Is Your Anger a Good Thing?

God:  Is your anger about the shrub a good thing?
Jonah:  Yes, even to the point of death.  (Jonah 4. 9, CEB)

Jonah is surely certain that his anger is good.  Anger is the opposite of mercy:  perceived both in God and in human beings.  Anger is caught up in commandments and works, at the centre of the power of death.  The difference:  Jonah is willing to die for his anger; God is willing to die for His mercy.  Which will we die for, anger or mercy?  Each day's faith answers this question, as we look either to our own foolishness or the foolishness of Christ on the cross.

Enduring the Compassionate God

How does the story of Jonah conclude?  Does Jonah ever reconcile himself with God's compassionate intent to show mercy to those who are enemies of  God?  Do we?  The story goes on, beginning at Chapter four, verse 12.