And the people of Nineveh

              believed God.

              Jonah 3. 5

(The book of Jonah is

     not just about a man

                   and a whale,

but the deliverance of

     an unlikely people.

That is the real miracle

           in this story.

We can never know

    how God is using us

when we respond to Him

   and are faithful,

even in unexpected places.)

O LORD,

Make us aware of

    Your divine appointments

and responsive to

     Your sacred encounters,

even in this day ahead of us.

Fill us with Your love

  and pack our pockets with grace

that our hearts are aligned

                     with Yours.

Help us to love others

    right into Your arms.

May we seek the welfare

         of those around us.

And realize that is why

    You have placed us here.