My Pilgrimage with God II
Edition: First
Publisher: W. Berg Press; PO Box 6060, Suffolk, VA 23433 - USA
Published: 2007
Place of publication: United States
Number of pages: 256
First sentence: Acknowledgements

My Pilgrimage with God II is an accumulation of new spiritual messages that I have shared during the past two years with my Christian brothers and sisters from around the world.  Inspiration to write on a particular subject comes from the Holy Spirit to whom I give all the credit for wisdom and knowledge.
As always I thank all those believers in Christ that have sent me personal testimonies and shared their faith with me.  I thank God for their support and encouragement.  The Apostle Paul said, "… encourage one another and build each other up …" (1 Thessalonians 4:11)   You have been a great help and inspiration to me.
My thanks and deepest appreciation go to Richard "Dick" Elliott for volunteering his talent.  Dick contributed all the wonderful, spiritual drawings in my book.  Dick is a renowned artist who has drawn and painted many pieces of artwork in Virginia, Wyoming and Montana.  He retired from the US Army and now maintains a studio in Yorktown, Virginia.  Dick is a faithful believer and elder in our church.  I thank him for his valuable contributions to my book.
I also thank Donald "Don" Wolpert for again volunteering to edit the book and give technical advice.  Don is an old friend of mine and we worshiped together on many occasions.  Don is retired from the US Air Force and has been an adjunct professor with Saint Leo College.  Thank you, Don, for the difficult job of proof-reading my work.  I always say, when you do God's work help is on the way.  
Most of all I want to thank my wife, Heide, for her help and support.  My wife is my first source for review.  Each week she reads my spiritual messages and suggests clarifications and additions.  I thank God for having a Christian wife who shares in our ministry.  Patiently, Heide stands by while I spend many hours in meditation and on the computer writing the messages that the Holy Spirit inspired.  Thank you, my dear wife, for being so understanding and helpful.

Dear GOD, Heavenly Father,
God Almighty, Ruler of the Universe, 
humbly I come before You.
I thank You for guiding me through the Holy Spirit and for allowing me to share this testimony.
You have blessed me with wisdom to understand Your grace and glory.
I thank You for all the help that I received and the support from my beloved wife Heide. 
I thank You for my family and all my friends.
May Your message comfort and strengthen those who will read this book and meditate on Your Word.
All this I pray in Jesus’ name.
Amen!
Description: About the Author

I, WULF BERG, was born in Cologne, Germany.  I was seven years old at the end of World War II.  My memories from the war are limited to a few pleasant and a few traumatic experiences.  Two years after the war, I was selected to live with Swedish foster parents for one year.  This spared me from many hardships and built a lifelong friendship with Sweden.  In 1956, I immigrated to the United States.  Since military obligation was a must in those days, I soon enlisted in the US Air Force.  My first assignment was to Japan despite the fact that I had volunteered for Germany.  Later assignments brought me tours to Germany.  It was there that I married Heide, my wife.  We have two children Cornelia Grace, born in Bitburg, Germany, and Roland David born in Laredo, Texas.
In 1978, I retired from military service.  I attended Christopher Newport University and received a bachelor degree in information science.  For the next fifteen years, I was employed by the Norfolk Naval shipyard.  During my government career, I had many opportunities to travel in America and in many foreign countries.  Since my first visit to Sweden at the age of nine, I have traveled to Asia, Australia and all the countries of Europe.  This has given me a great appreciation for different cultures and their surroundings.
In 1996 I published my first book, US 50 Coast to Coast.  It is a documentary of a journey across America from the Atlantic to the Pacific.  After a traumatic experience with throat cancer in 1998, I wrote and shared each week a religious message on the internet.  In 2001 I consolidated these messages into a book, My Pilgrimage with God.  This book is a continuation of that ministry.
Notes: Introduction

1998 was a very traumatic year for me.  I was notified in February that I had throat cancer and needed radiation treatment to be followed by neck surgery.  In my desperation I turned to God and asked Him for help and strength.  Let me tell you the good news: I have been healed and I am cancer free.  I thank God for His healing power.
My encounter with cancer and going through the healing process brought me closer to God. After my recovery I was led by the Holy Spirit to write each week a spiritual message and share it with believers that God sent across our path.  My wife and I have been blessed with many friends.  The first book I titled My Pilgrimage with God.  It was a learning process for me.  God blessed me with wisdom and understanding.  In my second book I have again consolidated my new weekly messages.  I hope they bring strength to your life as they have done for me.  I suggest that you meditate after reading each topic and let the Holy Spirit speak to you.  Please feel free to comment or to provide your own testimony by e-mail to Pilgrimage@att.net
To make this book a personal experience for you, I have set aside blank pages titled Spiritual Notes.  As you meditate with God, use these spaces to capture what the Holy Spirit has revealed to you personally.  We all tend to hasten through each new day and forget what we learned the day before.  May God guide you and give you wisdom that leads to a new commitment of spiritual growth.
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