SERENITY PRAYER
Serenity
Prayer*
The serenity prayer has appeared in many
versions. Niebuhr's versions of the prayer were always printed as a single
prose sentence; printings that set out the prayer as three lines of verse
modify the author's original version. The most well-known form is:
God,
give me 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.
Most generally accepted version:
God
grant me the serenity
To
accept the things I cannot change,
Courage
to change the things I can, and
The
Wisdom to know the difference.
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Blog Post: W2475/14122016
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