{"id":893,"date":"2015-01-25T06:47:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T20:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/?p=893"},"modified":"2015-01-25T06:56:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T20:56:13","slug":"collect-for-jonah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/?p=893","title":{"rendered":"Collect for Jonah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-894 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Jonah fish\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish.jpg 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Collect of Jonah<\/p>\n<address>Persistent and pursuing God,<\/address>\n<address>though we beg you to come close and speak to us,<\/address>\n<address>we run in terror when we hear your voice.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>But though we fall from the depths of the ocean of despair,<\/address>\n<address>into the very guts of the monster of depression<\/address>\n<address>you pick us up and dust us off,<\/address>\n<address>and set us on our way again.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>And when we finally obey your will<\/address>\n<address>and lie scorched and betrayed,<\/address>\n<address>as we discover anew that our way is not your way.<\/address>\n<address>you shelter us.<\/address>\n<address>until we are ready to learn,<\/address>\n<address>and face again the scorching reality of the east wind.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>Help us too, to tell our story<\/address>\n<address>of your compassionate and ironic love.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>Today our readings include Jonah, my favourite bible story.\u00a0 I wrote this collect 15 years ago.\u00a0 Jan Harper<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-894 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Jonah fish\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jonah-fish.jpg 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Collect of Jonah<\/p>\n<p> Persistent and pursuing God, though we beg you to come close and speak to us, we run in terror when  \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicanswanhill.com.au\/?p=893\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; 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