Can You Spare Eleven Minutes for Jesus on a Good Friday? He died, so that we may live.

Can You Spare Eleven Minutes for Jesus on a Good Friday? He died, so that we may live.

I didn't find Jesus. He was never lost, but I sure was. Jesus found me and saved me from myself. 
On this day, which appears to be a dark day of blood bath and death, becomes a Good Friday of the greatest love imaginable, because nothing could ever surpass this goodness. God gave his only Son to die for our sins and transgressions. Jesus borne our griefs and carried our sorrows with him to the cross so that we may have peace in life. And I'm here to tell you, life without His peace, is not peace at all. 
I'm not talking about "peace on Earth" kind of peace. The peace I'm talking about is that inner peace that makes you whole. It gives you purpose. And it can only be found through Him.
I know, I've walked without it. I was on the verge of destroying myself without it. The emptiness in my soul was punishingly powerful that it almost did me in. But His mercy and grace are more powerful. It was the resurrection of my life. The greatest gift ever given, and that is what we celebrate this Easter Sunday. The resurrection of life. 
And once you accept it into your life, it will change it forever. All possible because of what happened today and Easter Sunday in what seems like was a different world in a different land, but it's not, just a different time... and those events have stood the history of time to change the world through each of us.
God Bless on this Good Friday, Happy Easter. I pray He finds you and brings you love and peace as he's done for me. 
I hope you find eleven minutes to watch and share this today.

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Story of the Swamp Fox

The Swamp Fox is the nickname of South Carolinian Militia Revolutionary War General Francis Marion. The movie, "The Patriot" starring Mel Gibson was loosely based off of Marion's life.

Marion became a Revolutionary War legend for his unconventional fighting tactics in the swamps of South Carolina and Georgia. His fierce night surprise attacks terrified the British red coats and made him an American Revolutionary iconic hero.

A lot of things in South Carolina and America is still named in reference to Marion. Columbia and the Midlands are home to the Swamp Fox Armory, a gun shop and McEntire Air Force Base is home to the 169th Fighter Wing and 157th Fighter Squadron of the South Carolina National Air Guard nicknamed the Swamp Foxes.

There's the Swamp Fox Club at Francis Marion University and the Regal Swamp Fox Theatre in Florence, SC.

You can visit the Swamp Fox Restaurant and Bar inside the Francis Marion hotel in Charleston and order up a Dirty Swamp (Martini).

Some folks get married at Swamp Fox Farms, a low country event venue in Hardeesville, SC.

In Marion County SC there is the Swamp Fox Entertainment Complex.

There's Swamp Fox Distillery in Pendleton, SC. They make rum. It's not to be confused with Swamp Fox Distilling, Co., Buena Vista, Ga., where you can get a bottle of Francis Marion Continental Whiskey. If beer is more your style, Moon River Brewery, Savanah, Ga., will be happy to pour you there Swamp Fox American IPA.

You can travel to Marion, Ia., named after the Revolutionary War hero where they host a Swamp Fox Festival that has been held for 30 plus years.

In the 1960's, Disney even made "The Swamp Fox" a TV mini-series starring Leslie Nielson as Francis Marion.

It doesn't get much more American with South Carolina roots than that and as we navigate through the swamp of political corruption I thought the name Swamp Fox Patriot couldn't be more appropriate.