Jonah

Our Sunday School Class has been studying the book of Jonah.  I've known the story of Jonah most of my life but I learned a lot from this study.  Jonah really wanted God to destroy the city of Nineveh.  He must
of hated the people there.  They were wicked people, but God still loved them.  Jonah didn't want to preach to them so he went the other way but you can't run from God.  Jonah must have preached harder because he didn't like them and maybe that was why God chose him to do the preaching.  He was mad because they repented and God didn't destroy them.  Why did Jonah stay there?  Was it because he  wanted to see God destroy the town?  Then God sent the worm to destroy the plant that was shading Jonah and he was mad again.  So God told him that he didn't do any work to get the plant that was shading him.  God ask him why shouldn't God care about the great city of Nineveh.  The Bible doesn't tell us if God ever got through to Jonah but He did get through to me.  There are people that I've held things against but studying Jonah has taught me that God loves those people too.   There are things that you just have to let go.