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Jonah: God's Unrelenting Grace
Every generations of Sunday School children have heard the story of Jonah. It's the story "about a big fish swallowing a man and the then spitting him back out onto dry land."
Acutally the word "fish' is only mentioned four times in the whole book! Clearly, the point of the story must be about far more than "a fish swallowing a man." The fish is mentioned just 4 times. Jonah is mentioned 18 times, God is mentioned 38 times!
It turns out that Jonah is not the hero of the story. GOD IS! The book is actually about God's extraordinary, unstoppable, GRACE, even toward the sons and daughters who choose to run away from him!
When our Heavenly Father holds open His arms of invitation, we know that the prodigal son or daughter sometimes runs in the opposite direction! Jonah did! Perhaps that describes some of us reading these words. But the amazing story about Jonah is that God's love never gives up. God's grace always pursues us! HIs outstretched arms reach out to us, even in the fog of our deepest sins!
God's grace is a powerful, unstoppable, unmerited river pouring in our direction. But it is not always easy to accept, not easy to even believe in, not easy to receive. In this "JONAH" book, Sam Chess helps us to experience the consistent, ever-faithful, relentless, constantly-pursuing, unrestrained, love and grace of God reaching into each of our lives.
Acutally the word "fish' is only mentioned four times in the whole book! Clearly, the point of the story must be about far more than "a fish swallowing a man." The fish is mentioned just 4 times. Jonah is mentioned 18 times, God is mentioned 38 times!
It turns out that Jonah is not the hero of the story. GOD IS! The book is actually about God's extraordinary, unstoppable, GRACE, even toward the sons and daughters who choose to run away from him!
When our Heavenly Father holds open His arms of invitation, we know that the prodigal son or daughter sometimes runs in the opposite direction! Jonah did! Perhaps that describes some of us reading these words. But the amazing story about Jonah is that God's love never gives up. God's grace always pursues us! HIs outstretched arms reach out to us, even in the fog of our deepest sins!
God's grace is a powerful, unstoppable, unmerited river pouring in our direction. But it is not always easy to accept, not easy to even believe in, not easy to receive. In this "JONAH" book, Sam Chess helps us to experience the consistent, ever-faithful, relentless, constantly-pursuing, unrestrained, love and grace of God reaching into each of our lives.
137 pages, Paperback
Published August 30, 2023
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