Tag: Chances

“Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish, and he said, “I called out of my distress to the Lord, and He answered me.  I called for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice.  For You threw me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current flowed around me.  All Your breakers and waves passed over me.  So I said, ‘I have been cast out of...

“One day long ago, God’s Word came to Jonah, Amittai’s son: “Up on your feet and on your way to the big city of Nineveh! Preach to them. They’re in a bad way and I can’t ignore it any longer.”  But Jonah got up and went the other direction to Tarshish, running away from God. He went down to the port of Joppa and found a ship headed for Tarshish. He paid the fare and went on...