From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to God. From the depths of the grave he describes his despair, waves and breakers sweep over him, banished from God's sight, engulfing waters, the deep surrounding him and seaweed wrapping his head. Then he says, "but you brought my life up from the pit".
"But you", what an amazing phrase. I'm faithless, but you are faithful, I doubt you, but you are always present, I fail, but you never fail, I question, but you are the answer.
I could go on and on, each day the story changes. Sometimes evolving, sometimes starting all over it seems. It's like a journey that has familiar turns for a while then you're in lands you've never seen before and everything is unfamiliar.
My controlling nature makes me want to see familiar roads ahead, "but you" care more about me than I care about myself. Familiar isn't always what is best. You desire to know me more than I desire to know you. You want me to experience the abundant life you came to bring.
I'm so content in my dungeon, "but you" want to release me and set me free. Why do you care?
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