Reply To: Jonah at once changes course.

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October 31, 2020 at 7:22 pm #11654

Gary

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This is a good lesson on the wiles of selfishness. It was selfishness that drove Jonah to take a boat to Tarshish. When he saw that his selfishness endangered the lives of others, his love for others took over, and he was willing to do whatever would save the rest of the passengers. But after delivering the message to Nineveh, and seeing God’s forgiveness of their sins, his pride and selfishness tried again, this time to persuade him he would be better off dead than alive. Mrs. Eddy emphasizes over and over the importance of humility. The Bible is full of it as well. Unless we are totally without pride, it will try everything it can to trip us up and prevent us from doing what is actually in our best interest to do.