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Who Dat, St. Pat?
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Who Dat, St. Pat? by Phil Happy St. Patrick's Day - the holiday where millions around the world drink green beer and pinch people to honor the Irish saint who chased snakes out of Ireland. The only problem with this (beyond pinching drunk people) is St. Patrick wasn't Irish and there were no snakes in Ireland. One top of that, St. Patrick wasn't even a saint! Now before you go drown your disillusionment in a green pitcher, St. Patrick does have a great lesson for us Christians, you've probably just never heard it. Today, let's redeem the holiday with the truth. Patrick was born in Britain around 387 AD. He was a preacher's kid, but wanted nothing to do with Christianity. When He was sixteen, he was captured by Irish pirates and taught to say "Aye Matey!" (OK, I'm not sure what he was taught to say, but it could be!) He ended up a slave on a sheep ranch in Ireland where his master was a Druid priest and clan chieftain. Over the next six years God worked on His heart and Patty accepted Christ as his Savior. He escaped and fled back to England where he became a monk. Twenty years later, God called Patrick to go back to Ireland and proclaim the gospel to the very people who had been his captors. One of the first to embrace the message of Christ was Pat's old slave master himself! Legend has it that Patrick used the three leafed shamrock to explain how the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one God in three persons. Patrick died on March 17, 493, thus establishing a day to bring out the Irish in us all, even if we aren't Irish. When we celebrate his holiday each year, let's remember his excellent example of forgiveness. He truly lived out Christ's command to "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you” - Matthew 5:44. That spirit of love beats any spirit you can find in a frosty mug, regardless of the color. And it feels a whole lot better than a pinch!
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