Goodness, Gracious

Well... after reading this question I realize how much like Jonah I am, or at least how I am in the same position as him. There have been so many times in my life where I have had a chance to talk to someone about Christ or invite someone to experience Him. What is sad is that I was and am selfish and prideful about my faith and cared little about that person because he or she bugged me. Well, Jonah had it worse. The people in the city of Nineveh were horrible and their armies had destroyed the Northern tribes. Jonah didn't like them at all, he didn't want them to be saved from God's wrath. So when God told him to tell the people of Nineveh to repent Jonah ran away, not because he was afraid, but because he hated them. But eventually Jonah reluctantly went into the city and the people repented.
Once a someone came up to me and asked me about a retreat that I went on, he also wanted to go. I didn't like this person and I thought he was wanting to be apart of something that was rightfully mine. Of course the experience of God is for me, but it is also for everyone else. I told this kid that he didn't belong with us and that it wasn't for him because I didn't want him steppin on my grill yo. So he didn't go. I was an idiot and God was probably very upset. That was a long time ago, but there are still times today that I don't invite people to be apart of the Body of Christ. It is a horrible thing to do. So yeah... I QUIT!!!!

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