Trust in God, He has mercy, let Him make all right, it is not up to us to take justice into our own hands!

Jonah was greatly displeased

and became angry that God did not carry out the evil

he threatened against Nineveh.

He prayed, "I beseech you, LORD,

is not this what I said while I was still in my own country?

This is why I fled at first to Tarshish.

I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God,

slow to anger, rich in clemency, loath to punish.

And now, LORD, please take my life from me;

for it is better for me to die than to live."

But the LORD asked, "Have you reason to be angry?"

Jonah then left the city for a place to the east of it,

where he built himself a hut and waited under it in the shade,

to see what would happen to the city.

And when the LORD God provided a gourd plant

that grew up over Jonah's head,

giving shade that relieved him of any discomfort,

Jonah was very happy over the plant.

But the next morning at dawn

God sent a worm that attacked the plant,

so that it withered.

And when the sun arose, God sent a burning east wind;

and the sun beat upon Jonah's head till he became faint.

Then Jonah asked for death, saying,

"I would be better off dead than alive."

But God said to Jonah,

"Have you reason to be angry over the plant?"

"I have reason to be angry," Jonah answered, "angry enough to die."

Then the LORD said,

"You are concerned over the plant which cost you no labor

and which you did not raise;

it came up in one night and in one night it perished.

And should I not be concerned over Nineveh, the great city,

in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons

who cannot distinguish their right hand from their left,

not to mention the many cattle?"

~Jonah 4:1-11

Trust in God, He has mercy, let Him make all right, it is not up to us to take justice into our own hands! The first reading today in mass was good. It is a good reminder for all of us. In the story of Jonah and Him telling the people of Nineveh to repent, God decided to show mercy on His people. Jonah wasn't sure if this mercy was right. While many did repent, not all did, but it i snot our job to take this justice into our own hands as Jonah learns from God in this Bible verse. We have to be respectful of God. He is in charge. He will take charge and make all right. It is not up to us. Today we see so much injustice, so much lawlessness and chaos, so much sin. It is frustrating, but we need to trust in the Lord to have divine intervention and make it all right. It is not our jobs as His children as we can see in this story with Jonah in the Bible. We need to leave all this social injustice up to God to deal with. We need to turn to prayer, be like Jesus, and show love and mercy, knowing that God is greater and He is in control and will make everything right. All we can do is the best we can. Try to do the right things and live an upright and holy life. Yes, we need to trust in God, He has mercy, let Him make all right, it is not up to us to take justice into our own hands!