Bible Stories: Jonah (Part Vi) Poem by Dr John Celes

Further Interpretation:

The Lord expects obedience,
From all His ones beloved;
God has remarkable patience,
We ought to do as said.

’Tis upto Him to spare a soul;
Or punish one early;
To watch earth’s events is His role
He forgives all freely!

Man wants all wicked ones punished;
But God has other ways;
Man wants all righteous rewarded,
God puts it off by days!

Man’s anger comes in moments fast,
God cannot be like that;
Man forgets not the things of past,
The Maker does, so what?

Though Jonah’s reason for anger
Was right, from human point;
God saves all creatures from danger,
‘Sinners, He can anoint! ’

The God who made all souls alike,
Just loves to have all back;
He speaks to hearts ‘without a mike’;
The grace to hear, we lack!

Man’s repentance softens God’s wrath,
His anger cools off soon;
He wants us walk in righteous path,
And gain Heaven as boon!

The way God sees, we cannot sense,
We have human limits;
For downtrodden, God is defense,
Give up sinful habits!

Man’s narrowness of thinking is
Well seen in Jonah’s case;
When God prepares to forgive foes,
His verdict, none efface.

Copyright by Dr John Celes 4-26-2007