by Jen Thorn | Sep 23, 2018 | Love God Greatly Posts, Love the Loveless (Jonah) |
In most of the prophetic books of the Bible, the focus is the message of the prophet. But in the book of Jonah, the focus is not so much on the message, but on the prophet. Jonah himself is the message. His actions remind us that man is not like God. Jonah is a...
by Terria Moore | Sep 20, 2018 | Love God Greatly Posts, Love the Loveless (Jonah) |
It was a cold, wintery afternoon when I received the letter. This was back when people actually wrote letters. There was no return address – no indication of who wrote it. I scanned the letter until the words jumped off the page, “God has forgiven me, and I...
by Sara Stevens | Sep 18, 2018 | Love God Greatly Posts, Love the Loveless (Jonah) |
It’s the end of the first week of school around here. Everyone’s tired. Everyone’s grouchy. And I had one of those afternoons with my kids where my patience was thin and I had just had enough. Enough of telling them not to fight, and to pick up toys, and to find their...
by Angela Perritt | Sep 16, 2018 | Love God Greatly Posts, Love the Loveless (Jonah) |
I’m a sucker for second chances. I guess that’s because I’ve needed them so many times in my own life. From forgetting a dear friend’s birthday to not watching my words and tone when “discussing” an issue with my husband, or not...
by WhitneyD | Sep 13, 2018 | Love God Greatly Posts, Love the Loveless (Jonah) |
These days I’m in a beautifully refining stage of parenting. My kids are getting older, and daily life lessons are shifting beyond the playground. We’re navigating culture together, resulting in the development of deeper Biblical world views. The...
by Jen Thorn | Sep 11, 2018 | Love God Greatly Posts, Love the Loveless (Jonah) |
Jonah 2 is the famous part of Jonah’s story where he gets swallowed by a great fish. It is while he is in this smelly belly that Jonah cries out to the Lord. Put yourself in his shoes for a minute. He has been thrown overboard, which in and of itself must have been...