WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

Pondering today’s CHOOSE JOY devotion and BELOW Scripture, why is it so hard to get past hurts out of the way?

Jonah was shown to be grateful for his being saved by God out of the whale’s belly; however, he was NOT grateful for God forgiving an entire city of ‘God’s creation’.

He even stated it would be better for him to die than to live and see Nineveh forgiven.

This challenges ME to leave judgment to the Lord, be grateful for His hand and Spirit’s influence, and I AM TO BE ABOUT ‘instructing and nurturing those who don’t KNOW Him to KNOW Him.   Moving forward with others in instruction, or nurture, can't begin until we've become grateful for His forgiving them first.

 
MY NAME SHOULD BE JONAH
Quickly embracing personal hurt

Closing off concern, feelings

Choosing judgment over mercy

Highlighting self
 

Righteousness demands ‘praying for enemies’

Climbing up…sharing His Cross
His Glory shining...Seeking His heart
 

  Living love or dying self-absorbed?

A choice.

(by: Skoots1Mom)
 

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Jonah 4:3-4:5  God changed his mind about the calamity  he had said he would bring upon them (Nineveh); and he did not do it.  But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry.    He prayed saying, "O LORD! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country… I knew  you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and ready to relent from punishing.  And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live."
 

How does this Scripture speak to you today?