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☘️ Saint Patrick ☘️- A missionary and a sinner, saved by grace.

There are many aspects of the life of Saint Patrick ☘️ that are celebrated on this day, March 17. I have been recently re-reading many missionary biographies, including ones about Saint Patrick.
Born in England in the fourth century, he spent his adult life away from his homeland devoted to preaching and teaching those who had cruelly captured him, taken him to Ireland and enslaved him when he was a teen.

Patrick ☘️ was a man who had seen the life-transforming power of God in his life when he acknowledged Jesus, Son of God, for the forgiveness of his sins.

The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins. Saint Patrick ☘️

He was born-again, a new creature in Christ! How could he not share the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ! His call was to a difficult place, a country where the name of Jesus wasn’t known. Even worse, it was the place of his captivity. How could he love those who oppressed him? He loved the ancient people of Ireland because he realized how much God loved him.

How could he not share this news with the most wicked sinners he knew, those who enslaved him? Most importantly, Patrick ☘️ knew he owed his life to the One who saved him. His life was no longer his own but one that had been bought for a price, redeemed from sin, shame and death by Jesus.

Saint Patrick ☘️ said, “If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me.”

May we also have a deep understanding of the love of God and the forgiveness of God that we are compelled to share the Good News of Jesus Christ and what he did for us.

As we celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day ☘️ today, remember the words of Jesus, in one of his final instructions to his disciples-

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:19–20 ✝️