My Start of New Year 2008
Hi my blog! “A Blessed Merry Christmas and a Happy Grace-filled New Year!” to everyone! – tho belated… and now, Happy Feast Day of the Baptism of our Lord Jesus!
It’s just by the “last three seconds” that I’ve caught up with my holiday greetings to you, my friends, as I got it from the homily that the celebration of this feast day marks the end of the Christmas season – the first time I’ve heard this, as what I’ve learned eversince is: it’s the Feast of the Three Kings, or liturgically, Feast of the Epiphany, which falls on the first Sunday of January. Anyway, whatever it is, I’m happy and consoled I could still be back in time to greet you, though it is “last, but not the least”.
I should honestly confess to you that I’m a bit disappointed and saddened with how my blog has turned out – that I could not update it as I envisioned it: at least two times a week. I’ve so much to share, and I’d love to do this, but there are other important things as well which come up, and much as I’d like to, I have to put mind over heart with regards to this “passion” – oh, I could be sleepless up to the wee hours of the new day just to come up with my posts, what as I’d be busy during the day.
Well, I should accept I’m not that young anymore, so I should change priorities if I choose being regular here in my web log. Hmmmm…but ALL (I can’t do away with after-lunch sleep!) I’m doing are important too: family, parish, community activities, like “errands”, meetings, fellowships. Anyway, each is offered to the Lord, and gladly done, no regrets, we cannot have everything. God wants us to take care of ourselves, and be healthy, as our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, and we are answerable to Him for any abuse or misuse we do. This, plus the admonitions of my loving family, has checked me on my late-night blogging.
So, though I earlier stated “I’m a bit disappointed and saddened”, I have to temper myself and have the consolation that as long as I do my best – up to how much I can, I have to content myself and be at peace.
This then is my prayer:
“Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Amen!”
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