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Prophet Jonah's Aborted "Moving On" Story, and How Come Jonah was Angry The Lord Saved Big-City Nineveh from Destruction?

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I'm totally intrigued by this story. I didn't know before reading the whole story that Jonah was actually angry over the fact that the Lord didn't destroy Nineveh as He promised ---if its people won't improve from its hideous ways. I wonder also what lifestyles were those people in Nineveh were having during those times. Curious scenarios, indeed, specially if you live in big city yourself (just like me nowadays, here in New York City ). A lot of bad things happen here, and for all we know, we may just be ready for another kind of destruction we can't even try to imagine now---until a "Jonah" comes in our midst, announcing the need for repentance now. Jonah must have failed to "move on" after he has done one of his assignments from the Lord---but he sulked and became angry. He actually wanted Nineveh to perish and be gone as soon as possible, but still Jonah had to do his assignment or else he'd be experiencing more terrible experiences sen...

Eight Dream Symbols That Point to Stress - Page 3

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Link PLEASE READ LINK Oh, Lord, I just love having dreams in my sleep, or else, I am surely have not been able to sleep well at all. I've known from my Psychology undergraduate studies, that when one is dreaming, one is having "rapid eye movement" (REM) or the state wherein dreams happen. Of course, I'd love to have the most pleasant dreams! I recall having dreamt of seeing myself beheaded, with me seeing actually where my head drops and rolls....the details are just so real...such that I'd still remember this dream even up to now when I've had this dream when I was still in elementary school. And I've had regular dreams of just flying, flying so freely, and letting myself falling from the very top of tall buildings, and getting myself dropping for a few floors, and eventually, I'd be getting the hang of it, and I'd get my gears moving, and I'd be swooping up, up and away.....flying, flying...flying like a giant wild bird!!! That sounds...