Murals (2008) by PHANTAST - Graffiti - Cultural Music & Art Association inc. - 98 Milne St. Benleigh
AFTER JONAH, YOU COULD NEVER TRUST GOD NOT TO BE MERCIFUL AGAIN.
Nothing expresses God's yearning to forgive better than the Book of Jonah. It contains but one line of prophecy:"Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned" (Jonah 3:4). But, to Jonah's disgust, that simple announcement of doom sparked a spiritual revival in hated Nineveh and changed God's plans for punishment. Jonah, sulking under a shriveled vine, admitted he had suspected God's soft heart all along: "I knew that You are a graciuous and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity". Thus the whole madcap scenario of balky prophet, ocean storm, and whale detour came about because Jonah could not trust God - could not, that is, trust Him to be harsh and unrelenting toward Nineveh.
AFTER JONAH, YOU COULD NEVER TRUST GOD NOT TO BE MERCIFUL AGAIN...(Robert Frost)