My Guardian Angel
Jonah guardian angel
Great prophet
of Israel
In God's path
You ran away from the Lord
On a passage
From a seaport
Of Joppa
God commands everything
On a ship
heading away
Everything in his creation
He blew upon the water
Sending a storm
Threatening to break
the ship asunder
A terrified crew
they began casting lots
Coming to the conclusion
Jonah was responsible
For the raging storm
He asked to be
Thrown overboard
A small boat
from the ship
They began
rowing for the shore
The waves
they just kept
getting higher
Afraid of God
The sailors
Cast him overboard
Into a storm
raged sea
The water became calm
A sacrifice
they made
As the crew
swore vows
To God the almighty
Instead of drowning
Got swallowed
by a whale
In the belly
Jonah cried
Repenting with tears
In the Almighty
Lord's name
Praising him
to the highest
In poetic statements
salvation came from
The Lord Almighty
Inside the giant
Of a fish
For three days
God commanded
The whale
to vomit
The redundant prophet
On dry land
This he obeyed
His master's call
Walking through Nineveh's
Proclaiming in forty days
Destruction of the city
From the weather
To the whale
A supernatural rescue
On land his hair
bleached white
Ghostly his linen
From the whale's
stomach acid
His skin pale
Surprisingly
the Nineveh people
Believed Jonah's message
Wore sackcloth
Covering themselves
In ashes
Hiding in shame
Almighty God
Had compassion
Sparing them in his mercy
He did not destroy the city
One of wickedness
Israel's enemy
Spared
Stopping outside
the city to rest
God he provide
a vine
Shelter from the warm
Baking sun
Again he questioned God
Jonah was very angry
With the Almighty
Questioning
Why did he spare
the enemies
Sworn unto
Israel
Next day
God provided a worm
That ate into the vine
Withering and dying
Grew faint
in the sun
Jonah he complained again
God scolded
him severely
No concern
was shown for the vine
What about Nineveh
Population 120,000
lost souls
As the story goes
He spent three days
In the inside of a whale
The same length
Our Lord Jesus
In the tomb
You are the salvation
Of lost souls
Thinking he knew better
Than the Lord
Who shows mercy
With forgiveness
To all people
Who repent
In a life defying God
Speaking in openness
With all honesty
Wise is to obey
The one who loves
Us the most
praised
in the Heaven's
Copyright © Liam Mcdaid | Year Posted 2013
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