Eat, Drink & Be Mary: A Glimpse into a Life Well Lived

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But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

Here are some of the references to drinking in Shakespeare’s plays. A man cannot make him laugh – but that’s no marvel; he drinks no wine. Then I'll say to myself, 'You have stored up enough good things to last for years to come. Live it up! Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.'" If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantages it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. Just for a moment instead of grain think of money, lots of it; there is uncertainty in the world, how do you protect it, what do you do with it? Well there are people around the world who have found a very lucrative way of keeping it, hiding it, and making it grow. Driving throughout London would give you a flavour of what I mean. Builders vans everywhere and work going on in almost every property; houses being turned into mini palaces.

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If (according to man) I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me, if the dead rise not again? Let us eat and drink, for to morrow we shall die. Although Epicurus introduced the idea of eating, drinking, and being merrry into his philosophical writings, the actual wording appears, as so many other idioms do, if they are not Shakespearean, in the Bible. “Eat drink and be merry” in the Bible Although yes, we should spread the gospel and do so with zeal, we do need to recognize what YOLO in secular culture stands for.

If from merely human motives I have fought with wild beasts in Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not rise, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we are to die. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’ Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thy rest; eat, drink, make good cheer. If I have, as it were, fought "wild beasts" here in Ephesus simply from human motives, what have I gained? But if the dead are not raised to life, then, as the saying goes, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die." Strong's 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry. Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. I was feeling hurt, betrayed… and also, deep down, guilty in my heart. Because in the dream, and, really, in life, I knew why she’d detached from me in a way that she hasn’t done with some of her other long-term friends. Jesus tells us that He is the way, the truth, and the life, no one can come to the Father except through Him ( John 14:6). It is in our surrender of control, identity, and life to Jesus that we receive lifelong satisfying joy. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’