The big issue in life is to settle what really matters.  If we can decide that, what really matters.  If we can be clear about that, then the rest of life will either fall into place or we will be able to cope with it with grace and overcoming strength.  My father and mother-in-law have been with us for a few days, they left early this morning.  It’s been a good time, and my father-in-law shared with me a funny story the other day that has some relevance to the truth I’m going to try to communicate today.  Now you’ll have to decide how much relevance.  Here’s the story.  There was a fellow who developed a craze, in fact, a gnawing craze to parachute out of an airplane.  He had seen pictures of it, he had read about it, he had seen movies where it happened, he knew that there were people wh…