This weeks past lesson was definitly full of surprise insight. And to think I only thought of Jonah and the Whale as a big fish tale. Not so. I would have to say that the award for the deepest insight goes to Sean McAniff. I honestly never looked at it the way Sean interpreted it. To recap what he said...and Im paraphrasing," Every event and person in the book of Jonah obeyed God." "The weather obeyed God, the pagan sailors obeyed God, even the fish obeyed God." " Jonah, not so willing."
I guess you could say Jonah OBEYED God, he just did it with a rebelloius heart. After the second attempt he did go to Ninevah, he was just so bitter about it. I get a chuckle when I think about the revival happening in that city and Jonah off in the heat burning up. I'm sure it was not just his head that was burning, but the fire of bitterness and anger and possibly even jeoulousy that plagued his heart. I imagine that like Jonah, there have been times in our lives where we would rather see Gods judgement, not grace, on our enemies. The problem with that kind of logic is it weighs down the heart of the bitter person and doesn't allow the flow of Gods love in. Eventually, like the vine in Jonah, we dry up and wither until we come to the realization that Gods grace is for everyone. Even you!!!
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I agree that Sean was indeed very insightful in pointing out that everyone and everything obeyed God except Jonah. I really enjoyed the lesson. Thank you Sean.
Yeah!!! a response!! We really enjoy having you in our class, you are such a blessing!
I miss your blog...where are you?
Still missing you...I would like to see the blog to also include updated prayer lists and any class events (like Potlucks and dinners). Enjoyed the lesson Sunday very much. You are a great teacher!
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