“When my life was ebbing away I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you…”  (Jonah 2:7)

Imagine it.

You’ve tread water for as long as you could, but your strength is now gone.

The water closes over your head.

You look up and see the light that you can no longer reach. It grows dimmer as you drop down and down, away from light and air and warmth and life.

Eventually…utter darkness.

But as you drift down, your prayers go up.

And he hears you.  And he sends a fish to swallow you, which is a really weird part of the metaphor, but it represents the whole rescue thing.

Sometimes he’s the only hope you have, and that’s when you remember:

He’s enough.

And then some.

And then some more.

Happy Thursday, Beloved.