Transformation requires surrender. To forgive means allowing God to dismantle our private courtrooms—the inner dialogues where we replay evidence against others. It is admitting that our self-righteousness cannot coexist with His mercy.

God gave us shame, not to crush us, but to confront us. It is His designed system of spiritual pain—an alert system that reaches from the soul through the flesh. Shame functions as a moral nerve ending.

The Bottom Was Deeper Than Water Jonah wasn't just sinking physically—he was unraveling spiritually.