What Easter Means to Me

Pepere and Memere Chabot,  Pepere and Memere Bosse, and my Mom, Annette Chabot Bosse

Easter - He is risen!

...and I think about what His sacrifice means in my life, that the people I have loved and are gone are not gone forever. I remember when I gave my heart to God at age 16, I knew that I knew that I knew He was real. And although the years have found me in and out of close fellowship with Him and in and out of close fellowship with others, I know that I know that I know that life has purpose and it leads to an everlasting one, because of this very day.

Pearl and Terriell Price, my in laws


…2"In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3"If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. JOHN 14:2-3

MAN ON THE CROSS - song

Trump not - Importance

It is March 4th, 2016, a day after a Republican Presidential nominee debate and a day after Mitt Romney came out against Donald Trump, and I am irritated, enough to write this. It's not so much about Mitt Romney, who lost the election he ran in with a milquetoast stance, nor is it about Donald Trump, who I do not like, but this blog post is about how these candidates and the news agencies that report their antics rob you of your life. They do!

First - I know no one reads my blog except a few friends I love and appreciate so much. But I have to say this! I voted for Ben Carson in the Georgia primaries. I believe in voting your conscience in the primaries, and I did. Now it's on to the finish line. I will decide who to vote for at the election and I will vote the best of the pick in my opinion. But there is a lot of time between now, March 4, 2016 and election day, November 6, 2016.

And so brothers and sisters who have families and love them and have jobs and work them and who go to church and serve there - what will you be doing between now and election day?? I say, forget it!
 Live your life. Love your family. Go to church, play your sports, take care of your elderly parents. Keep your eyes on your life and living it as you should - then when election time comes, vote.

Don't give the news stations your time, distracting you from your life. I'm listening to Fox News in the background as I write this as another family member listens and I know that the words coming from that broadcast are distracting the listener from their life and the only winner is the station that has the viewer captive.

So - whether you are a Democrat or a Republican - please consider this: Please read 2 Kings 23:1-25

I read this scripture this morning in my devotions. I was shocked - very shocked to find that after King Josiah did so much to do what was right when he came to rule, even so he died fairly quick, and at the hand of his enemy. It did not seem fair! I did not like reading that - and then I read the footnotes and this is where I want to ask readers to think about their lives in contrast to or in consideration of their current life and culture.

"Though Josiah was himself righteous (v.25), it was not enough to turn away God's wrath from the nation that had done such evil...."

I'm saying this - don't waste your life on the time between March and the election in November 2016, listening to media. Live your life as if an election was not in the future. Love your kids, your wife, your friends, your parents.  Work your job, play your sports. Worship in church and at home. Live your life and vote in November.