so, i was reading the first chapter of jonah today and two things that may or may not have been new, but were things i needed to be reminded of, jumped out at me:
1) by running away from God, not only did jonah mess it up for himself but also the people around him- whether it's people we know and love or just people that happen to be in the same hypothetical boat as us.
2) "but the Lord provided a great fish to swallow jonah." now i wasn't there for it so i can't say for sure, but i'm willing to bet that having been thrown overboard, jonah was probably praying for some water-wings or a raft or a lack of sharks and maybe a conveniently close island to wash up onto, well that and the "ah, God, i'm so sorry!" that must've been on loop in his head. so when God sent a giant fish his way he was probably not feeling too overcome with thanksgiving. he was probably kind of upset, nervous, frightened out of his wits, looking behind his shoulder to see if maybe the fish was headed to swallow the guy behind him, praying for deliverance from the fish, but little did he know, this was God's deliverance! and so, the lesson there is pretty point blank- His ways are higher than our ways. what we expect is sometimes so off from what God has in store for us and sometimes what God has for us might seem like a bad idea, but He's got it under control. so jesus, thank you for the fish.
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