{"id":18112,"date":"2018-03-17T10:50:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T14:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=18112"},"modified":"2018-03-17T10:53:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T14:53:43","slug":"saturday-short-st-patricks-day-what-patrick-taught-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=18112","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Short &#8211; St. Patrick&#8217;s Day &#8211; the Life of a Saint Surrendered to His Savior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Blog-St.-Patrick-Twitter-Esmeralda-Kiczek.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18114\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Blog-St.-Patrick-Twitter-Esmeralda-Kiczek.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Blog-St.-Patrick-Twitter-Esmeralda-Kiczek.jpg 496w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Blog-St.-Patrick-Twitter-Esmeralda-Kiczek-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esmeraldakiczek\/status\/312932470637088768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter, The Adoption Movement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=13595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archives<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Patrick\u2019s Day<\/strong> \u2013 <em><strong>L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig Sona Duit!<\/strong> <\/em><strong>Happy St. Patrick\u2019s Day! <\/strong>Wearing green. Corned beef and cabbage\u2026and my family background is Scottish&#8230;so a bit of a mix for us.<\/p>\n<p>Still love celebrating this day for all the right reasons. <a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Blog-Corned-Beef-Cabbage-Flickr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13670\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Blog-Corned-Beef-Cabbage-Flickr.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Blog-Corned-Beef-Cabbage-Flickr.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Blog-Corned-Beef-Cabbage-Flickr-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Blog-Corned-Beef-Cabbage-Flickr-768x444.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"592\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jeffreyww\/5837694448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am also planning to watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Patrick-David-Kidd\/dp\/B00IZ7EY7U\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=instant-video&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486590954&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=saint+patrick&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=pyo-20&amp;linkId=0d045c8b4a3eb76a2bab63110b794458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Kidd documentary Patrick<\/a>. A friend who heard David Kidd speak shared the following with me via email \u2013 notes from his talk on the real Patrick (legends removed):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>He was born in 396 AD and died in 471 AD.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Patrick was a man brought up on a Romano British Christian home somewhere in southwest Britain (his father was a deacon and grandfather a priest).<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>He was kidnapped at 16 (he said he didn\u2019t really know God at that time), trafficked, and taken to the West Coast of Ireland where he worked as a shepherd and learned Irish.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>As a slave, Patrick came to see the hand of God in his troubles. God broke through his defenses, and Patrick faced his unbelief and pride. Later he described how he turned to God whom he realized had been watching over him all the time. He became aware of God\u2019s protection, and he discovered that God loved him as a father loves his son.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Before this, he had \u2018sinned\u2019 \u2013 something that \u2018lasted an hour\u2019 and he believed that God punished him.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>God spoke to him in a dream about a ship to take him home. At 22, he managed to escape slavery.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>At home, he had another dream of the people in Ireland calling him back.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>He was obedient to the Spirit and went back to West Ireland (the ends of the earth at that time).<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>He was beaten, harassed by thieves and robbers, admonished by his British superiors, but his work grew and he remained humble.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>He protested against injustice, esteemed women highly, and identified himself as Irish.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>His legacy was a vibrant Christianity which lasted hundreds of years while Britain and Europe fell into the Dark Ages.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>What we can do to honor Patrick\u2019s memory?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>The Past:<\/strong> Remember a humble man who had been mistreated, heard from God, obeyed, loved his enemies, lived his life for Jesus, and made a significant difference \u2013 not just in Ireland, but much of Europe.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Present<\/strong>: Use Patrick\u2019s life to help people focus on what really matters&#8230;Christ Jesus.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Future<\/strong>: Be as faithful as Patrick and live for Jesus and His Kingdom \u2013 making a difference in this world with fruit that lasts.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Worship Wednesday &#8211; In Christ Alone &#8211; Townend &amp; Getty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: Twitter, The Adoption Movement From the Archives St. Patrick\u2019s Day \u2013 L\u00e1 Fh\u00e9ile P\u00e1draig Sona Duit! Happy St. Patrick\u2019s Day! Wearing green. Corned beef and cabbage\u2026and my family background is Scottish&#8230;so a bit of a mix for us. Still love celebrating this day for all the right reasons. 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