can I love a God that I am too afraid to be near? How can I love a God who, when I am near Him, just confirms all the bad things that I think about myself? That’s what Jonah is all about—that nagging sense that we all have of not being good enough. We think we need something else in our lives. “I just need a little bit more money.” “I just need that promotion.” “I just need one more child.” It’s that nagging sense, the awareness that you are somehow broken, you are somehow lacking. You just need one