Patricks' Day

I am still haunted by the way we killed a Patrick on the day dedicated to his saint. Numerous bad word games come to mind…that it’s overkill to double up on death and add another dead man to the date already dearly bearing his name. More powerfully, it strikes me as double duty and double jeopardy--and not just for Patricks. If we truly believe that Christ was tried, convicted, and executed for all our sins, what sin can we possibly commit before the Lord--or the courts--that needs to be tried again? What idolatry to decree that our own weak judicial systems are above the ultimate, perfect, holy justice of God Almighty! That despite His final merciful judgment on our every criminal act, we should try, convict, and execute all over again. Since Christ has taken the punishment of death, let us rejoice that we will not be doubly executed for our sins. And let us repent of those we kill again.

-Jesse