Here are some reasons for writing out our thoughts: 1. We more easily discipline our minds to sustain our thoughts without interruption. 2. If interrupted, because we have written our thoughts, we are able to return to them again for further contemplation and development. 3. We can also return to our reflections in the distant future, when otherwise they might have been totally forgotten. 4. Writing demands that we organize our thinking connectedly or cohesively on a subject. 5. We train our minds to express ourselves meaningfully and accurately. 6. We build a reserve of good thoughts for a time when our thinking is more vacuous, or our spirituality is in decline. 7. We teach ourselves the significance of learning by demonstrating to ourselves that cogent, biblical thinking is worth writing down. 8. We find that our developed thoughts sometimes emerge in our public speaking or private conversations, even though we did not prepare to use them. 9. We have a cache of mature thoughts to peruse as seed for public writing or speaking. 10. We leave our thoughts to future generations when normally the preponderance of them, if not every last one of them, would have vaporized upon our death or mental decline.
Jim Elliff

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Jonah 4

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JON 4:1 A Joni bi vrlo nedrago, i rasrdi se.
JON 4:2 I pomoli se Gospodu i reèe: Gospode! Ne rekoh li to kad još bejah u svojoj zemlji? Zato htedoh pre pobeæi u Tarsis; jer znah da si Ti Bog milostiv i žalostiv, spor na gnev i obilan milosrdjem i kaješ se oda zla.
JON 4:3 Sada Gospode, uzmi dušu moju od mene, jer mi je bolje umreti nego živeti.
JON 4:4 A Gospod reèe: Je li dobro što se srdiš?
JON 4:5 I Jona izidje iz grada, i sede s istoka gradu i naèini onde kolibu, i sedjaše pod njom u hladu da vidi šta æe biti od grada.
JON 4:6 A Gospod Bog zapovedi, te uzraste tikva nad Jonom da mu bude sen nad glavom da mu pomogne u muci njegovoj; i Jona se obradova tikvi veoma.
JON 4:7 Potom zapovedi Bog, te dodje crv u zoru sutradan, i podgrize tikvu, te usahnu.
JON 4:8 I kad ogranu sunce, posla Bog suv istoèni vetar; i sunce stade žeæi Jonu po glavi tako da obamiraše i požele da umre govoreæi: Bolje mi je umreti nego živeti.
JON 4:9 A Bog reèe Joni: Je li dobro što se srdiš tikve radi? A on reèe: Dobro je što se srdim do smrti.
JON 4:10 A Gospod mu reèe: Tebi je žao tikve, oko koje se nisi trudio, i koje nisi odgajio, nego jednu noæ uzraste a drugu noæ propade.
JON 4:11 A meni da ne bude žao Ninevije, velikog grada, u kome ima više od sto i dvadeset hiljada ljudi koji još ne znaju šta je desno šta li levo, i mnogo stoke?