Jonah 4
1 But Jonah he felt a great sorrow, and was irritated, and prayed to the Lord, saying: 2 'O Lord, is it not that I said to myself, while she was still in my country? So I hastened to flee to Tarshish; I knew that you are a God merciful, gracious, slow to anger and of great kindness, and that you repent of the evil. 3 now, O Lord, please, take back my life, because for me is better to die than to live '. 4 And the Lord said, 'Make good to be angry?' 5 Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat down in the east of the city, there was a hut there, and sat under the shade, according to see what would happen to the city. 6 And God, the Lord to heal of his irritation, had a growing castor oil, which climbed up over Jonah to shade him to the head, and Jonah was very happy because of the gourd. 7 But the next day at dawn, God made her a worm, which attacked the gourd and it withered away. 8 And as the sun had risen, God made a wind blowing suffocating in the East, and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so he was not, and asked to die, saying, 'It is better for me to die than to live '. 9 And God said to Jonah, 'Do you do well to be angry because of the castor oil?' He said, 'Yes, do good to irritate me to death'. 10 And the Lord said, 'You have pity on castor oil for which you do not have toiled, and you did not grow, who was born in a night and perished in a night: 11 and I would not pity Nineveh, that great city, where there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand people who can not distinguish their right from their left, and so many cattle? '
there was great joy in all of Nineveh repented and the Lord. Maybe we take it for granted and we slip the thing in the background, but not exactly so.
This is the condition of every man who confesses the greatness of God and the misery of his sin.
Nineveh, a city proud and lost in the maze of his wickedness, he converted a few words of Jonah.
But the prophet, who had reaction? Well, his irritation was not strong enough.
because I knew that thou art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and of great kindness, and that you repent of the evil. 3 now, O Lord, please, resume my life as for me is better to die than to live '.
That's Jonah, a real fancy, it seems almost surreal. Yet, the Lord began to laugh, nor to condemn, but simply tried to bribe a witness to give him what was his love.
It should be noted that Jonah knew very well who was the Lord, and he himself admits that his mercy is great and is slow to anger. Yet it irritates almost feel cheated because he had fled to the mountains and seas and in the end, he had yielded to the request of God, do not even see fulfilled what was prophesied. Instead of being a source of joy, however, the is nervous to the stars.
That Yahweh a simple and concise question: 4 And the Lord said, 'Make good to be angry?'
Some say that every minute of anger is a waste of time. Indeed, this feeling is like a cage that is gripping and keeps locked. The beast locked in a cage does nothing but turn round to tear anything that happens before. So the angry man does not bring about respect for what he has, but at that moment there is only his ego, his cause and his anger.
Ed è in quei momenti che il Signore ci chiede se facciamo bene ad arrabbiarci così.
Se lui stesso si pende della sua ira e della giustizia che fa discendere sui popoli, a maggior ragione anche noi dovremmo riflettere bene sull'ira. Certo, non saremo perfetti, ma un minimo di valutazione alle conseguenze dovremmo sempre farla, prima di sparare a zero su tutto e su tutti.
6 E Dio, l'Eterno, per guarirlo della sua irritazione, fece crescere un ricino, che montò su di sopra a Giona per fargli ombra al capo; e Giona provò una grandissima gioia a motivo di quel ricino.
Il Signore non disse più nulla a Giobbe, ma semplicemente fece crescere un ricino che lo rinfrancasse, ed effettivamente Giona diventò gioioso grazie a quella pianticella.
Nella notte però morì e Giona si infuriò ancora di più e desiderò morire.
9 E Dio disse a Giona: 'Fai tu bene a irritarti così a motivo del ricino?' Egli rispose: 'Sì, faccio bene a irritarmi fino alla morte'.
Come siamo stolti quando ci facciamo prendere dagli eventi e rifiutiamo il dono della vita per le prove che il Signore presents us! Often do not see them as opportunities, but only as a boulder from behind to drag. I'm not talking so much about big disasters, but of everyday life, when people gasping for snort to work and are held on the weekend to draw a breath of fresh air.
The Slender, day after day, and between one day and the other is not a moment's rest. It is true, but who knows how to enjoy the small steps every day, from morning to night under the covers, there is not gripped by anger. Sure, there will also be those moments, but still remain isolated and sporadic.
Jonah persisted in his rebellion and that was when the Lord said:
10 And the Lord said, 'You have pity on castor for which you do not have toiled, and you did not grow, who was born in one night and in one night perished: 11 and I would not pity Nineveh, that great city, where there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand people who can not distinguish their right from their left, and so many cattle? '
Jonah did not think the great act of salvation that fell on Nineveh, but he thought to himself, who had fled to him, to him who was swallowed by the sea, a lui che aveva detto ma non era successo, … a lui... sì a lui, perché molto spesso la rabbia è la conseguenza di un ego troppo grande, che non vuole tacere.
Giona sarebbe dovuto cadere con la faccia a terra e piangere per la grande misericordia di Dio verso quella città, e invece si irritò. Lui forse non era in grado di amare, ma non lo condanniamo, perché ognuno di noi, giorno dopo giorno, deve affrontare il proprio orgoglio.
L'Eterno si adirà sì, ma è anche capace di ritirare la sua sentenza per amore del cuore contrito. È qui allora che l'esempio di Cristo viene fuori in tutta la sua pienezza.
Allora dunque chi ama non è solo umile, ma anche lento all'ira e grande in pazienza.
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