March 27, 2025

The 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.

Living one day at at time,

Enjoying one moment at a time,

Accepting hardships as the 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.

- Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)

American pastor and theologian