Morning Light - Jonah 04

Today: [Jonah 4] God Shows Mercy to the Undeserving. There are times that God will show mercy even to people who have done you much harm. In Jonah 4 the city of Nineveh is spared and Jonan is exceedingly angry. He camps outside the city and hopes that God will change His mind and go ahead and destroy his enemies. When that does not happen, he despairs even of life and asks that he might die. God corrects his thinking through an object lesson and makes the case to Jonah for the sparing of the city.