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Ask any woman,
man or child,
About Jonah and
the whale,
And anyone can
tell you,
The exciting
Bible tale.
How Jonah
disobeyed the Lord,
How he tried to
run away,
How he booked
passage on a ship,
To sail away that
day.
And, while on the
sea, a storm came up,
With torrential
rains and wind,
Lightening
flashed, and thunder roared,
Jonah's guilt
increased within.
When the waves
rose ever higher,
The sailors lost
control,
And a trembling,
cowering Jonah,
Hid himself down
in the hold.
Then, when the
storm grew more severe,
Jonah came up on
the deck,
He confessed he
had offended God,
And the ship
would surely wreck.
The only way to
save the men
Was to throw
Jonah overboard,
So, they tossed
him in the raging sea,
The storm
stopped! Praise the Lord!
As Jonah
floundered in the water,
A huge fish
suddenly appeared,
It opened up its
gaping mouth,
One gulp - poor
Jonah disappeared.
Jonah cried and
prayed to God
From the belly of
the fish,
"I'm sorry, Lord,
I disobeyed,
But I'll do now
just what you wish."
The whale swam
around in circles,
For three long
days and nights,
With Jonah tucked
down deep inside,
Where he kicked
with all his might.
The whale began
to moan and groan,
It had a
king-size stomach ache
From all the
racket and the stress,
Old Jonah did
create.
When they finally
reached the shore,
The whale spit
Jonah out, scot-free.
Safe and sound,
upon the ground,
Jonah landed on
his knees.
Jonah thanked
Almighty God,
That he'd been
freed and saved,
And he promised
then and there,
In the future,
he'd behave.
For all you
animal lovers,
It's only right
that you should know,
The whale, too,
did recover,
From its
gastronomic episode.
Now, was that not
a miracle?
And is this not
some tale?
Is not Our Father
wonderful,
To save both
Jonah and the whale?
~ Virginia (Ginny)
Ellis ~
Copyright ©
2001
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