Well, I'm on my second blog. Don't know if anyone except Chris is reading this, but I'll assume maybe some people will find it along the way.

I guess I will write about my tag line that I plan to use for this blog "Be There". Thank you Bob Stephens for this story; I hope I do it justice.

This phrase, as I understand it, comes from Dr. James Dobson (Focus on the Family), based on an interaction he had with basketball great, "Pistol" Pete Maravich. Rather than try to tell the story myself, I have found the essence of it on the internet and have copied it here. (http://www.huntington.edu/news/oldnews/dobson_quotes.html):

"...Dobson related the story of Pete Maravich, "one of the top five basketball players of all time." Maravich’s fame and financial success did not bring him happiness, Dobson said. For many years, he tried to find satisfaction in wild living and heavy drinking. It was not until after his retirement from basketball that Pete Maravich found true happiness in Christ. "He gave his heart to Jesus Christ, and for the next five years, he was on fire for the Lord," Dobson said.
Learning of his conversion, Dobson invited him to appear on his radio program in 1988. After the interview, they played a game of pick-up basketball with several others. When the game ended, Dobson turned to Maravich and said, "Pete, you can’t give up basketball. This game means too much to you."
Maravich explained he had experienced pain in his right shoulder for more than a year, but now it had disappeared. "I feel just great," he said.
Those were his last words.
Maravich collapsed on the basketball court, and minutes later, died in Dobson’s arms.
"Later that day, I sat down with my son Ryan, who was 17 at the time," Dobson said. "I told him that what happened to Pete wasn’t an isolated event. This is the human condition. This is all of us. It will happen to me some day."
Two years later, Dobson suffered a heart attack on the same basketball court.
"Pete Maravich didn’t have an opportunity to speak with his family one last time. But I want to tell you, be there. On resurrection morning, be there. I will be looking for you then. Nothing else matters. Be there."

That is my hope and prayer for each person who reads this -- "Be There". Ultimately nothing else matters in this world, except what we did with Jesus and where we are on Resurrection Morning.

To each of you --

"Be There".

KathyC