Christian Tip of the Day from our Christian Program Director
The “Serenity Prayer” is one of the most well-known prayers of our time. Did you know that the Serenity Prayer is believed to have been composed by theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in the late1930s to early 1940s? It is thought that Niebuhr wrote the prayer as part of a sermon he was giving.
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:)
The Full Original Copy of the 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.
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April 13, 2010 2:03 am
