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This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events of Jonah 1:1- 2:10 from the point of view of Jonah.
Jonah He Lived in a Whale
Jonah 1:1-2:10
Why am I still alive There’s no reason for it. I went against his will and I felt sure he should smite me for it. And yet I live.
I was allowed to get on that boat. He could have stopped that. He could have struck me down when I stood on the dockside looking for an escape route. He didn’t have to let me get away. It would have taken no effort at all. In an instant there’d I be dead. And yet I live.
And when I was on the boat and the storm came, I could have died then. When I told the sailors and the others who were travelling with me that it was all my fault – the storm that threatened to engulf us all – it could have all finished there and then. They could have turned against me, torn me limb from limb and killed me. And yet I live.
Oh, it’s true that in the end I persuaded them to at least throw me over the side in order to calm the storm, to appease the Lord, but even then they showed pity on me. They prayed for me as they consigned me to those turbulent, storm tossed, waters. They asked for mercy for me as they threw me to what we all knew was going to be certain death. And yet I live.
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