I just can’t do it. Ever since that blessed week in June of ’14, I can’t pass March 17th without a Saint Patrick post. Two years ago, it was a bittersweet personal confession about a selfish choice to climb Patrick’s holy mountain alone. The year before it was 5 Reasons Why Saint Patrick Is My Homeboy. Then,…
We are owned by God, not owed by him. “So you also, when you’ve done all that you were commanded say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’” Luke 17:10
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your lovingkindness in the morning and your faithfulness by night. Psalm 92:1-2 Good means good. Good means beneficial and having advantage for us. As in, Eat your fruits and vegetables—they’re good for you. And exercise is good too. Giving thanks to God benefits us….
“Envy” panel, from Hieronymus Bosch’s, The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things, c. 1500 Both the service and the reward are all of grace. The service itself is given us of God, and God rewards the service which he himself has given. We might almost speak of this an an eccentricity of grace……