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ciy:
These verses are a good, simple example of how God operates all in all.
6And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. 8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Jonah 4:6-8
I have done it and I know of so many others that would say, "God sure is good to me. He provided me a large leaf to shade me against the sun."
Then when all hell broke loose, "The devil came and took away all of my joy and happiness. He even made it worse than it was before I had the shade."
Amazing, the greatness of God's plan.
CIY
lilitalienboi16:
--- Quote from: ciy on July 03, 2007, 11:03:55 AM ---These verses are a good, simple example of how God operates all in all.
6And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. 8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Jonah 4:6-8
I have done it and I know of so many others that would say, "God sure is good to me. He provided me a large leaf to shade me against the sun."
Then when all hell broke loose, "The devil came and took away all of my joy and happiness. He even made it worse than it was before I had the shade."
Amazing, the greatness of God's plan.
CIY
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LOL, poor jonah.. haha thx for the scripture =]
Love,
Alex
gmik:
WOW.
I knew that story, but not in that context. Thats how we Christians treat scripture. God did, God prepared, and we turn around and say satan did it.
Truly, God is All in All. Luv it!!
skydreamers:
Hi CIY,
Thank you for sharing that! Your post caused me to go and read that whole chapter of Jonah. There's a lot in there, but it is so very cool how more and more reading of the bible is solidifying everything we are learning here at BT. Very cool.
Here is the chapter in The Message version:
Jonah was furious. He lost his temper. He yelled at GOD, "GOD! I knew it--when I was back home, I knew this was going to happen! That's why I ran off to Tarshish! I knew you were sheer grace and mercy, not easily angered, rich in love, and ready at the drop of a hat to turn your plans of punishment into a program of forgiveness! "So, GOD, if you won't kill them, kill me! I'm better off dead!" GOD said, "What do you have to be angry about?" But Jonah just left. He went out of the city to the east and sat down in a sulk. He put together a makeshift shelter of leafy branches and sat there in the shade to see what would happen to the city. GOD arranged for a broad-leafed tree to spring up. It grew over Jonah to cool him off and get him out of his angry sulk. Jonah was pleased and enjoyed the shade. Life was looking up. But then God sent a worm. By dawn of the next day, the worm had bored into the shade tree and it withered away. The sun came up and God sent a hot, blistering wind from the east. The sun beat down on Jonah's head and he started to faint. He prayed to die: "I'm better off dead!" Then God said to Jonah, "What right do you have to get angry about this shade tree?" Jonah said, "Plenty of right. It's made me angry enough to die!" GOD said, "What's this? How is it that you can change your feelings from pleasure to anger overnight about a mere shade tree that you did nothing to get? You neither planted nor watered it. It grew up one night and died the next night. So, why can't I likewise change what I feel about Nineveh from anger to pleasure, this big city of more than a hundred and twenty thousand childlike people who don't yet know right from wrong, to say nothing of all the innocent animals?"
Jonah 4:1-11
Peace,
Diana
ciy:
Thanks Diana,
You blessed me back. The Message version is powerful.
CIY
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