Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Today's the day that we honour the Patron Saint of Ireland, so as we sit and enjoy our glasses of green beer, let's actually remember why it is that Patrick was such a cool guy.
As a teenager, the same age as most of the kids in this youth ministry, Patrick was abducted from home by pirates, and sold as a slave in Ireland. For six years he was trapped there, but during that time, he got to know God personally. At the end of those six years, God spoke to Patrick in a dream, and gave him instructions on how to escape. Patrick managed to stow away on a boat that took him back home to England--but his homecoming was short-lived, for shortly after, God called Patrick to return to Ireland, this time as a priest.
Patrick brought the Gospel to the pagan people in Ireland, spereading the love of God throughout the land. In his lifetime, Patrick ended the slave trade there, and introduced monastic life to the people, which brought education and culture to them. When the Dark Ages fell upon Europe, and culture was devastated, it was the Irish Monks, with missionary hearts that took after Patrick's lead, who brought the Gospel, and culture, back to Continental Europe!
You can read more about Patrick here: "No Reason Except the Gospel": Saint Patrick of Ireland
God bless!
As a teenager, the same age as most of the kids in this youth ministry, Patrick was abducted from home by pirates, and sold as a slave in Ireland. For six years he was trapped there, but during that time, he got to know God personally. At the end of those six years, God spoke to Patrick in a dream, and gave him instructions on how to escape. Patrick managed to stow away on a boat that took him back home to England--but his homecoming was short-lived, for shortly after, God called Patrick to return to Ireland, this time as a priest.
Patrick brought the Gospel to the pagan people in Ireland, spereading the love of God throughout the land. In his lifetime, Patrick ended the slave trade there, and introduced monastic life to the people, which brought education and culture to them. When the Dark Ages fell upon Europe, and culture was devastated, it was the Irish Monks, with missionary hearts that took after Patrick's lead, who brought the Gospel, and culture, back to Continental Europe!
You can read more about Patrick here: "No Reason Except the Gospel": Saint Patrick of Ireland
God bless!
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posted by Gregory at 6:32 p.m.
4 Comments:
Yo Greg!
Hey! Welcomg to the blog! Haven't seen you in ages! Nice beard.
What's new?
Hey Greg. It's nice to see someone leading an updating example for we youngin's over at the Daily Disciple.
Eric, nice try, but the fact is that the difference between Wayward Heart and Daily Disciple, is that I never make any claim to "daily" publication, while your very blogname does.
That said, I have had a host of time + comp issues (which have now mostly been resolved), and a lot of posts will be coming in very short order.
So there.
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