When we think of the book the Jonah, I imagine we usually think 'whale'.  Jonah though is really a book that reminds us that we can do everything wrong and God will save us.  The breadth & length, height, & depth of God’s mercy eclipses even our greatest flaws & our biggest blunders.  God's way is the way of love and mercy.  There is nothing we can do that will separate us from the love of God.  When we recognize ourselves as God’s beloved, we also discover that others, even those we hate, are God’s beloved as well