Do you really want to go through that again?

Wednesday January 25th, Jonah 1: 10 Then GOD spoke to the fish, and it vomited up Jonah on the seashore. 1 Next, GOD spoke to Jonah a second time: 2 "Up on your feet and on your way to the big city of Nineveh! Preach to them. They're in a bad way and I can't ignore it any longer." 3 This time Jonah started off straight for Nineveh, obeying GOD's orders to the letter. Sometimes it takes an experience we can’t forget to experience the one who is with us always. Some hear the still small voice of God and respond with here I am, send me. Others require a 2x4 upside the head and sometimes it takes more than one time, before they start listening to the God who has never left their side. It might take a lifetime, but eventually everyone goes in the direction God wants us to go. Sometimes these unforgettable experiences are thrust upon us as a gift. Those are the times we respond with joy. But most often we have a tendency to create some interesting predicaments for ourselves as we try to avoid going the direction God wants us to go. God works through these predicaments also. If we would just do what God wants us to do in the first place life would be a lot easier. But as we look back over our life, we see that God can even take our detours and turn them into ministry and a good story to tell. When you retell it, try to keep the fish the same size as the original.