Serenity, Acceptance, Courage, Change, Wisdom & Knowledge

Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

(Although known most widely in its abbreviated form above,
the entire prayer reads as follows…)

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as 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.

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Today, as I start my journey of recovery, for this day, I am reminded of the following verse:

Lamentations 3:22-23 (KJV) ^–22It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.  ²³They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

I pray that I am able to surrender today and walk, think, speak, and act according to the will of my Higher Power.  With a thankful heart, I gratefully accept the gift of a new day and new mercies.  I pray for the guidance and the willingness to accept, change, and know those things which I am unable to change, the things I’m responsible for changing, and the understanding of those things.  I ask for help in seeing the world around me and those in it as You would have me see it and accept that You are working things out and I just need to trust in that.

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