Jonah was exposed by the sailors on the ship when he was trying to run from God (Jonah 1:9ff.), but mercifully God came to him “a second time” (Jonah 3:1). So we must not understand yesterday’s man or woman to be in that sad state permanently. Saul was, Jonah wasn’t. One can be put on the shelf and come back. But Saul didn’t.
