in a Land of ancient times there was a man named Jonah known for his wisdom but sometimes stubborn he was about to face a great challenge Jonah was very kind people in the city came to him for help because he was wise and gave good advice he loved talking to God and prayed a lot showing he really cared about being good and kind one sunny day God spoke to Jonah Jonah you must go to Nineveh a city lost in wickedness they do not believe in me and their evil ways have reached me in 40 days
I will destroy Nineveh unless you change them but Jonah was afraid and didn't want to go instead of going to Nineveh Jonah boarded a ship to tares hoping to escape his daunting task out at Sea a fearsome storm erupted the sailors terrified wondered who had brought this Misfortune meanwhile Jonah slept below deck unaware of the danger the sailors cast lots to find the cause of the storm and the lot fell on Jonah he confessed I am running from God's task throw me into the sea and the storm will cease reluctantly the sailors threw Jonah into
the Raging Sea miraculously the storm stopped the sailors were a struck and pledged to serve Jonah's God In The Deep Jonah was swallowed by a giant whale inside it was dark and damp a strange room Jonah prayed earnestly realizing he could not hide from his duty he promised to fulfill God's command if he was saved after 3 days the whale spat Jonah out near Nineveh Jonah was thankful and knew it was time to complete his mission Jonah walked through Nineveh a city of people who were Wicked and did not believe in God he warned them
in 40 days Nineveh will be destroyed unless you change your ways he told them all about the story of the ship and the whale the people listened to Jonah and start started to change turning from their evil Deeds when 40 days had passed Jonah camped out in the desert to see what would happened to the city the people of Nineveh now believed in God and repented God saw their change of heart and did not destroy the city after Neva was saved Jonah felt upset he couldn't understand why God spared a city that had been so
bad God wanted to teach Jonah about caring so God made a special plant grow to give Jonah shade from the hot sun Jonah liked the plant a lot but the next day God let a worm eat the plant and Jonah was very hot and unhappy God asked Jonah do you care about the plant Jonah said yes God then said you care about a plant but I care about all the people in Nineveh especially the children and animals they made mistakes but they deserve a chance to be better the story of Jonah teaches us about being
kind and forgiving even when people do bad things they can change and be good again
