I'm sure many of you like me, have heard the serenity prayer many times. A friend of mine found this orginial version and I have loved it so that I felt compelled to share it with you.



Serenity Prayer
by Reinhold Niebuhr
(1892-1971)

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
Living one day at a time Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did, This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen