. People do experience hard times, and they louse there will to survive. However even though a person has given up hope there are always others who haven’t given up on him. There is always a chance to recover and move on with your life. I hope if anyone becomes lost they will be able to find the light and get help from someone to move on.

Dear Dairy:

Today I read the must horrible passage ever. It made me sad, it was about how humans fall to the evil side and how they have a choice between good then evil. In the quotes above Edward display's how anyone can louse there grip and fall into the darkness of the world. When an individual falls, God can not always save that individual becuase it is a lesson, for them to learn from there mistakes. The picture above, has a fallen angel falling to earth with his wings changed from bird feathers to bat wings this shows how he has become lost to the darkness and now he falls to earth. Good always conquers over evil and thats a lesson were everyone must learn.

I knew this old man once and he was going through some hard times. His name was Tom and his family died from a diesase coming over from England. Tom was always sad and usually drunk. Mama always sent me over to see him everyday because, she thought that someone should give him a helping hand. Sometimes I thought that it was annoying but after a while I was glad that I could help him because without me, he seemed kind of lost. A couple of months ago I was able to convience him to stop dranking and I thought that I lifted his spirits. I thought he might be on the road to recovery. I also thought that he had conquered his own darkness, just a little and some day he will be able to reach his true happiness within him.

Essential Question Reflection:

The American Dream is a dream of bogus imagination for all who consider it as a dream worth trying to succeed. This dream is a fake, it isn't for everyone, it is only for rich white men, too everyone else it is considered has a nightmare. The American Dream is a sine because it gives the people a phony hope in which it brings disappointed and depression. American Dream isn't a dream, it doesn't provide hope, and it doesn't provide the possibility of you succeeding, the only thing it gives you is the insurance that you can never recieve the American Dream.


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Like I stated in one of my earlier comments, I do not like to repeat things, but I would like to say that I think you should have tried to tie this into you journey to America. I do however believe that your picture for this one was very nice. Additionally, I see that you did not make any errors in this reflection, which is a great improvement.

Anonymous said...

If I were you, I would read over your journals and check for spelling. READ SLOWLY! I think you type too fast and you're just going too fast for yourself that you make a lot of mistakes. CHILL FOR A SEC and read over your spelling or do the ABC check at the top of the blog. I ADORE the picture!! So gorgeous! Nice work!

Anonymous said...

I do not quite follow your essential question answer for this section. Please look over what you have written, maybe you were simply in a hurry. I also do not exactly agree with what you have to say. Do you think that rich white men are the only individuals that can accomplish their/the American Dream? If that dream is the success/money/respect that you seem to be referring to, then it seems that this group is born with what you say they have to accomplish. Does this make any sense to you? Maybe you should consider the cinderella scenario, which occurs more often than not in this new country that many spend their life savings to reach.

Anonymous said...

very pessimistic outlook on the american dream, you american! for your opinion, i love the word choice: bogus and phony. splendid splenda! :D