Saint Patricks Day . . . Get the Story from VeggieTales!

In less than a month it will be St. Patrick's Day, so I thought I'd share about how several years ago VeggieTales told the story of Saint Patrick on their Sumo Of The Opera and Lessons from the Sock Drawer DVDs. I found it very interesting and informative . . . I had never really heard the story of St. Patrick before. So, if your grandchildren ask why people celebrate St. Patrick's Day, pull out VeggieTales and show them the story behind the day!

Talk with your children about St. Patrick and how he made the choice to love and know God by talking with Him. He was a "normal boy with a strange name", but he chose to love and know God, even when bad things (being kidnapped by pirates and sold as slave in a different country) happened to him. He was in a country where the people around him were pagans and did not know God, yet he chose to continue to love and know God, even though he "was very far from home and very lonely." He prayed more than 100 times a day and grew very close to God! Eventually, he ended up back home where he continued to grow closer to God. He finished school and then became a bishop in his church. Eventually he returned to Ireland as a missionary to tell the Irish people about God and they turned to God because of the work of St. Patrick.

Challenge your grandchildren to make the choice to love and know God like St. Patrick did. Spend time with them praying about the things which happen in their lives and for the people they know and who God lays on their heart. Help them learn about missionaries who are telling people around the world about God today and involve them in projects where they are able to show God's love to others. Help them know the story of St. Patrick so as people around the celebrate, they are able to understand how the real story of St. Patrick is one of choosing to love and know God - no matter what!