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Jonah's Prayer

from Contemporary by Lance Eads

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The word of the Lord came to me
& I turned on my heels to flee
No way, don’t wanna do what you say to do
I jumped aboard a west-bound ship
& tried to give my God the slip
Farewell, to Tarshish I shall sail

For God wants to set right
The hearts of the Ninevites
& wants me to burn bright
W/ his guiding light, but
They’ve done wrong in my sight
And my heart does delight
W/ every ounce of its might
In their painful plight
& so I took flight
& did not do what is right

A hellish storm did rock the boat
& almost made it cease to float
Heave Ho, they blamed my God & through me overboard
Swallowed whole by a great fish
For not doing as God wished
That day I began to really pray

Oh, God, save me from
The belly of this whale
Save me from this tale of
A strange living hell, for
I know as my tears swell
That setting sail is how I
Failed to do well
& so you sent forth a gale
& that is why the sailors do bail
& I do wail

The hand of the Lord came to me
& pulled me from the raging sea
Heave Ho, he grabbed my soul and rescued me w/ 1 pull
I headed east to Ninevah
To tell them of the Lord’s sweet love
That’s right, the gospel light I spread that night

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from Contemporary, released January 14, 2015

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