{"id":27736,"date":"2021-03-17T11:38:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T15:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=27736"},"modified":"2021-03-17T11:39:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T15:39:16","slug":"worship-wednesday-st-patricks-day-be-thou-my-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=27736","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday &#8211; St. Patrick&#8217;s Day &#8211; Be Thou My Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><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\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" 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\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"471\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esmeraldakiczek\/status\/312932470637088768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter, The Adoption Movement<\/a><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>[Adapted from the Archives &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=18112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=22699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a>]<\/div>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\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\u2026so a bit of a mix for us.<\/p>\n<p>I am also planning to watch the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Patrick-David-Kidd\/dp\/B088JYZ1SQ\/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&amp;keywords=film+Patrick&amp;qid=1615991528&amp;sr=8-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> David Kidd documentary <em>Patrick<\/em><\/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 brought up in 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 (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 to speak 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 knew he had \u2018sinned\u2019 and believed that God punished him.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>God spoke to him in a dream about a ship coming 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 (&#8220;the ends of the earth&#8221; 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>On St. Patrick&#8217;s Day, 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\u2026Christ 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>Through slavery, Patrick&#8217;s life was essentially taken from him. In the loss of his freedom, he ultimately found Christ. That glorious salvation brought him eternal freedom. He managed to escape his slavery, but then surrendered his life, this time in his love for and obedience to God. returning to Ireland for the sake of the Gospel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-7\" class=\"verse font-helvetica\"><em><span class=\"verse-7\">But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"verse-8\"> More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ <\/span><span class=\"verse-9\">and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ-the righteousness from God based on faith. <\/span> <span class=\"verse-10\"> [My goal] is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, <\/span><\/em><span class=\"verse-11\"><em>assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead.<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/csb\/philippians\/passage\/?q=philippians+3:7-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philippians 3:7-11<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The strongest memories I have of the old Irish hymn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.godtube.com\/popular-hymns\/be-thou-my-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Be Thou My Vision<\/em><\/a> are connected with worship in North Africa. We sang it across three countries in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hcccairo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heliopolis Community Church<\/a> (Cairo), <a href=\"https:\/\/stgeorgetunis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. George\u2019s<\/a> (Tunis), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjohnscasablanca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. John\u2019s<\/a> (Casablanca). When our children were growing up, we expat families, from various Christian denominations, gathered once or twice a week to worship in English.\u00a0 We sang great hymns, old and contemporary, with guitar accompaniment, and followed worship leaders with more British accents than American. <a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blog-St.-Johns-Casablanca-Worship-Wednesday-Eurobishop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14310\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blog-St.-Johns-Casablanca-Worship-Wednesday-Eurobishop.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blog-St.-Johns-Casablanca-Worship-Wednesday-Eurobishop.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blog-St.-Johns-Casablanca-Worship-Wednesday-Eurobishop-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blog-St.-Johns-Casablanca-Worship-Wednesday-Eurobishop-768x576.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/eurobishop.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/st-johns-casablanca-welcomes-its-new.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eurobishop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I remember our little family, strung out along a pew of these little churches. Our stair-step children, with shoulders squared, singing from hymnals in the early years and then with lyrics projected on the stuccoed front walls.Before our children all launched back into life in the US, we \u201cattended\u201d traditional church less and became a part of house churches. There we still sang <em>Be Thou My Vision, <\/em>still with guitar\u2026less with a British accent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Back in the US, when we sing <em>Be Thou My Vision, <\/em>we are still reminded of its great truths and of other years, in other places, where His truth was being made known. In places where we prayed to see people as He sees them\u2026and to love them as He loves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blog-Be-Thou-My-Vision-Baby-Dedication-April-30-2017-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14305\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blog-Be-Thou-My-Vision-Baby-Dedication-April-30-2017-11.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blog-Be-Thou-My-Vision-Baby-Dedication-April-30-2017-11.