Summoned for Jury Duty

I received my summons a couple of weeks ago to appear at court in Quincy today. I've had a couple of weird dreams concerning it too. The other night I dreamt that I was in this court case and ended up being on the bad side... and turned into a criminal! Nobody suspected that I was involved in a horrendous crime. But... I eventually had to turn myself in! I could not live with that lie! Weird... anyways...
Of course I was a little late getting there. Will kept telling me that it only takes 30 minutes to get there. NOT TRUE! Thankfully people were still getting settled. Funny thing that of all the strange and unfamiliar people there, an open seat happened to be next to a friend and old neighbor, Darlene Stout.
This summons was not for jury for a crime case, but a call for people to volunteer to be on the Grand Jury for our county. It is a one year term and involves going over things that go on in the county. They meet several times a month. We had to wait very long. And since I was late getting there I was second to last to be interviewed. Not bad, only I felt really lame for not volunteering, especially since I do have the time and it would have been interesting. As a Christian it is a hard call to know what are the right things to do. Especially when it comes to government and our duty as citizens. I do know that I am called to pray for our government. I know that the most important thing is to help change hearts and give hope to people through Jesus. I cannot change the things that are prophesied in God's Word. Governments will be corrupted; Persecution of believers will happen; Jesus WILL return. Will there be a time when our loyalties and what we believe will be tested against the tide of worldly thinking?
Darlene made a remark that I thought was very thought provoking. We can hasten the coming of the Lord by preaching the gospel. He will not come until everybody has heard. Have you?