He Learned From His Mistakes

 

Jonah Finds Mercy and Deliverance

Jonah plummeted into the raging waves. Perhaps he struggled, floundering  a bit, and saw amid a chaos of foam and spray that the ship was swiftly moving away.  But the mighty breakers crashed over him and forced him under. He sank down and down, sensing that all hope was gone.

Jonah later described how he felt at  this time. Fleeting images crossed his mind. He thought with sadness that he would never again see the beautiful temple of Jehovah in Jerusalem.  He had the sensation of descending to the very depths of the sea, near the roots of the mountains where seaweed entangled him.  This, it seemed, was to be his pit, his grave. - Read JONAH 2:2-6.

But wait! There was something moving nearbey-an immense, dark shape, a living thing.  Looming close, it darted at him.  A great maw opened over him, engulfed him, swallowed him down!

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