the Auschwitz sign

Hey. I was laying there trying to go to sleep last night, and I was thinking about how those theives stole the sign over the entrance to Auschwitz, and they even broke it into 3 pieces. I don't know if the sign has been recovered or not, and I'm wondering, will they put it back into place if they do find it? Is that really the right thing to do, all things considered?

I believe that God uses random occurences as signs for us. This here is a sign, I believe.

The sign said, "Arbeit Macht Frei", or, "work sets you free" or "freedom through work".

Last night I became curious as to when the sign was put there. I guesstimated in 1939 or 1940, when the camp first got going. My mind set off on a chain-reaction and I started looking at dates. The sign was made and put in place about 70 years ago, and now it's removed.

Do you see the significance in that?

I'm thinking along the lines of, a Sabbath Rest.

Seventy years.

On the 7th day, we rest.

In the days of old, debts were forgiven every 7 years, in keeping with the Sabbath laws.

The sign said, work sets you free. And now it's missing...

I take this as a sign.

Today, I feel that God is saying, Freedom Through Rest.

I am learning to trust and rest in Christ. Christ sets you free, not works.

I don't know if I'm the only one who's viewing it that way, but I do secretly hope those thieves don't get in trouble for what they did. I think it's a wonderful sign for the new year. But maybe they should quietly abandon the pieces in some forest or something and hope they're found. Or not? I know they stole it, but would it really be right to re-install it?

Maybe a Holocaust museum would be more fitting for it.

I think the Jews, and every other prisoner who spent time in Auschwitz would be happy to know that the sign has been removed. What a trick and what deceit came upon them as they entered through those gates and looked up at the sign. They were lied to, and told that if they worked hard enough, they would be set free... eventually.

Lies!





*update*
(a few hours later...)
um... so I just looked it up, and discovered they already found it in December. I must have already known that... how else would I have known it was broken in 3 pieces? This is a prime example of what I live with every day!!! But I did notice something in the news just now, a former Nazi was behind it all. That's interesting.

I'm a bit embarrassed but oh well. It's the reality of my brain these days. Re-reading my post, how could I not have caught that? How could I have said myself, it was in 3 pieces... then saying I hope the guys return it? Am I that ditzy?

Oh and one more thing. I should come clean on this: I haven't read any comments on anything I've done in say... over a year.

BOOYAH!!!!!!


(how else do you think I'm able to keep going? I would have hung myself by now if I would have read, digested, and internalized everything that's been thrown at me for the past few years. I'm confessing this so nobody will waste their efforts on commenting on anything, unless they simply like talking to themselves, and amongst themselves.)