ACE #157: Seeing Green

This morning when I dropped off our daughter to school, St. Patrick’s Day had completely slipped my mind. Completely!  We forgot to put green on her and also forgot that there was a party in her class today.

Since we live right down the street from the daycare, I dropped her off and went back home.  I searched frantically for something green for her to wear, but found nothing.  All I had was a jacket that had rainbow colors in it with a few green stripes.  I also found a pack of brand new mint green Oreo cookies.  I grabbed a green ring that I have because I forgot to wear green as well.  All of this for some little ole Leprechaun thingy dude and some random guy named St. Patrick?

ButBy the seventh century, he had already come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland. Legends credit St. Patrick with teaching the Irish about the doctrine of the Holy Trinity by showing people the shamrock, a three-leafed plant, using it to illustrate the Christian teaching of three persons in one God.

The shamrock had been seen as sacred in the pre-Christian days in Ireland. Due to its green color and overall shape, many viewed it as representing rebirth and eternal life. Three was a sacred number in the pagan religion and there were a number of "Triple Goddesses" in ancient Ireland, including Brigid, Ériu, and the Morrigan.  here is what I learned about St. Patrick’s Day:

St. Patrick was a former slave in Ireland who eventually became an ordained bishop.  He has been credited with teaching the Irish about the doctrine of the Holy Trinity by using the shamrock, a three-leafed plant, as an illustration of the teaching of Christianity of three persons in one God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).  The color green is often synonymous with rebirth and eternal life.  (Check out Wikipedia for more).

When I think about the color “green” I am reminded of God’s provision, His love and the new beginnings He has for us based upon His word.

By the seventh century, he had already come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland. Legends credit St. Patrick with teaching the Irish about the doctrine of the Holy Trinity by showing people the shamrock, a three-leafed plant, using it to illustrate the Christian teaching of three persons in one God.

The shamrock had been seen as sacred in the pre-Christian days in Ireland. Due to its green color and overall shape, many viewed it as representing rebirth and eternal life. Three was a sacred number in the pagan religion and there were a number of "Triple Goddesses" in ancient Ireland, including Brigid, Ériu, and the Morrigan.Genesis 1:30

³⁰ And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

His Provision

Psalm 52:8

⁸ But I am like an olive tree
    flourishing in the house of God;
I trust in God’s unfailing love
    for ever and ever.

His Love

Isaiah 43:18-21

¹⁸ “Forget the former things;
    do not dwell on the past.
¹⁹ See, I am doing a new thing!
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland.
²⁰ The wild animals honor me,
    the jackals and the owls,
because I provide water in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
²¹     the people I formed for myself
    that they may proclaim my praise.

Our New Beginning