As the Day Ends “And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city?” —Jonah 4:11, ESV Jonah grieved over a plant that had sheltered him, yet resented God’s mercy toward Nineveh. The plant mattered because it relieved his discomfort. The people troubled him because God had spared them. As evening comes, I hear God’s questionContinue reading “The People Beyond My Comfort”
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Grace for Me—and Mercy for Them
By His Word “And Jonah prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness…. Then said theContinue reading “Grace for Me—and Mercy for Them”