Tenor Luciano Pavarotti tells us: “When I was a boy, my father, a baker, introduced me to the wonders of song. He urged me to work very hard to develop my voice. Arrigo Pola, a professional tenor in my hometown of Modena, Italy, took me as a pupil. I also enrolled in a teachers college. On graduating, I asked my father, ‘Shall I be a teacher or a singer?’

‘Luciano, my father replied, if you try to sit on two chairs, you will fall between them. For life, you must choose one chair.’ I chose one. It took seven years of study and frustration before I made my first professional appearance. It took another seven to reach the Metropolitan Opera. And now I think whether it’s laying bricks, writing a book — whatever we choose — we should give ourselves to it. Commitment, that’s the key. Choose one chair.”  

 What about you? Have you chosen a life for God or are you playing with all kinds of other stuff? Choose!!

Easter is a great time to do that and it is coming up on Sunday, April 12. If you don’t have any prior commitments, join me for the 8th annual Easter Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. at the Reynolds Plantation Pointe Pavilion. If that is too early, join me at the Reynolds Lake Club at 9 a.m. or at the Spotlight Theatre at 11 a.m. Of course, you don’t have to wait until Easter. Make your choice.

 Wishing you much love and much light.