Prayer for my Family

Heavenly Father, I thank you and praise you for your bounty to choose me to be your representative to my family. Always keep me in this awareness so that I may be highly responsible before you and my family. I accept my better half Meragil and our little one, Zionah from your hands with gratitude and fear. I thank you so much for these priceless gifts.

Sanctify me so that I can sanctify my family by what I am. Fill my heart with your love so that I may be able to love my family with the supernatural love. Give me the gift of suffering so that I may be willing to take on any suffering to bring up my family. Make me unselfish and deep-rooted in Divine providence, so that I may welcome as many children as God like to entrust me.

Keep us in holiness. Lead us in right ways. Teach us your ways. Help me to train my child in your precepts. Give us wisdom and knowledge. Keep us up in good health. Give us the grace to live in such a way so as to join together one day in Heaven and live there in eternity. In Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.

Parenting

1. We will always love and respect our child for who she is and not who we want her to be.

2. We will give our child space-to grow, to dream, to succeed and even sometimes to fail.

3. We will create a loving home environment and show our child that she is loved, whenever and however I can.

4. We will, when discipline is necessary, let our child know that we disapprove of what she does, not who she is.

5. We will set limits for our child and help her find security in the knowledge of what is expected of her.

6. We will make time for our child and cherish our moments together, realizing how important-and fleeting-they are.

7. We will not burden our child with emotions and problems she is not equipped to deal with, remembering that we are the parents and she's our child.

8. We will encourage our child to experience the world and all it’s possibilities, guiding her in it’s ways and taking pains to leave her careful but not fearful.

9. We will take care of ourself physically and emotionally, so that we can be there for our child when she needs us.

10. We will try to be the kind of person we want our child to grow up to be-loving, fair minded, moral, giving, and hopeful.

Time Will Tell.

Now as I am a young man, having a family of my own, living with two lovely human beings with me, my betterhalf Meragil and our precious little one Zionah, I often wonder and ask myself, as to when exactly is the right time to get married and how I can put things in perspective.

As I gazed upon them, one morning, something inside myself, is telling me that the right time has come for the both of us to settle down and embrace the responsibilities of being husband and wife. But as my thoughts of it travels up my head, something caught up my mind boggling, as to what exactly are my reasons of getting married and the purposes of why I'm tying the knot. It could either be because of my religious beliefs or am I just diving into the pool of the conventional way.

Some people wanted a full commitment and be married under the eyes of God. Some just wanted the commitment, while others love the fan-fare of a huge wedding celebration and the reception after. Living in a democratic society, its within our set of limits and our freedom of choice and religion. But as for me, I personally prefer being married because it's more of a commitment, having God as the center of our life, the One who blesses our union infront of our dear family and friends who we trully care, love and treasure.

I'm tying my knot because I believe that I am capable of doing it and that I am that man enough, very much ready to face the risks and consequences that it may serve me, and most importantly, I'm taking my vows to the woman whom I trully love, the mother of my child, the one whom I'll be spending the rest of my life, in richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, 'til death do we part...