The Bible tells us that God, after He had completed the world and everything in it, He rested on the seventh day. The Bible also tells us that God trusted man (Adam) with the management of the world and everything that is in it (Gen.1: 26-31). Does the word "rest" imply that God took a break or that He retired? The unexpected tragedies and occurrences appear to support the absence of God. It is difficult for me to accept such conditions as willful acts of God, especially when He intended everything to be good. For that reason, I believe in what Jesus said to Peter that Satan was after him and that he is in the world creating havoc with us and the world Lk.22: 31; Rev.12: 9).

Frequently, we say, "If God wills, we shall be or do whatever?" What is it that God really wills for us? For instance was it His will that I had to be disabled in 1951? For a time, I was led to believe that the accident had to occur so that I was compelled to serve God. A closer look at the Bible suggests six basic things God wills for us.

I turned on the tube to hear some uplifting news and what did I hear the preacher say? There will be one million children homeless because of marital problems. It can be resolved by turning it over to God, who happens to be loving and merciful and forgiving. Are we surprised with that kind of teaching? I am convinced that this pussycat theology is causing sexual promiscuity. We make our beds, we sleep in and not God. And we are paying dearly for perverting God's intention for marriage.

September 1939, war had come to our peaceful place. Father had to return to his Polish unit to fight Germans. That night, in our town, all German men, women and older children were incarcerated, ill treated, and some were even killed. The same men came looking for father, but left mother alone. The second night, they came back and began looking for things we did not have. The third night, they were back but we went into hiding in different places for three weeks, until the Soviets liberated us. One night, mother hid us in a stack of straw and covered us with her body. Yes, she would have given her life to save her boys. She was, "Above Rubies!" At that time, I was nine and my brothers were seven and five.

We are living in a historic time. So, our leaders tell us. Everything our President does is being interpreted as historic. It may have happened elsewhere, like in Germany, Russia and a few other places, but not in America. Of course our President is a genuine Afro-American. Indeed, he had an African father and a white American mother. He is also a product of two religions, Christianity and Islam. That too is historic.

The wren (tinny bird) the Germans call "Fence-King." His chirping sounds like "I am king." The only place the bird can be a king is by sitting on fences. The wren is not narcistic. It is its nature. Unlike the bird, we humans are wrapped in narcism or narcissism. It is excessive self-love and importance. I was nine years old when Stalin traded us to Hitler and we were indoctrinated into the glorious Third Reich. It was Germany over everything in the world. No nose could have been higher than a German nose. Five short years and that glory turned into ashes. Germans were no longer proud of being Germans.

Your comments and interests in my posts are appreciated and valued. I am not able to reply to all of you. However, a comment like a "red hue" raises concern. As a boy, we were ordered by the Nobles on their horses in Poland to chase the animals into the open so they could kill them. It was a warning cry. Later, the Bolsheviks and Nazis hunted our people and confiscated our properties. In that sense, my posts are "red hues" but also "red flags."

"Dad," asked our oldest son, "when are you going to tell your agent to sell some shares so you can pay your bills?" He was right. Nothing will happen as long as I sit on that one talent and wait for it to duplicate (Mt.25: 24-30).

God, how expensive is He? How much does it cost us to worship the Hebrew-Christian God? If He demands that we give a portion of our surplus, where does He want it to go? Before God adopted the Israelites, they worshipped many deities with expensive tastes, even human sacrifices. The "Tenth" they were asked to give was to teach the people how to live without these needless costly religious sacrifices. Jesus revived the same concepts. He too wanted His disciples to teach that God was not part of a system that required enormous sacrifices. He was the God of the living and not of the dead. He evaluates us by the way we treat and respect each other and not by the way we degrade and eliminate each other. The money God wants is to reinvest in us so that we learn how to get along with each other.

The Philistines with Goliath as their weapon intimidated King Saul and the Israeli army. David the shepherd boy leveled the giants with his sling and a small rock. He took on Goliath because he believed that God was on his side (I Sam.17). Someone needs to awaken America and the Western World that the Jihads believe Allah is on their side.