jonah – The Prodigal One

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July 28, 2019
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While in prison I took my Bible everywhere and spent most of my time reading it. One day one of the inmates asked me, “Are you a Bible thumper?” I replied, “I am not sure what a Bible thumper is, but it is God’s words and I believe everything in it to be true.” The inmate said, “Surely you are not dumb enough to believe Jonah was swallowed up by a big fish and ended up in its belly for 3 days.” I said, “If God said it, I believe it.” The inmate continued, “You know you will never be able to find out if it happened.” I said, “When …..

November 20, 2016
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When I was growing up I was given the nickname Jonah. It’s funny how part of my life paralleled the Bible character Jonah. Jonah disobeyed God and was swallowed up by a whale. I disobeyed God and was swallowed up by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. While in the whale Jonah prayed to God and promised he would go wherever God led him. While sitting in a 6’X10’ cell I made that same promise. Jonah was released from the whale, I was released from prison and we both would go where God would lead us. When God opened the door for me to go back to prison to share our …..