Day 99: Dark Contemplations

The Prompt: Describe Jonah's experience in the whale.  Be descriptive.

A Whale Shark, the possible fish that ate Jonah.

Jonah opened his eyes and tried to stop his body from shaking.  He couldn't see a thing, but the smell of rotting fish was so pungent it made Jonah want to puke.  He struggled to take some deep breaths to calm down without getting sick.  The area that contained him was rather small.  He was sitting on something firm yet pliable (kind of like a water bed in modern day terms), but he couldn't sit up all the way without hitting his head.  He could barely turn around.  He was sitting in water, and he could feel objects, probably half-eaten seafood, floating around.

"How I am I not dead?"  He thought back about his voyage on the ship.  God had been angry with him, and with good reason.  He had disobeyed God, disregarding a direct order.  He deserved death, and he had fully anticipated it.  Being in this fish though, he wasn't sure how he would die.  If he didn't, he had no idea how he could get out.  Jonah didn't care to try escaping.  He felt depressed and deeply ashamed.

"Forgive me, Lord.  I know I could never be worthy enough to ask it from you.  I don't know what I was thinking.  I...I guess I hoped you would find someone else for the job.  I didn't want to go to Nineveh.  I thought they were going to attack me right on the spot.  They hate ones who worship You.  But I'm ready, Lord.  If you release me from this belly, I will go straight to Nineveh to deliver Your message."

Jonah stared in front of him, expecting the mouth of the whale to open up.  Nothing.  Jonah didn't feel any better.  He shivered from the cold water but didn't try to move.  He had a lot more feelings to sort through before God would consider releasing him.