The dark truth about Jonah (Part Two)
Chapter two and we find our "hero" trapped in the belly of a fish. Think about how that must have smelled, and felt. Imagine the fe4ar Jonah felt-- surely death was next on his agenda! Jonah is fearful for his life and pens his fear a poem: “In my distress I called to the Lord , and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry. You hurled me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me. I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’ The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounde...