They picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. Jonah 1:15

The sailors didn't want to do it. Still, Jonah insisted. 'God sent this great storm because I am running away from Him,' he said. 'God told me to go and preach to Nineveh. I hate that city! I hate those people. I'm on this boat because it was going in the opposite direction.'

'We don't want to throw you overboard,' the sailors cried. They swung their buckets, trying to bale the water out of the boat. It was no good. The storm got worse.

'It's my fault. Throw me over,' Jonah insisted.Finally, the sailors did it. They threw Jonah into the sea. And that was the end of the storm.

But it wasn't the end of Jonah. God had lessons that His disobedient servant had to learn. Jonah was learning the hard way.

Prayer: Lord, thank You that You control the sea, the storms - and the lives of Your children. Amen.