God provided

I was reading in Jonah this morning.   I kept circling and boxing in God or the Lord provided.  This is really a story of disobedience yet God still provided.  God asked Jonah to go share his love and repentance with Nineveh.  Jonah hated the Assyrians because every good Hebrew did.  Jonah ran from God but as God attempted to get his attention, God provided.  He provided the wind to get Jonah's attention.  He provided a fish to swallow Jonah.  He provided a plant to protect Jonah from the sun.  He provided the wind and sun to rebuke Jonah.  God's provision is not always pleasant for us but it is always needed.