What Does Jonah Thrown Into The Sea And What Does It Mean To Me

Suddenly, it hit me: The choice to quit my full-time job, not only affected me, but also the family members who were attached to me. I let go of everything, and I set sail, on the run, to get my college degree. No problem, right? Of course not, happens all the time, adult females go to college, especially if they want to brush up their workplace skills. I learned that a recent data from the United States Bureau Labor Statistics (2014) reported that, “By 27 years of age, 32 percent of women had received a bachelor's degree, compared with 24 percent of men.” My friend, if you’ve allowed Jesus Christ to fill the void of your life, you won’t make college decisions based upon society’s quick moving statistics. Satan,
for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. Wherefore they cried unto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows. Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. - Jonah 1 - The story of the Prophet Jonah is a flaming lesson that illustrates what happens when we put God second. God commanded Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh and cry against the people’s