Honest to God, that's better...

Honest to God, that's better...

Journal entry, December 5, 2017

Much improved today

No sooner do I pour out my soul to You

Then Your Grace rushes in.

A Lamentation over the "way" retirement hit me

It needed to be said;

It needed to be prayed

So I read the paper, have a leisurely breakfast

Say the Daily Office, remember friends and family in prayer,

Then write to You in my Journal.

Then, finally, out for a walk.

The first "real" walk since the fall in July.

I took my walking stick; a sensible precaution

The sun was shining 

The sea was sparkling

And I rejoiced in You and said;

"Maybe this retirement thing is not so bad after all".

So many kind words of encouragement from so many family and friends

Some of you even a bit worried

And you're right. 

Thank you.

Maybe come Spring and Summer I can do a bit of supply work.

But for now rest, relax and allow time to heal

Write and take some photographs.

This I love.

And walk with You:

We can talk things over the way we do

And maybe, just maybe

This retirement thing will work out after all.

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, Undivided and Everlasting Trinity. Amen

Fr Paul