Who knows what lies ahead? A widely used saying has it that if we all put our troubles on a pile and then picked out the ones we choose, we would pick out our own. Why? Because we can deal with them. If we actually had an opportunity to do something new, what would we do? Who knows? Most people, most of the time take their troubles with them or else find them waiting when they arrive. We tend to plug away at the same old things.

Jonah was fleeing from God. He had every confidence he could escape and be free from the heavy call laid on him, so he took his troubles, put them aside and sailed away. He could not know that whale was there. What a surprise when he found himself right in the belly of the whale, as if he were swallowed up by his problems. I wonder what went through his mind. Pray…