DRUNKENESS

Snippet

Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it.

Robert E. Lee

Scripture

Who has trouble? Who has pain?

    Who fights? Who complains?

Who has unnecessary bruises?

    Who has bloodshot eyes?

 It is people who drink too much wine,

    who try out all different kinds of strong drinks.

 Don’t stare at the wine when it is red,

    when it sparkles in the cup,

    when it goes down smoothly.

 Later it bites like a snake

    with poison in its fangs.

 Your eyes will see strange sights,

    and your mind will be confused.

 You will feel dizzy as if you’re in a storm on the ocean,

    as if you’re on top of a ship’s sails.

 You will think, “They hit me, but I’m not hurt.

    They beat me up, but I don’t remember it.

I wish I could wake up.

    Then I would get another drink.” Proverbs 23:29-25

Song

Whiskey Lullaby Brad Paisley &  Alison Krauss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZbN_nmxAGk

She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette

She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget

We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time

But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind

Until the night

[1st Chorus]

He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger

And finally drank away her memory

Life is short but this time it was bigger

Than the strength he had to get up off his knees

We found him with his face down in the pillow

With a note that said I'll love her till I die

And when we buried him beneath the willow

The angels sang a whiskey lullaby

(Sing lullaby)

The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself

For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath

She finally drank her pain away a little at a time

But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind

Until the night

[2nd Chorus]

She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger

And finally drank away his memory

Life is short but this time it was bigger

Than the strength she had to get up off her knees

We found her with her face down in the pillow

Clinging to his picture for dear life

We laid her next to him beneath the willow

While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby

(Sing lullaby)

Sentence Prayer

Jesus;

Keep me far from drunkenness

Who is not tempted to drown the realities of life away

Instead, fill me with you Spirit to

Comfort my sorrow and to extend compassion to others

Instead of living out of control

Fill me with wisdom, so I may soften reality

And build God’s Kingdom of a self-controlled life of

Love, Joy and Peace.

Amen