Running Away
Knowing exactly what he was supposed to do
Yet from this responsibility he suddenly withdrew
Boarding a ship and heading the other way
For Jonah was running so he wouldn't have to obey
And there at the very bottom of that ship he lay
Even as the ship began to violently rock and sway
But all the sailors knew with such fear in their eyes
Just as Jonah himself would also come to realize
So they took Jonah and threw him over the side
Into that stormy ocean so dark deep and wide
Soon to be swallowed by a very large whale
So many people think this is just an old Bible tale
But for three long days in that belly would he lay
As later he would do that just as God would say
Then on that third day he was finally set free
And headed straight to Nineveh ever so quickly
Are you also running from what God has said
Doing only what you really want to do instead
Maybe this would be a good time to admit
Before another such storm would also hit
Jonah 1:2
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it;
for their wickedness is come up before me.
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