Tomorrow is April Fool’s Day. Sometimes called All Fools’ Day it is celebrated on the first day of April every year. It is not a national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated in various countries as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on friends and neighbors. The goal is to light – heartedly “make a fool of someone. On a more serious note, the Bible also has something to say about the word fool. Jesus told a parable of a man who lived all his life for this world, became wealthy and ignored the need to prepare his soul for the next life. His philosophy was – “eat drink and be merry.” But when it came his time to die, God said to him, “Fool. This night your soul will be required of you. Then whose will those things be which you have…” And the Psalmist David wrote, “ the fool has said in his heart, there is no God.” Please – don’t be an April fool.”

Pastor Alex Rockwell