Poor little ole Jonah, unhappy and wants to die! Jonah 4:5-8

Good morning all!  God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!
   Well, have you been thinking about your life and how it may parallel to Jonah's?  God calls, we run. God corrects, we do.  God acts, we pout.  That is Jonah thus far.
   So, Jonah went up on the east side of the city to "see what happens".  Well, to his dismay the people repented, God sent no evil, and Jonah is unhappy.  Hmmm!  Why is Jonah not happy?
    Jonah hated Nineveh and wanted it destroyed; now he is sitting and watching.  Now Jonah is angry at God because God did not do what Jonah wanted - the destruction of Nineveh.  So he has a little shelter from which to watch; God prepared a gourd to grow up to provide shade for Jonah's head.  This plant grew rapidly, provided shade for Jonah who "was exceeding glad of the gourd."(c4,v6) He did not realize this gourd came from the hand of God.  
     The next day, in verse 7, a worm came and destroyed the plant just as fast as it had grown.  The plant was designed to serve God's purpose, not for Jonah's comfort.  Now Jonah has no shade.  Then God sent (v8) "a vehement east wind" which is very hot and carry dust with it.  Jonah fainted and wished to die.  The wind was not there for drying up the plant or to tear down the shelter, but simply for intensifying the physical distress of the prophet.  
    So Jonah is sitting on the side of a hill, he is not praying for Nineveh or for himself, but sitting/laying there in complete dejection and self-pity.
    Tomorrow we will finish Jonah; but I ask you these questions.  How many times have things not gone your way and you were angry about it?  Even though you may not have had good reason - you were angry.
    How often do you sit around in self pity, oh woe is me, poor little me sympathy party?  How often do you not see what God had done and is doing in your life because of your cloudy and tainted vision?
   How often do we act as Jonah?  Love you all.
   In Christ's Love and Grace
     Johnny