This past weekend - was the weekend that most would call "St Patty's Day" weekend. A weekend or generally March 17 - the day - where people go out and drink themselves silly.
Don't get me wrong - I know what St Patty's Day is about. I was there once. I used to be one of the people who would be drinking like everyone else.
Now I have to sit back and think....how can it be that there is a day devoted to a Saint - yet that is the one night of the year devoted to do things that are not "saintly".
The Bible teaches not to hang out with drunkards - in many places. Yet on this day, many people forget about this and go and become drunkards themselves.
This year, I must say for the first time in a long time, I really didn't do anything. Well ok, I did something but I didn't do what the majority of people were doing. I stayed in, wrote a Sunday Sermon out and watched a few Episodes of Smallville.
For years I saw Saint Patty's day as a day to party - but this year in particular, I realized it's called Saint Patrick's Day, and this of course helped me bring up the question, what is a Saint?
Most people will generally say that a Saint is someone who is "holier" than everyone else.
Now - I think the question would be is what is the purpose of Saint Patrick's Day?
It's a day that perhaps is used to reflect on what Saint Patrick did, but the real and deeper question would be, is that what you're doing on Saint Patrick's Day?
Don't get me wrong - I know what St Patty's Day is about. I was there once. I used to be one of the people who would be drinking like everyone else.
Now I have to sit back and think....how can it be that there is a day devoted to a Saint - yet that is the one night of the year devoted to do things that are not "saintly".
The Bible teaches not to hang out with drunkards - in many places. Yet on this day, many people forget about this and go and become drunkards themselves.
This year, I must say for the first time in a long time, I really didn't do anything. Well ok, I did something but I didn't do what the majority of people were doing. I stayed in, wrote a Sunday Sermon out and watched a few Episodes of Smallville.
For years I saw Saint Patty's day as a day to party - but this year in particular, I realized it's called Saint Patrick's Day, and this of course helped me bring up the question, what is a Saint?
Most people will generally say that a Saint is someone who is "holier" than everyone else.
Now - I think the question would be is what is the purpose of Saint Patrick's Day?
It's a day that perhaps is used to reflect on what Saint Patrick did, but the real and deeper question would be, is that what you're doing on Saint Patrick's Day?
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