(Isaiah 5:22 NAS77) Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine, And valiant men in mixing strong drink;I will never be a hero in drinking wine. I can’t stand the taste and have issues with drunkenness. It isn’t in my resume.
But maybe you are competing for heroship. There are not enough damsels in distress to go around. You don’t want the discipline of being a marine. The dragons are dead or hiding. I guess you can always try to be a hero of the vine. You can be valiant in mixing your drinks.
Sounds like being a bar-tender to me. I still like the terms “hero of drinking wine” and “valiant man of mixing strong drinks.” Maybe they could start a comic book series.
Either way the warning is “Woe!”
homo unius libri
I guess we all see scripture differently. I would have taken that to be more about the bragging and lying that goes along with the drinking than the drinking itself.
ReplyDeleteI guess that is why some people prefer Superman and others like the Hulk.
DeleteIt could be that the reason drunkenness is condemned as a sin is that it brings out that kind of behavior.
Grace and peace.