Hello My NAME IS

As I said, there are valuable lesson for me to learn from Jonah’s life. There are two that came to me just yesterday. I cannot express to you how much I am just in awe of our God.

The first lesson came to me as I was praying. I had been dealing with an individual this week and had been very merciless toward him. They had called me, and during the call I knew in my heart I had not been graceful. I heard Howard Hendricks from Dallas theological seminary say that when people come and speak to us, we must always look at that time as an invitation not an intrusion. So as I was praying, the LORD put this person in my mind and it just made me realize how easy it is to become Jonah. Here I was enjoying God’s mercy and grace and not willing to share it. Unless this person is reading my blog, which I doubt, it would be really hard to explain to them how God is dealing with me. So the best way to do it is just to give them what has been given to me in an immense way…Grace and Mercy.

The second lesson came last night at about 10 PM. I was asked “to go” to a place I knew I did not want to go. That is, I was asked to do a funeral for a young baby. My first reaction was NO WAY… I mean my excuses were flowing as I was listening to the physical and emotional needs of this family. The worst part was that I could not value the spiritual need this family has. So as I was explaining that there was no way I could do that, God had only to whisper to me, ”Jonah,” and that was it. So when I finish this blog, I will be leaving my home to be there for that family. I don’t know what to expect since they don’t go to church and may not be able to understand that GOD is in control. But God has asked me to GO and I just need to have the courage to LISTEN.

thanks,

JONAH