One day in school eight-year-old Misha was asked by his Russian teacher to “shake his fist in the face of God.”
Young Misha was a Christian boy. Though only a child he knew he could not comply to his teacher’s command. When he sat stiffly, his teacher scolded, “Misha, you are not obedient.”
With wisdom beyond his years, Misha replied: “If there is a God, as I believe, then I am afraid to shake my fist. If there is no God, as you say, then there is no need to shake my fist.”
S.G.N.
ML-09/30/1979