Mercy ( Psalm 145 v 8 ) 7

 So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea 1 v 15,so that was it,? no ,for we read,'And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah;and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.There he was in the belly of this great fish,one can only imagine ,how awful it was, but it was something of his own making.Then he did something he should have done earlier,he prayed o the Lord we read that prayer in chap 2.Even though he was in the belly of this great fish,he could still pray to God,we can pray to God anywhere ,and any time,you don't have to make an appointment.Here was this stubborn runaway person, in a death situation,the question is this, is he prepared to die physically,or is he prepared to die to self,and turn to God?.What would he choose?.well he chose to die to self,that was the only thing that would save him. and it did,God who later on would show mercy to the heathen Ninevites, showed mercy to his  disobedient servant, and rescued him.

                                                   'It is never to late to receive mercy'

                                                   ' Before the stirrup and the ground

                                                    I mercy sought, and mercy found'