{"id":5559,"date":"2024-05-02T02:35:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T02:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/?p=5559"},"modified":"2024-05-02T02:35:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T02:35:09","slug":"its-not-over-til-its-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/2024\/05\/02\/its-not-over-til-its-over\/","title":{"rendered":"IT&#8217;S NOT OVER &#8216;TIL IT&#8217;S OVER."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jonah 1:17 (KJV)  Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights<\/p>\n<p>The story of Jonah is more than just a tale of disobedience and consequence; it is a testament to the relentless pursuit of God&#8217;s love and mercy, even in the midst of our rebellion. As we examine Jonah&#8217;s encounter in the belly of the fish, let us reflect on the boundless grace of our God, who never lets go of us, even when we try to run from His will.<\/p>\n<p>Jonah&#8217;s story begins with his disobedience to God&#8217;s call to preach repentance to the peopleI of Nineveh. Despite Jonah&#8217;s rebellion, God did not abandon him. Instead, He intervened in a miraculous way, providing a great fish to swallow Jonah and preserve his life. This act of divine intervention serves as a reminder of God&#8217;s unfailing love and mercy, even in the midst of our disobedience.<\/p>\n<p>The moment you head south he watches and causes a diversion in your direction . But  in our moments of rebellion and disobedience, God never lets go of us. He pursues us with His unfailing love and mercy, patiently waiting for us to turn back to Him. May we learn from Jonah&#8217;s experience and choose obedience to God&#8217;s will. His grace is sufficient to cover all our shortcomings<\/p>\n<p>Further readings:<br \/>\nGen 28:15<br \/>\n1Sa 3:1-10<br \/>\nPsa 139:7<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude4f Blessed Day \ud83d\ude4f<br \/>\nwww.pastoralcarecenter.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonah 1:17 (KJV) Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights The story of Jonah is more than just a tale of disobedience and consequence; it is a testament to the relentless pursuit of God&#8217;s love and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5561,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5559\/revisions\/5561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastoralcarecenter.org\/newsletter\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}