*Jack’s Winning Words 3/17/22

“I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”  (Nelson Mandela)  If Patrick did not drive the snakes out of Ireland, and if he never wore a shamrock, why is he called a “Saint”?  According to the Catholic Church, sainthood is bestowed on someone who has done remarkable good and holy things – like Mother Teresa and he working among the sick and poor – like Patrick who brought Christianity to Ireland.  Perhaps you’d like to bestow sainthood on someone, and who might that be?  For those of us who keep on trying, without quite achieving, “Thank God for Grace!” which provides a place in His Heaven for “sinners”. Let’s drink (a Root Beer) to that!  ;-)  Jack     

FROM RLS IN TEXAS:  MLK might be a good candidate for Sainthood===JACK:  It depends on who it is that's in charge of handing out halos.  Not everyone was a fan of his.  I happen to think that he is worthy of sainthood as much as Patrick is.  He also has his own special day on the calendar..

FROM LR:  Amen!! Thank God for grace!!  And thank you Pastor Freed!! 🙏❤ ===JACK:  wow!  It's been a loooong time since hearing from you.  It appears that God is still important in your life.

FROM SHARIN' SHARON:  I am enjoying reflecting upon your WW this morning.  And plan to go to Majestic Market a block away to buy some kind of beer to celebrate the springy weather today and remembering the sacrificial faithful love of my mom and dad, Jerry’s mom and dad and Kris’s mom and dad.  I bestow Sainthood on these people and don’t mind one bit a lot of other people who lived out their lives with sacrificial faithful love to God and neighbor having Sainthood bestowed on them.  Actually, at some time in the future, if Lutherans and Catholics are reconciled and before Jesus’s second coming, Martin Luther might have Sainthood bestowed on him for the sacrificial faithful service he did for God and the Church in helping some much needed reforms to take place.  That is, if reconciliation takes place and believers are more unified.  My impression is not that the Catholics don’t believe that the Saints are not without sin but rather need to be lifted up and appreciated and even become examples for the good they do and have done; whereas the Protestants want to be really down-to-earth and cognizant of the nature of human beings being human and we have some unresolved issues regarding the possibilities of Saintliness—as far as I can figure out anyway so far.  You’re a Saint in my opinion, Pastor Freed, I’m not going to regard you as a glass half-empty or me either and looking forward to enjoying my beer this afternoon.  Maybe the Majestic has on hand an Irish brand.===JACK:  Can a saint be someone who has never tasted beer, green, brown, or some other color?  If, NO is the answer, that eliminates Luther. 

FROM SR R IN MN:  I'll join you for the Root Beer, Jack!!!===JACK:  A & W, Hires or Dad's Old Fashioned?