Lessons from a Fish's Belly

Sometimes things don't go the way we want them to in life

And we have to deal with more than our share of stress and strife

In fact, the load can become so heavy that we feel it is unfair

All of the stress, strife and the network of enemies that we bear.

 

That is when we do things that often get us cast into the belly of the whale

And everything we do to get out, comes to no avail

Then we remember to Whom we are supposed to belong

And begin to make our confessions and appeal to Almighty God, Who is strong.

 

We acknowledge just like Jonah of the Bible did

That God is God and that we will do as bid

And when the whale vomits us up on dry land

We give thanks because we can breathe again.

 

We set about carrying out the will of the Lord

With the greatest fervor that we have ever displayed

Caring not what mankind says in the way of ridicule or disdain

For we are determined never to enter the whale's belly again

And through the seaweed of his innards to have to wade.

 

So, always work hard and by God's law abide

And you won't have to in the belly of a whale take a ride.

Doing What I Can, While I Can Because I Care,

Alma L. Stepping On Carr-Jones