A Message from Miss. Glenda, the Year 4 Teacher

Hello from Year 4,

This week our class learned the story of Jonah. Growing up, I learned that this story was about obeying God and following His commands. And although that is true, I missed a bigger part of the story. I grew up thinking the fish was punishment for disobeying God—three days inside of a gross stomach—Jonah definitely made God mad and now he was paying for it. What I didn’t understand back then is that this fish was an act of God’s mercy. Even though Jonah disobeyed, God sent this big fish to save him, to make sure he did not drown. In Chapter 2 we hear Jonah praying:

But, you, Lord God,

    rescued me from that pit.

When my life was slipping away,

    I remembered you—

and in your holy temple

    you heard my prayer.

Let the story of Jonah remind you that the Lord—our merciful Lord—hears our prayer—whether we’re in the depths of the sea, or on the safety of shore.

In Christ,

Miss G