The above prayer is known as the Serenity Prayer. It was written in the 1930's and authored by Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr. I can't honestly say that I pray this prayer, but lately I have been thinking a lot about it. When you read it over slowly, you can understand why many people pray this prayer The first line says, "GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE." There are things and situations we cannot change. It is totally out of our hands. But I have found the best thing we can do is put it in God's hands. Now I am not one of those Christians who says, "Let Go and Let God." Of course, we have to do our part which is to put our faith and trust in Him! The next line is "THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN." We do need to ask God to give us that courage that we need. We certainly do not want to "take matters into our own hands." That would not be good. Those things that we need to change in my opinion starts with us. Many times, we need to change! The last line in the prayer is "AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE." We have to know when to accept the things we can't change but to know when we can change things. It has to be God leading us. There is no other way. I am facing a situation I cannot change. I wish I could. I have come to a place where I simply put it in God's hands and say "Lord, I give this to you! You need to do a miracle in this situation. You are the only one who can. I put my trust in you!" Just some food for thought on this fall Wednesday!
HAVE A BLESSED WEEK EVERYONE!!
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