☀️ Joel 1

Joel 1 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Yahweh’s word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.” Joel 1 opens with these words: “Yahweh’s word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.” The line to keep is Joel 1:16: “Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?” Carry the word “food” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Joel 1:16: “Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Joel 1? Then try this: Read “Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.