Angry at a friend? Love is here to help.
I was mad at my friend Maya. She didn’t come to my party, and I felt snubbed and embarrassed.
All weekend, I kept replaying the incident in my mind—feeding the fire of grievance and reminding myself that I had every right to be mad.
I was acting like Jonah in the Bible. Jonah was furious with God for showing mercy to the Ninevites—a group of people that he didn’t believe deserved God’s forgiveness. He plunked himself down in the hot sun to pout (see Jonah 4:1–11). He basically said to God, “I’d rather die than forgive!” God grew a leafy tree to shade Jonah where he was sulking in the heat. I love this example of God’s unfailing love, and the humorous way it unfolded.
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