The peace we want in the world begins within our own heart. It is living a life with intention, awareness and detachment. Surrendering to the ways we circumvent a peaceful path and offering them to God will be the stepping stones to our pathway to peace.
The Serenity Prayer starts by having us ask our Higher Power to grant serenity that leads to acceptance of the unchangeable. We reach out. We let our Higher Power put an end to our struggle. When we refuse to accept our sinful nature, we struggle against chains that we can not remove. Our acceptance saves energy which can be used for our healing. Prayer is always about reaching outside of ourselves, about stepping outside of our egos, our instincts, our all-consuming troubles. The Serenity Prayer is about us reaching out for our Higher Power’s peace, grace, and healing.
Prayer for Serenity
O God, grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference;
living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardships 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.
– Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)
Lord, touch me with your peace and grace. Help me to accept the things I can’t change. Please use the energy that acceptance frees up to help me be the person you want me to be. Amen
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