Jonah (Vol 2 No 91)
He ran away so quickly; he found a speedy yacht;
He did not want to rumble with such a motley lot!
For Jonah was the preacher whom God had asked to go
To foreigners to tell them, “Stop misbehaving so.”
When Jonah tried to practice a disappearing trick,
His boat sailed into trouble, the storm came up so quick.
The captain threw him over; he had a ‘sort of’ hunch;
The fury stopped, and Jonah became a tasty lunch.
The whale got indigestion and Jonah, he popped out;
He knew he was a loser; he did a turnabout.
He preached to all that city; “You must be good and true,
Then God might reconsider what had been planned to do.”
God did not chuck a wobbly, but Jonah wished them dead;
For they were not like he was – not Jewish born and bred.
So God taught him a lesson; not sure if he agreed;
God’s love is for all people, for every race and creed.
Tune Morning Light AHB 509 TiS 592
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