Life is packed with disappointments.

Unfairness abounds.

The wrong people get promoted while you get overlooked.

Bad drivers never get tickets, but you do.

And sometimes, like Jonah, we build our own little shelters to sulk in, waiting for God

to make things right. Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall reveals why the prophet Jonah,

despite knowing God's character well, became so furious with His divine mercy that he begged to die.

Sound extreme? Maybe you've been there too. But what if there's a

better way to live? Chuck titled today's message, The Grumblings of an Angry Prophet.

When peace like a river attends my way, when sorrow like sea billows roll, whatever my lot, Lord you have taught me to say, is well with my soul.

But for many, Father, I acknowledge it is not. In fact, I think it's safe to say,

and it certainly isn't informing you of anything, Lord,

that for most it is not well with their soul.

There are struggles and nightmarish fears.

There are disappointments.

There are angry moments.

There are times when there are arguments even with you. Asking, how could you do such a thing?

How could you allow this to happen?

Why would you not have done what I had wanted you to do?

Some of these questions may never be answered, and yet, on the other hand, in a broader sense,

all of them will be when we find our peace with you.

So help us our Father today to see beyond our own circumstances and to realize that you speak to the broader picture and invariably you bring us

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