Why is it that certain painful memories just won't fade away? Trauma stays with us. And in this broken world, filled with broken people, we all carry wounds that don't easily heal. So what do you do when the past still hurts?

Have you ever been angry that someone who hurt you received mercy instead of punishment? Or felt resentful when someone who "didn't deserve it" got a second chance? If so, you're in good company; the biblical prophet Jonah struggled with the same feelings.

Sometimes we find ourselves in a mess of our own making. Perhaps you've sat in darkness, wondering how you ended up there and unable to see a way out. While none of us have likely been swallowed by a whale, at one point or another, we've all been where Jonah was, at rock bottom, facing the consequences of our choices.

Sometimes we find ourselves headed in the wrong direction. Maybe you know what God wants you to do, but you're running the opposite way. You're not alone. There's a bit of Jonah in all of us.