I cannot imagine being swallowed by a great big fish! The smell alone must have been ghastly ๐คข. The very worst of places. Alone and in a dark place with no hope of escape, I’m pretty sure that I would have had an epic meltdown! Perhaps Jonah did too. But after 3 days and nights, ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐! Astonishing. As Jonah began to shout out his thanksgiving, God spoke to the fish and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
What was Jonah saying as he shouted those grateful praises?๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐บ, ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ณ๐๐น. He was convinced that Almighty God would save him and rescue him from this horrible situation. And so he began to shout, he began to praise God and give Him thanks!
No matter how dark or hopeless your situation may be, God is still worthy of shouts of grateful praise! I encourage you, wherever you are and whatever you are going through to summon up those shouts, those praises, that thanksgiving. Perhaps take a moment to jump up and down and declare His goodness over your situation, knowing that your God will move. ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ! ๐๐๐ณ
Claire's Prayer 