“What is this that you have done!” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. —Jonah 1:10 The boy was asked to do his chores before he did anything else that day, but he left with his friends to go to the beach. He was quite surprised to run into his parents there. He did not want to be seen by them, but was. They asked how he could be at the beach so quickly when he had chores to do first. Of course if came out that he had not done them and his parents told him to…

He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. —Isaiah 2:4 War is a scourge of this fallen world. Americans who have died in war total 1,357,854. That is a lot of pain, sorrow and tears experienced. That is just Americans who have died in the short existence of this country. Millions upon millions have died all over this world since the time of Adam and Eve. It was their sons who had the first conflict that ended…