Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Jonah 4:1-6

1. But Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry.
2. He prayed to the LORD, "O LORD, is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.
3. Now, O LORD, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live."
4. But the LORD replied, "Have you any right to be angry?"
5. Jonah went out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city.
6. Then the LORD God provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the vine.
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Anonymous said...

Here we can see a merciful God who despite Jonah's anger and complaints, still reaches out and pleases him, by giving shade for his head...I feel that we all take advantage of the fact that God is good, gracious and compassionate, and test Him too much.
Through these verses, we can also see how naive and childish we can be toward Him. However, God never changes His love toward us. Rather, H e truly acts like a parent who wants to help and reach out to His child, even if the latter just complaints and grumbles all the time. God, thank you for your everlasting patience and love for us, though we think and act too selfish and childish all the time....

January 15, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Anonymous said...

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January 15, 2008 at 12:15 PM

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