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blog-Be-Thou-My-Vision-Baby-Dedication-April-30-2017-11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blog-Be-Thou-My-Vision-Baby-Dedication-April-30-2017-11-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Blog-Be-Thou-My-Vision-Baby-Dedication-April-30-2017-11-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" \/><\/a>[Movement Church, Adapted from the <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=14301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archives<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6CMclLT_Hjg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Worship<\/a> with me to the rendition performed by Welsh singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noelrichards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noel Richards<\/a>. A bit slower than I\u2019m used to but it allows us to soak up the words in worship. Also, all five verses are included which is important.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Thou my best Thought, by day or by night,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;<br \/>\nI ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;<br \/>\nThou my great Father, I Thy true son;<br \/>\nThou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.<\/p>\n<p>Be Thou my battle Shield, Sword for the fight;<br \/>\nBe Thou my Dignity, Thou my Delight;<br \/>\nThou my soul\u2019s Shelter, Thou my high Tow\u2019r:<br \/>\nRaise Thou me heav\u2019nward, O Pow\u2019r of my pow\u2019r.<\/p>\n<p>Riches I heed not, nor man\u2019s empty praise,<br \/>\nThou mine Inheritance, now and always:<br \/>\nThou and Thou only, first in my heart,<br \/>\nHigh King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art.<\/p>\n<p>High King of Heaven, my victory won,<br \/>\nMay I reach Heaven\u2019s joys, O bright Heav\u2019n\u2019s Sun!<br \/>\n<strong>Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.<\/strong>*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=10297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Worship Wednesday &#8211; In Christ Alone &#8211; Townend &amp; Getty<\/em> &#8211; Deb Mills<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Be_Thou_My_Vision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lyrics to <em>\u201cBe Thou My Vision\u201d<\/em> \u2013 an old Irish hymn (in the Celtic Christian tradition) \u2013 translated into the English above by Eleanor Hull in 1912<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crosslinechurch.com\/10-steps-to-developing-gods-vision-for-your-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>10 Steps to Developing God\u2019s Vision For Your Life<\/em> \u2013 J. P. Jones<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Be_Thou_My_Vision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Be Thou My Vision<\/em> \u2013 Wikipedia \u2013 English Methodist Lyrics, 1964<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/be-thou-my-vision-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Be Thou My Vision &#8211; She Reads Truth<\/em> &#8211; Claire Gibson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sermonwriter.com\/hymn-stories\/be-thou-my-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hymn Story to <em>Be Thou My Vision<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PQNczm45GyY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>You are My Vision<\/em> \u2013 Rend Collective \u2013 Official Live \u2013 acapella\u00a0part at 2:23 will seriously give you cold chills\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ihJAJA4ibEs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube Video \u2013 <em>Be Thou My Vision<\/em> \u2013 Nathan Pacheco<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Blog-Be-Thou-My-Vision-Nathan-Pacheco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22701\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Blog-Be-Thou-My-Vision-Nathan-Pacheco.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Blog-Be-Thou-My-Vision-Nathan-Pacheco.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Blog-Be-Thou-My-Vision-Nathan-Pacheco-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Blog-Be-Thou-My-Vision-Nathan-Pacheco-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Blog-Be-Thou-My-Vision-Nathan-Pacheco-1024x540.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"633\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/865674402\/UTubers-Devin-Graham-video-clip-in-Oscars-ad-new-videos-from-Nathan-Pacheco-and-Alex-Boye.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UTubers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: Twitter, The Adoption Movement [Adapted from the Archives &#8211; Here and Here] 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\u2026so a bit of a mix for us. I am also planning to watch the David Kidd documentary &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=27736\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship Wednesday &#8211; St. Patrick&#8217;s Day &#8211; Be Thou My Vision<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[810,926,2986,1628,1618,1067,2340,794,808,3208,249,439,50,910,2547,4732,33,18,5130,263,2611,888,432,870,8626,433,887,1178,3749,32,47,946],"tags":[477,7337,979,5793,195,9079,7332,5797,7338,2762,331,74,5795,5796,7335,1835,76,5798,2021,7336,7331,4421,473,9080,7333,7334,5794,4420,75,2086,49,360],"class_list":["post-27736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-good-gifts","category-attending-or-focus","category-attitude","category-character","category-courage","category-cross-cultural","category-displaced-peoples","category-faithfulness","category-film","category-finishing-strong","category-food-drink","category-go","category-god","category-gospel","category-guitar","category-holy-spirit","category-inspired","category-jesus","category-legacy","category-lives-full-of-god","category-love-your-neighbor","category-memories","category-music","category-neighbors","category-obedience","category-pray","category-remembering","category-sacrifice","category-videos","category-walk-with-god","category-wednesday-worship","category-worship","tag-be-thou-my-vision","tag-celtic-christianity","tag-christ","tag-christ-before","tag-christianity","tag-claire-gibson","tag-dallan-forgaill","tag-david-kidd","tag-eleanor-hull","tag-heliopolis-community-church","tag-hymn","tag-in-christ-alone","tag-ireland","tag-irish-holiday","tag-j-p-jones","tag-jesus","tag-keith-getty","tag-martyr","tag-movement-church","tag-nathan-pacheco","tag-noel-richards","tag-patrick","tag-rend-collective","tag-she-reads-truth","tag-st-georges-church","tag-st-johns-church","tag-st-patrick","tag-st-patricks-day","tag-stuart-townend","tag-vision","tag-worship","tag-worship-wednesday"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pauPAB-7dm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27736"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27741,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27736\/revisions\/27741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}