Sunday, and I started my day in prayer and with a cup of Door County Hazelnut Creme Coffee.
Today many people will celebrate Saint Patrick's Day. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. It is said that the shamrock was a teaching tool that Saint Patrick used to explain to people the Holy Trinity. Whether he started the use of the tool or not is debated by many. That is not what is important.
I could spend a month teaching the doctrine of the Trinity in the blog and have studied it immensely. I would challenge everyone to do so. I would recommend the "Moody Handbook of Theology".
But today many will wear a shamrock, dress in green, eat corned beef and cabbage. Some will consciously decide that the celebration is more important than remembering that today is Sunday. After doing a little Google Study and finding out what the shamrock was used for by Saint Patrick I can't help but believe that he would have cancel the Sabbath to celebrate a day in his memory. You see God clearly states two things.
Exodus 20:8-11
New King James Version (NKJV)
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
Ecclesiastes 3
New King James Version (NKJV)
Everything Has Its Time
3 To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:
A time for every purpose under heaven:
2 A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;
3 A time to kill,
And a time to heal;
A time to break down,
And a time to build up;
4 A time to weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to gain,
And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
And a time to throw away;
7 A time to tear,
And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
And a time to speak;
8 A time to love,
And a time to hate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace.
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;
3 A time to kill,
And a time to heal;
A time to break down,
And a time to build up;
4 A time to weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to gain,
And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
And a time to throw away;
7 A time to tear,
And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
And a time to speak;
8 A time to love,
And a time to hate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace.
Friends, my wife and I will be cooking corned beef and cabbage today. But my challenge to you is to remind someone that the shamrock was used as a symbol to represent God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. And that Sunday should have God first at all times. Go to church, worship and praise God. Then eat some cabbage and corned beef. Bring someone over to dine with you. Eat with the family. Clearly that would be honoring God.
God bless,
Marty
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