Tweet Reflections from the Book of Jonah The Man Who Runs From God The day my oldest son was born, I read him the story of Jonah from Sally Lloyd Jones’ Jesus Storybook Bible. It was the next story in the book. We had been reading stories every night before his arrival. It is one of the most known stories from the Bible, and yet we often still miss the point and lack the understanding of the message. God opens His mouth and speaks to Jonah and gives him a message to give to the Ninevites. “Get up and go! Preach against the evil they have committed.” Jonah got up to…