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What a challenging book - Jonah. What’s up with Jonah’s death wish thing? I mean, instead of asking God to stop the storm so that he can obey - he’d rather drown at sea. Then he’d rather see the entire city destroyed than repent. Then he’d rather die under the withered plant than accept the discipline of God.

Good thing we aren’t like that, huh? Or are we? How tightly do we hold on to our understandings and thoughts of how things ‘ought’ to be as opposed to flexing with God?

What about the mandate/example of loving our enemies?
What does it look like to take Jesus to the wound of those who don’t like us or love us?
Why does Jonah end the way that it does?
What about Jonah do I see in myself?
Who are my modern day Ninevites?
What would have to change about me to love them?
What does loving them look like?

Lot’s of questions - few answers.