Dear amazing people

Dear amazing people: I hope alla y'all have a happy Christmas.

But, for some, happiness is measured and relative. Maybe your blessings seem too few compared to your troubles. Maybe you can't be as thankful and as joyous as you'd like. Don't we all have our stresses! God at least bless us all with the patience to muddle through, and enduring faith in the divine hand.

By incomprehensible miracle, the Son of God was born as one of us dust-to-dust mortals, and died the most inspiring death. In life, in death, in rising again, he revealed our Father's love, changed humanity, and is still changing lives and saving the world. We may wander from him, but he never abandons us.

So, a Christmastide prayer, to Our Father, and Jesus, and any designated subordinates in charge of mortal pixels and packets:

Keep Ace and his cohorts in blogging safe from harm and free of threat. Fill them with your righteous spirit and guide them to Truth. Confound the demons and the trolls with their own mischief, and send your Pixys and angels with swords to defend, strengthen, and increase the supporters of liberty and justice.

Bless this virtual place and its actual population in the year to come. Bring your cooling grace when flames threaten to erupt among us. Grant us abundant wisdom to do what's right, with bountiful mercy for certain irrepressible moronic indulgences.

Amen.

Okay, the bar's open again.