"there are many good reasons for drinking,st. patricks day makes me think of my half-blooded heritage. i really do love it. but i do have some of that irish blood that seeks pleasure and the pursuit of happiness sometimes, no often, above the Lord's will. the Lord wants to offer a pleasure far more beautiful than any earthly pleasure. i like the way c.s. lewis puts it. just remember he was irish too:)
one has just entered my head.
if a man doesn't drink when he's living,
how in the hell can he drink when he's dead?"
irish saying
"It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."
C.S. Lewis (Weight of Glory and Other Addresses)
...in Your presence there is fullness of joy at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore..."
Psalm 16:11
Christ came and died to give you life, life more abundant, and sweet sweet joy forevermore...
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