GOD, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change,
Courage to change the things I can
Wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardship as a the pathway to peace.
Taking as He did, this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it.
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to his will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
Amen
3 comments:
JAZ,
You study theology. There is a rumor that the actual source of the Serenity Prayer is H. Richard Neihbur. Do you know if that is true?
http://silkworth.net/aa/Serenity-Prayer-Origin.html
Some more info. It's up in the air about who really came up with it. . .
T
I have always heard that Niebuhr is this prayer's author, but am amazed and gratified to read it for the first time in its entirety; ( this, after having been a friend of Bill W's for 14 years.)
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