You'Re Invited
Like the man with his gourde in sitting there off to the side
Looking down upon the whole horde with a disdainful pride
In so waiting for such a sight to suddenly come and appear
Doubting they'll see the Light, doubting they will ever hear
Poor Jonah up there on that hill waiting for God to destroy
Never really having the will to share with others God's Joy
So he would sit there and wait as the sun beat on his head
But he didn't know Nineveh's fate as they repented instead
Such a gloom filled heart had he that he missed the point
What Jonah never came to see is that only God can anoint
But Nineveh didn't last eternally just two generations or so
For it was their weak morality their children came to know
So the point in being is to go tell everyone of His Kingdom
Help others in so seeing even if you have no luck with some
Don't sit up there on a hill looking down upon what you see
I believe it is God's Will to give everyone a chance to be free
Jonah Chapter 4:1-11
Copyright © Vincent Flannery | Year Posted 2015
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