Irish Blessings

  Top of the Mornin' to ya'll

 Did you bounce out of bed and dance a little jig like a leprechaun to get your morning going?

  Or did you like me, slide out of bed and hit the coffee pot? 

Regardless  Its a beautiful day to wake up and be Irish, or even pretend you are!

So you better make sure you are wearing GREEN, as not to get pinched. 

  So tell the Truth, How Irish are you?

a teaspoon? A tablespoon, half cup or more? 

I cant say I am fully from Ireland, I also have British and Scandinavian blood in me. 

Regardless of the amount of your green veins, isnt it fun to enjoy the day and partake in the festivities it brings?

  For me, I make the modern typical Irish Supper.. Corned Beef and Cabbage... Mmmm

and when my older two children were much younger, we would watch the Veggie Tales Story on how Saint Patrick's Day came to be..

Now obviously through the centuries and years..and somewhere lost in translations.. we traded the Truth for a bit of folklore and fantasy, and its how we now ended up with a day of drunkenness, and shenanigans with pots of gold promised at the end of a rainbow.. 

 

 BUT ...Like did you know Saint Patrick.. he was not Irish at all?! He was actually British who had been taken captive by Irish Pirates and brought to Ireland to be a slave..sometime in the years since being captured he was able to escape and return to his beloved home country. While back in Britain he came to know the LoRd more strongly, and during his time of growing in his Faith, he felt the LoRd beckon on his heart to forgive the people who had taken him captive and return to them and preach the Good News and teach them Forgiveness. So he listened, returned to Ireland.. and became a missionary. 

       Which is pretty neat in my book.. What do you think?

Well my friends from across the fence, my little Lassie and Laddie are awake and I must once again tend to my homestead. I shall leave you with this Irish Blessing.